Former two-division UFC champion, Conor McGregor has claimed he’ll make good on a long-rumored transfer to the BKFC (Naked Knuckle Combating Championship) within the coming future — and plans to struggle a “random” bout on the cardboard, with none promotion of his return besides.
McGregor, a former undisputed light-weight titleholder and featherweight gold holder throughout his tenure with the UFC, appeared at a press convention in a single day in Philadelphia, selling this weekend’s BKFC Knucklemania V headliner between former-foe, Eddie Alvarez and Octagon veteran, Jeremy Stephens.
But to e book his return to the Octagon amid hyperlinks to a fall comeback by UFC CEO, Dana White, McGregor was pressured out of a June return struggle final summer season, after fracturing a toe simply weeks out from a headliner with rival, Michael Chandler throughout Worldwide Battle Week.
Conor McGregor has welcomed the prospect to make a shock BKFC outing
Nevertheless, talking with The Schmo in a single day on the East Coast, Conor McGregor as soon as extra teased a possible debut within the ring below the banner of the BKFC — which he owns a share of, the Dubliner teased an imminent outing within the promotion, in a shock outing.
“One of these days, yeah, one of these days, you’ll just hear my music come on to the stage here to fight in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship,” Conor McGregor stated. “And now I come with me fist wrapped, with no gloves, and I fight. Out of nowhere. No promo, no nothing. Just fighting, a random fight on a card. That’s going to be where my future holds And, you know, legal, legal, making claims and all this bollocks, that’s for p*ssies.”
As for a possible debut struggle within the promotion, McGregor has been regularly linked with a showdown with long-time rival, Stephens — who claimed he would love the prospect to take out his “boss” in a future pairing.
“So I feel like if I just stay focused keep this championship mindset and things dialled in, you know Saturday night it’s the only thing that I’m worried about I go in there and I do my job and I handle f*cking business, bro,” Jeremy Stephens defined. “I mean who better bro who better right, you know, a lot of people like oh the f*ck’s this guy. But look, he (Conor McGregor) got taken out by calf kicks. He’s been knocked out. Like I’ve continued to grow like I’ve continued to put myself in there I’ve continued to rise and do this and you know, it’s all leading to this moment life is good;”
