{"id":192159,"date":"2016-04-19T14:13:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T21:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=192159"},"modified":"2016-04-19T14:13:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T21:13:01","slug":"rafael-dos-anjos-reacts-to-conor-mcgregors-retirement-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rafael-dos-anjos\/rafael-dos-anjos-reacts-to-conor-mcgregors-retirement-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael dos Anjos reacts to Conor McGregor&#8217;s retirement announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday afternoon UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor left the MMA world confused after he took to Twitter to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/ufc-superstar-conor-mcgregor-already-retiring\/\">announce his retirement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While many suspected that the Tweet was a &#8216;troll job&#8217; by McGregor, sources revealed that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/sources-confirm-conor-mcgregor-retirement-tweet-isnt-joke\/\">McGregor was not joking<\/a> when he announced his retirement.  This was then followed up by a Tweet from McGregor&#8217;s coach John Kavanagh, who revealed that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregors-coach-confirms-featherweight-champs-retirement\/\">McGregor was in fact retiring.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rafael dos Anjos, who was supposed to fight McGregor at UFC 196 on March 5th, took to Twitter to react to the announcement:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mcgregor said his not running away from the adversity and announce retirement, can someone explain me that? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/frouxo?src=hash\">#frouxo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rafael dos Anjos (@RdosAnjosMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RdosAnjosMMA\/status\/722521482908176385\">April 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>McGregor is currently slated to fight Nate Diaz, who <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/nate-diaz-has-surpsrising-reaction-to-the-news-of-conor-mcgregor-retiring\/\">also announced his &#8216;retirement&#8217;<\/a> this morning, at UFC 200 on July 9th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday afternoon UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor left the MMA world confused after he took to Twitter to announce his retirement. 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