Amid the reserving of bitter-rival, Michael Chandler in a UFC 309 return earlier than the top of the yr, former two-division UFC champion, Conor McGregor has urged the group to grant him an “exemption” to compete within the BKFC (Naked Knuckle Combating Championship) — pointing to his dwindling Octagon deal.
McGregor, a former undisputed light-weight champion and a featherweight titleholder, has been out of motion for greater than three years from motion, amid a fractured tibia and fibula suffered in a UFC 264 rubber match in opposition to Dustin Poirier on the light-weight restrict.
And ultimately scheduled to return at welterweight earlier this yr in the primary occasion of UFC 303 in June on the finish of Worldwide Struggle Week, McGregor was dominated from a bout with the above-mentioned, Chandler amid a fractured toe suffered simply weeks out from the matchup.
Conor McGregor gives to battle in BKFC amid UFC layoff
Noting how he solely retains two fights on his present cope with the UFC, in a single day following BKFC 66, promotional associate, McGregor — who voiced his curiosity in combating within the ring earlier this month, urging the group grant him an “exemption” to compete before anticipated.
“I’ve acquired two fights left on my UFC contract,” Conor McGregor advised assembled media after BKFC 66. “My opponent that I used to be scheduled to battle has rescheduled one other bout. I’d love possibly an exemption, or possibly a joint partnership, Naked Knuckle-UFC, much like McGregor Sports activities and Leisure and Mayweather Promotions. Some type of settlement the place we are able to get busy. I have to be busy and proper now, I’m working to get there. So let’s see what occurs.”
Like I stated, I’ve acquired two fights left on the contract and it’s taking a minute,” Conor McGregor defined. “However persistence is among the most vital abilities a human being can posses, research, study, and implement, and that’s the place I’m at proper now.”
