UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor started a firestorm earlier this week with a tweet suggesting he'd be retiring early.
On Thursday, he backtracked, while also explaining via Facebook why didn't want to leave his training camp in Iceland for his UFC 200 fight with Nate Diaz. It would require McGregor to come to the United States for promotional work building up the rematch.
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Here is what he said Thursday ... and here is how to interpert it all:
McGregor: "I am paid to fight.