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Conor McGregors net worth makes his retirement very understandable

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Conor McGregor has made a lot of money in the last few years (Picture: Getty Images)

Conor McGregor has announced his retirement from Mixed Martial Arts in a shock tweet on Tuesday morning.

The two-division UFC champion has been in discussions for his next fight with the company, but he appears to have left the octagon behind him as he rides off into the sunset.

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The Irishman made his UFC debut six years ago, in April 2013 and has shot to superstardom since then, both in and out of the cage.

He made millions from his boxing match with Floyd Mayweather, while a string of endorsements and his own whiskey company are raking in huge amounts of cash as well.

Such is McGregors portfoilo nowadays, that he tweeted earlier this month that fighting had become his, 3rd level of income.

McGregor may have lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov but it was still a lucrative fight (Picture: Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

The Sunday Times compiled the Irish Rich List as recently as 24 March and they value McGregors net worth at a whopping £101m.

This is an increase of around £25m on the previous year thanks to the earnings from his only UFC fight of 2018, the submission loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov in October.

McGregor received $3m (£2.2m) flat for the fight, but also a share of the enormous 2.4m pay-per-view buys, taking his total earnings to around £25m.

McGregors whiskey is doing very nicely for him (Picture: WENN.com)

It may be that the £101m is a conservative estimate as The Times state that they have added nothing to McGregors total for the launch of his Proper Twelve whiskey.

The Times states that the tipple is selling strongly but any addition to McGregors net worth will come next year.

The Irishman clearly has high hopes for the spirit, and UFC president Dana White agrees that is where the real money lies.

White told TMZ last October: The whiskey thing is probably going to make this kid a billion dollars.

They cant keep his Proper 12 whiskey, they cant keep it off the shelves. Its flying off the shelves. All the casinos around here are not only serving it, selling it. Hes killing it and good for him.

On the news of his retirement White also told ESPNs Brett Okamoto: He has the money to retire and his whiskey is KILLIN it. It totally makes sense.