Conor McGregor has revealed he decided to retire last month after falling out of love with fighting. The former two-weight UFC champion hung up his gloves for the third time in four years on Sunday morning after his career was put on hold due to the coronavirus crisis.
McGregor had planned to fight three times this year but the pandemic has sidelined the sport's highest-earners while crowds are banned from events.
And the Irishman has grown frustrated to the extent he insists he is ready to call it a day. "I'm a bit bored of the game," he told ESPN. "I'm here watching the fight.
I watched the last show - the Woodley-Burns show - I watched the show tonight. I'm just not excited about the game. "I don't know if it's no crowd, I don't know