Former UFC two-division champion Conor McGregor claims he’s retiring from MMA. Out of nowhere early Tuesday morning, McGregor (21-Four MMA, 9-2 UFC) posted a message on his Twitter account asserting that he’s achieved with “the sport formally known as mixed martial art” and wished his fellow fighters good luck of their future endeavors. McGregor wrote: “Hey guys quick announcement, I’ve decided to retire from the sport formally known as ‘Mixed Martial Art’ today. I wish all my old colleagues well going forward in competition. I now join my former partners on this venture, already in retirement. Proper Pina Coladas on me fellas!” Just hours after an interview aired on “The Tonight Show” with Jimmy Fallon wherein McGregor claimed he was at the moment negotiating
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Share this: Greg Hardy’s career in mixed martial arts will be too short to ever be painful, if Jay Glazer has his way. Shortly after Hardy announced Tuesday that he intends to become a MMA fighter, Glazer, a NFL analyst for FOX Sports and MMA trainer, used Twitter to issue a resounding “you’re not welcome here” message to the unsigned NFL player. Glazer cites Hardy’s 2014 arrest on domestic violence allegations as reason to prevent him from learning the fight trade. “I would be incredibly disappointed in any of my fellow MMA coaches and any promoters if they took Greg Hardy in and taught him a shred of our incredible sport,” Glazer wrote. “Many of us train women in self defense specifically to help