Conor McGregor hints at UFC return with Cryptic tweet

Archie Blade | 31/07/2020
Conor McGregor

MMA Superstar Conor McGregor hints at UFC return with Cryptic tweet. The Irishman announced his retirement back in June.

Conor McGregor announced his retirement from MMA immediately after the conclusion of UFC 250. Not many have however, taken the decision seriously. Instead, many including UFC president Dana White have speculated that he will eventually make a return.


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This is not the first time, that the first ever UFC Champ-Champ has announced his retirement from fighting. He retired back in 2019 and also in 2016 before returning each time and it seems this isn’t the last we’ve seen of ‘Notorious’.

Conor McGregor hints at UFC return with Cryptic tweet

UFC’s biggest star, sparked rumours of his return to the UFC with a mysterious two-word message on his twitter. The Irishman wrote: “I accept!”


It is unclear who McGregor is responding to. Boxing legend Mike Tyson recently claimed that he could beat the MMA star in a boxing match. Tony Ferguson also spoke recently about being open to go one on one with McGregor.

Regardless of the opponent however, this tweet is sure to set tongues wagging.

McGregor last fought Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone via first-round TKO back in January. This was his first match since losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 in October 2018.

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Archie Blade

Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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