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Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor admits his 2020 retirement announcement was partly out of frustration.<\/p>\n

McGregor returned to the Octagon in January, 2020, when he picked up a blistering, 40-second TKO victory over Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. In the lead-up to that fight, McGregor teased a busy 2020, making no secret of his desire to fight multiple times before the year ended.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that’s not the way things unfolded\u2014partly due to the pandemic, partly due to a lack of interesting opponents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a lot of talks about me coming back, I was so eager to come back. I wanted to come back,\u201d McGregor told ESPN<\/a> recently (via MMA Mania<\/a>). \u201cThe Tuesday after the fight against Cerrone I had that meeting with Lorenzo and Dana and the conversation was \u2018What do we do now, what\u2019s next? What was the next bout?\u2019 We couldn\u2019t, had not got the answer at that dinner. And it just didn\u2019t come to fruition. I was eager, I was trying to get things moving, and it just didn\u2019t happen with all the circumstances surrounding it, the year and what went down. It just went the way it went and it is what it is.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel now, I have transformed myself into a lightweight frame again,” McGregor added. “I did it healthily and am full of energy and vitality and I\u2019m ready to showcase myself at 155 pounds. At my absolute best and I\u2019m very excited about that. Doing that opens up a lot of options for me. There are many lightweight contenders, and many options. I\u2019ve heard Nate is coming back down to 155 which is exciting. There\u2019s boxing escapades, and things. I don\u2019t think what happened last year will happen this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

When McGregor was unable to find a fight in 2020, he ended up retiring for a brief period. Thankfully for his legions of fans, he wound up ending his retirement, and is slated to fight Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 this Saturday.<\/p>\n

In hindsight, McGregor admits his retirement had a lot to do with the feeling that he had been “shelved.”<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was out of frustration,\u201d McGregor said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re trying to get things moving and it\u2019s just not happening … you\u2019re getting shelved, it felt like I was shelved almost. I felt like if I\u2019d been run out a couple more times that year, not only would my skillset and sharpness be in tune more, we\u2019re also talking 800 million in revenue for the company.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was certainly out of frustration, but it is what it is, the past is the past. I felt like I got what I needed to get off my chest, and I felt like it\u2019s been reciprocated well and the other side has come back as well,” McGregor added. “So I\u2019m in a great spot and I\u2019m excited to come back, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re focusing on: the positive side of it and the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think we’ll see Conor McGregor fight more than once this year?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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