Last night the world of MMA was hit by the news that Conor McGregor was 'retiring' and whilst we were trying to decipher if it was true or not UFC confirmed that he'd been pulled out of their biggest event ever, UFC 200, by the company. Now Dana White has confirmed why.
There's been lots of speculation as to why McGregor has retired and subsequently been pulled out of UFC 200 with money and the death of friend Joao Carvalho affecting the Irishman both being stated as possible reasons.
However Dana White has come out and confirmed that the reason is actually to do with a training camp that McGregor refused to leave in order to complete advertising for the huge event on May 9th:
White says the promotion is now working on a new fight for Nate Diaz, in the way Diaz stepped in last minute to fight McGregor at UFC 196 when Rafael dos Anjos backed out due to injury, but it's yet to be seen if the match would still be considered as a main event fight.
McGregor's future is still unclear with even White questioning if the Notorious has retired or not.
How many more twists can this story take?
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