Floyd Mayweather is not about to let Conor McGregor ride off into the sunset without at least a parting shot.
McGregor (22-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC), the former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion, announced his retirement Saturday night following UFC 250. It was the third time in four years that McGregor has tweeted he’s retiring from fighting.
Mayweather (50-0 boxing) responded Sunday by dropping a comment on McGregor’s latest Instagram post, appearing to try to make the Irishman think twice about his decision.
“If I’m not mistaken, didn’t you tell Mike Tyson you could beat me if we fought a second time?” Mayweather said. “Now you’re quitting! I thought you wanted to beat the best? Well, if you decide to come back, I will be waiting to punish you again.”
Mayweather stopped McGregor in the 10th round of their August 2017 boxing match, one of the most lucrative combat sporting events of all time.
Since then, McGregor has campaigned for a rematch. Just last month on Twitter, he said that he was excited for Part 2.
McGregor returned to MMA in January, stopping Donald Cerrone in just 40 seconds at UFC 246. He told ESPN that he retired because “the game just doesn’t excite me anymore” and expressed his disappointment with how the UFC wasn’t on board with his idea to fight recently crowned interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje in July.
McGregor attempted to slide himself back into the 155-pound title picture, but UFC president Dana White has made it clear that Gaethje will unify with champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, who owns a submission win over McGregor from October 2018.
