{"id":307377,"date":"2019-03-27T14:39:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T21:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=307377"},"modified":"2019-03-27T14:40:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T21:40:40","slug":"opinion-public-ufc-spat-and-retirement-will-end-with-conor-mcgregor-in-the-octagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/opinion-public-ufc-spat-and-retirement-will-end-with-conor-mcgregor-in-the-octagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion | Public UFC spat and retirement will end with Conor McGregor in the Octagon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fast forward a month down the road after Conor McGregor\u2019s second retirement, and the fighter-turned-spectacle will be sitting across from UFC President Dana White at a negotiating table sipping Proper Twelve and doing business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Book it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There really is no other conceivable ending to the former\ntwo-division champion riding off into the moonlight, since his impromptu\nretirement came in the form of a tweet late Monday night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey guys quick announcement, I\u2019ve decided to retire from the sport formally known as \u201cMixed Martial Art\u201d today.<br>I wish all my old colleagues well going forward in competition.<br>I now join my former partners on this venture, already in retirement.<br>Proper Pina Coladas on me fellas!<\/p>&mdash; Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/1110410797925175296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A few hours prior to the tweet, McGregor appeared in a\npre-taped interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BzfaUBVP_SY\">\u201cThe\nTonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d<\/a> drumming up interest for a possible\nreturn in July. He did imply that he no longer needed fighting for sustenance,\nbut he didn\u2019t at all seem like a man ready to walk away from the high that\ncomes from the most adrenalized form of human competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cWe&#8217;re in talks for July,\u201d said McGregor. \u201cWe&#8217;ll see what happens, a lot of politics going on. The fight game is a mad game. But again, like I said, and to my fans, I am in shape and I am ready. \u2026I have done my piece for the company. I don&#8217;t necessarily need to fight. I am set for life. My family is set for life. We are good, but I am eager to fight. So, we&#8217;ll see what happens. I&#8217;m just staying ready.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We can only assume what might have happened in the two weeks\nbetween McGregor being onstage and singing karaoke with Jimmy Fallon to sending\nout the tweet. Yet, it\u2019s safe to say his negotiations with the UFC have hit a\nmajor speedbump. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were talks of a fight with Donald Cerrone being on the table, but according to Cerrone, per <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/26167701\/cerrone-mcgregor-holdup-main-event-slot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">ESPN\u2019s Brett Okamoto<\/a>, McGregor turned down the fight because it was slated to be in a co-main event spot. McGregor later refuted those comments when chatting with fans during an appearance in Chicago. He claimed he\u2019d be willing to be demoted on a fight card if the UFC offered him shares in the company. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO: Conor McGregor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheNotoriousMMA<\/a>) discusses being in the co-main event, says he\u2019d do it if the UFC gave him his \u201cfair share of the company\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YqGatmHXy5\">pic.twitter.com\/YqGatmHXy5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mike Pendleton (@MP2310) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MP2310\/status\/1107866014233051136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One has to think the two sides will find common ground\nsooner rather later, especially if fight placement and money are the only\nhang-ups keeping the biggest star in combat sports from signing on the dotted\nline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White put out a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/26361639\/ufc-mcgregor-says-tweet-retiring\">statement<\/a> claiming the retirement \u201ctotally makes sense\u201d and how he\u2019d \u201cretire too\u201d if he was McGregor. While all of that may be true, there is no scenario where the UFC is actually okay with seeing its megastar call it quits in the prime of his career. Everyone loses in that scenario\u2014McGregor, the UFC and most importantly, the fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UFC\u2019s goal as the mecca MMA organization is appeasing fans with the biggest fights possible. That\u2019s tough to do when the most recognizable face in the company is out toasting Pina Coladas instead of competing against the best fighters in the world. This also isn\u2019t the best timing for the promotion considering current lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, is already <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-adamant-khabib-nurmagomedov-cant-sit-out-all-year-with-belt\/\">sitting out a year<\/a>, and top contender Tony Ferguson is dealing with a slew of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-says-its-not-in-tony-fergusons-best-interest-to-fight-right-now\/\">personal issues<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UFC needs McGregor right now more than he needs them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McGregor recently came in at No. 5 in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/feature\/story\/_\/id\/26113613\/espn-world-fame-100-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">ESPN\u2019s compilation<\/a> of the top-100 most famous athletes in the world. Imagine signing a major network deal with ESPN and never having an opportunity to promote the top draw in the company. That complicates everything for everyone responsible for turning the mainstream pipe dream into a reality for MMA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is still a strong likelihood that both sides will eventually\ncome together and iron out their issues. This isn\u2019t White\u2019s first rodeo when\ndealing with these situations, although he\u2019s never had a fighter with\ncomparable star power to McGregor\u2019s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were the infamous back-and-forth non-pleasantries\nshared on social media with welterweight contender Ben Askren, the drawn out\ncourt battles with Randy Couture and the boxing match that never happened with\nTito Ortiz. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surely, White and McGregor can come to terms with the\nlanguage in a contract. It was only last August they were toasting to a deal\nafter agreeing on a blockbuster title fight with Nurmagomedov. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McGregor is one of the most polarizing sports figures in the\nworld, and everyone can agree the fight business is better with him in it,\nincluding the ones that openly root against him. That butterflies in the\nstomach feeling that fans are on the verge of some larger-than-life spectacle is\na common theme every time he steps into the cage. It\u2019s always a reminder that\nthe UFC captured lightning in a bottle. That for one fighter, on one particular\nnight, the world would pay attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If distance really does make the heart grow fonder, it will\nonly be a matter of time before one side picks up the phone in an attempt to\npush through the speedbump. There are sure to be plenty more along the way as\nlong as McGregor\u2019s star power remains blinding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a good problem to have when even the most casual of fans are willing to offer up their hard-earned cash to throw on a pair of sunglasses and gleefully partake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 3\/27\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast forward a month down the road after Conor McGregor\u2019s second retirement, and the fighter-turned-spectacle will be sitting across from UFC President Dana White at a negotiating table sipping Proper Twelve and doing business. Book it. There really is no other conceivable ending to the former two-division champion riding off into the moonlight, since his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54461,"featured_media":273914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Opinion | Public UFC spat and retirement will end with Conor McGregor in the Octagon | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Don&#039;t be surprised if we see Conor McGregor back in the cage soon.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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