Conor McGregor says his next fight will be his final fight, and he is already measuring it the way he measures everything else: by the numbers. He said he wants to see what he can generate, then keep outdoing his own records.
That is why the search for his Conor McGregor last dance in the octagon has intensified now. He said he still has a few months to sit with his last fight before he returns, which makes this more than a passing comment. It is a retirement plan attached to a comeback.
McGregor framed the point by asking how many views the Canelo fight got, how many were in attendance and what the gate was. He said he outdoes all of these people in sales, does it with ease and can even compare himself with them combined. He also said he was on at the same time as the World Cup semi final and still did those numbers.
That claim carries the friction in his own words. He says he is preparing for his final fight, yet he is also talking like a man still chasing bigger sales totals than before. He said he is going to actually try to sell the fight for his next one, even as he describes it as his final fight, a mix of farewell and self-competition that fits the way he talks about his career.
What comes next is simple, if still incomplete: McGregor says he will return in a few months, and that return is supposed to be the last one. He has not named the opponent in these remarks, but he has made the stakes plain. The final fight is no longer a vague idea. It is the next chapter he says he is ready to write, and he wants the sales figure to match the ending.
