Following his retirement announcement on Saturday evening shortly after the conclusion of the UFC 250 main event — the third time in the past four years that McGregor has made such an announcement — the former two-division world champion spoke to ESPN to explain why he’s once again declaring himself to be done with MMA competition.
“The game just does not excite me, and that’s that,” McGregor said. “All this waiting around. There’s nothing happening. I’m going through opponent options, and there’s nothing really there at the minute. There’s nothing that’s exciting me.