Well, that escalated quickly.
April 19 was progressing like any normal Tuesday evening until Conor McGregor dropped the pretty big bombshell that he had decided to retire young.
Plenty thought he was joking at first, or at least they did until his coach John Kavanagh, the man he was supposed to fight in July, Nate Diaz and others added their thoughts into the mix and everyone realised that McGregor might actually be serious after all.
To say there was quite a reaction would be an understatement.
Well was fun while it lasted
— Coach JK (@John_Kavanagh) April 19, 2016
I guess my work here is done I'm retiring too✌🏼️👊🏼
— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) April 19, 2016
Mcgregor said his not running away from the adversity and announce retirement, can someone explain me that? #frouxo
— Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) April 19, 2016
68,000 retweets to Conor McGregor's "retiring" tweet in 2 hours. Only 8 athlete tweets in 2015 had more RT's. https://t.co/6nKj4XWKkM
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) April 19, 2016
What's this am seeing about @TheNotoriousMMA and @NateDiaz209 retiring is this a piss take??
— Stevie Ray (@StevenRayMMA) April 19, 2016
.@TheNotoriousMMA pic.twitter.com/tkfL3pXuEP
— ThePostGame (@ThePostGame) April 19, 2016
Aldo tweets & deletes the middle finger at Conor Mcgregor's retirement tweet @bjpenndotcom @MMAjunkie pic.twitter.com/Jr1LS1uQEp
— Omar Baddar عمر بدّار (@OmarBaddar) April 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/98FMsport/status/722517952612974596
What did @BrianHurley15 say to @TheNotoriousMMA to push him over the edge. You've a lot of explaining to do, Brian https://t.co/hI8DF0GFIn
— Kieran McCarthy (@KieranMcC_SS) April 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/AGSiochana/status/722526366558720002
https://twitter.com/Woolberto/status/722521290863742979
