Conor McGregor to retire: Counted out

Former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor has announced his retirement from the sport. This is not an occasion for regret or sadness, rather it is one of relief, one to be celebrated.

McGregor was a poor, often embarrassing representative of this country even if always an unofficial one. His loud, empty boastfulness, his relentless eye for the next opportunity, his contemptuous exploitation of his “fans” — and of himself — was far less than admirable.