After Conor McGregor shocked the MMA world on Tuesday with a statement announcing he is “retiring young,” his longtime coach, John Kavanagh has chimed in to add to the speculation.
On Tuesday afternoon, McGregor took to Twitter where he wrote the following statement:
“I have decided to retire young. Thanks for the cheese. Catch ya’s later.”
After making the announcement, his scheduled opponent at UFC 200 on July 9th and the only man to ever defeat him inside the UFC’s Octagon, Nate Diaz, wrote that he too was retiring, noting “his work was done.”
Now, Kavanagh has taken to social media to join in on the insanity.
“Well, [it] was fun while it lasted,” wrote Kavanagh shortly after McGregor’s tweet.
As reported earlier, MMAFighting.com journalist Ariel Helwani noted via Twitter that the McGregor retirement announcement is not a “hoax” or a “joke,” and is in fact, serious. The reasons for his retirement, however, are not currently known.
Well was fun while it lasted
— Coach Kavanagh (@John_Kavanagh) April 19, 2016