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Jon Jones on Conor McGregor: ‘Of course he’s not retiring’
- Updated: April 22, 2016
LAS VEGAS — From the beginning, Jon Jones had a feeling the dispute between the UFC and featherweight champion Conor McGregor was about more than retirement. He proved to be right.
“Of course he’s not retiring,” Jones said of McGregor on Thursday. “No way.
“God gave us these gifts. We’ve got to use these things. So, yeah, that was easy. I knew he wasn’t retiring.”
The rift between McGregor and the UFC has raged on throughout UFC 197 fight week. Two days after the UFC pulled McGregor out of UFC 200 for refusing to fly from Iceland to the United States to promote his rematch against Nate Diaz, McGregor responded by posting a lengthy statement on Facebook in which he rescinded his retirement tweet and expressed a desire to reach a compromise with the UFC.
Rather than embark on a three-city media tour, McGregor offered to attend a scheduled press conference next week in New York, then return to Iceland to resume his training camp for Diaz. McGregor cited the heavy promotional burden he has carried for the UFC over the last several years as reason for the request.
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