ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – JANUARY 23: (L-R) Conor McGregor of Eire punches Dustin Poirier in a light-weight struggle in the course of the UFC 257 occasion inside Etihad Area on UFC Combat Island on January 23, 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photograph by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
Bizarre, if true. A bizarre declare, if not. Both manner, following BKFC 70 on Thursday, Conor McGregor, who has an possession stake within the bareknuckle promotion, claimed to have turned down a struggle on Alcatraz.
Sure, that Alcatraz, the infamous American jail island, featured within the Nic Cage/Sean Connery motion basic The Rock again in 1996.
Eire’s McGregor, who just lately visited the White Home and has been more and more vocal in expressing anti-immigrant views on social media, said after the occasion (h/t MMA Combating) that “I’ve got two fights on the contract. I’m in negotiations. Last week, something happened to me. I went to the White House and my country is in my—my heart bleeds for my country right now. So there’s a lot of stuff going on back home.”
Including that he was proud of what he’d finished in his profession, McGregor continued by saying that “There’s something else for me that’s in my gut right now and that’s kind of where I’m going, so we’ll see. Greatness don’t rush, also. Greatness does not rush. There was an opportunity or a deal, we’ll say, to fight in Alcatraz only recent. There’s an event going on in Alcatraz in I believe June. And they came to me and it wasn’t my worth.”
“As a fighter, we’ve got to know our worth. I hold every pay-per-view record in the book. I hold every gate record in the book. And my comeback will be slated as the greatest comeback or the biggest, most-anticipated comeback of all time, and right now Ireland is in my thoughts and that’s where I’m at. It will happen, I’m sure and it’s always great to be here and there you go.”
McGregor didn’t state who made the provide for a struggle on the Rock, and although he’s beneath contract with the UFC, it could be a stretch to see them host an occasion there. McGregor has dabbled in boxing, nonetheless, having confronted Floyd Mayweather in 2017 in his lone professional bout.
As for his concept of an Irish political bid, introduced earlier this month, it’s unlikely. Whereas McGregor, at 36, has now surpassed the minimal age to run for President in Eire (35), he would must be nominated by no less than 20 members of the Oireachtas (parliament of Eire), and 4 native authorities (together with metropolis councils, hearth authorities, and so on).
It’s uncertain the controversial star might acquire the nominations required, although not totally inconceivable. And if it occurs, he intends to struggle whereas serving in workplace. “F*cking right, I will, of course, are you crazy? That’s part of why I want to do it,” exclaimed McGregor. “To be announced as the President of Ireland having a fight. Imagine that. For sure, hell yes.”
