According to sources, Conor McGregor's retirement issue was just a gimmick to make himself relevant. He is copying the style of Floyd Mayweather that is always telling the world that he retires but will make a comeback after a few months. This is a way to make the world miss him more so that the pay per view buys will increase. This is a strategy that works very well for Floyd for years.
Dana White issue a statement that Conor and UFC cannot make an agreement about the shares that Conor is asking from them. He said that it's not possible and he will not grant Conor McGregor that kind of privilege.
"If you want to become an owner of the UFC then you need to buy shares" - Dana White.
Conor repeatedly say that he deserves an ownership of the company because he boost the popularity of it and he also said that he will not fight anymore if he can't get what he is looking for.
"He is killing the Whiskey Business, Proper 12 is making millions of dollars, I am happy for him. How may times I've told you that after the Floyd Mayweahter fight, Conor might not fight again, the guy already has hundreds of millions of dollars and UFC is a tough sport, it's hard to fight when you're not motivated anymore" - Dana White.
Few fighters expresses disappointment after learning that Conor already retires, it's because they were expecting to fight Conor this year and that will make them earn a lot of money. Several fighters that called out Conor were: Max Holloway, Cowboy Cerrone, Nate Diaz, Georges St. Pierre, Anderson Silva, Darren Till, former welterweight champ Tyrone Woodley and many more.
Conor's coach hasn't spoken yet about the issue but his teammate Artem Lobov was shocked about the Notorious' decision. According to him, Conor is in shape and always ready to fight, he was training everyday in his own gym not it Straight Blast Gym.
"How may times they said that UFC cannot survive without a mega star like Conor, they said that what if Chuck Lidell, Georges St. Pierre, Ronda Rowsey will not fight anymore? we've been doubted a lot of times, we've been in the business for 20 years and we know exactly what we're doing, there will always be another star" - Dana White.
On the other hand, Khabib Nurmagomedov told the media that there can only be one king and that is him. "Only one king in Jungle, Conor is no king, I am the real king" - Khabib Nurmagomedov.
According to ESPN, Conor McGregor is the 4th most popular athlete in the world behind Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and Floyd Mayweather. This is a big hit to the UFC and the whole organization.
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