If Conor was looking for attention, he got it, and then some.
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By posting a tweet suggesting that he was retiring young, he sent the internet into a frenzy with most thinking it was bullshit and others thinking it was true, but the point is that almost everyone has reacted to it.
Conor McGregor has fuelled speculation he is about to retire from UFC https://t.co/Bngu3xNeBO pic.twitter.com/1iCprcmeW1
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) April 19, 2016
That includes Joe Rogan, as he was recording an episode of his Joe Rogan Experience podcast live on air, he interrupted the schedule to react to the news, and after calling bullshit immediately, he began to ponder a scenario where it could be real.
His facts are mixed regarding Joao Carvalho, and having posted pictures from training in Iceland yesterday that reason can surely be ruled out, but it certainly is a strange one with no context provided.
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