Conor McGregor was really withdraw from UFC?

Conor McGregor, direct UFC fighter, who surrendered to Nate Diaz in early March, has apparently suddenly announced his retirement on Twitter:

It had been alleged McGregor and Diaz scheduled to have a rematch at UFC 200 in July; he had chances in the fight. McGregor was tweeting about training yesterday.

This tweet came from verified account McGregor; who knows if it was real or a trick, and if it is real, if it really is permanent. Time will tell.

UPDATE: TMZ has so far been unable to contact Camp McGregor, adding that "we have also talked to a handful of connected persons UFC - and so far, no one seems to know if this is a joke or if Conor is hanging on up seriously. "

McGregor was cageside for the fight in Dublin earlier this month in which Portuguese Joao Carvalho was injured fighter to end. McGregor wrote, "To see a young man who does what he loves, competing for the chance of a better life, and after its removal is truly heartbreaking."

To be clear, the circumstances of the abrupt announcement of McGregor remain a mystery.

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