Conor McGregor has options if he ever fights in BKFC.
Not only is the Irishman a former two-division champion in the UFC, he’s also a part-owner of BKFC, the world’s biggest bare knuckle boxing promotion.
McGregor, 37, has mentioned his desire to fight in BKFC on multiple occasions, saying just yesterday:
“I want to do it. I own the thing and I want to do it,” McGregor said of a BKFC move on Instagram
Of course, McGregor still has two fights left to complete on his UFC contract before he can compete elsewhere.
Should that day come, the BKFC founder has a few names he’d throw at McGregor for his promotional debut.
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David Feldman details who’d make sense for Conor McGregor’s BKFC debut
On Wednesday, BKFC boss David Feldman was asked about McGregor potentially stepping into the Squared Circle.
“[Eventually] yeah,” Feldman said on The Ariel Helwani Show.
“I mean, if he goes through those two [UFC] fights, it makes no sense for him not to,” Feldman said of McGregor fighting in BKFC.
What would be Feldman’s ‘dream fight’ for a debuting McGregor?
“Right now, the one that would make sense is Mike Perry,” Feldman said of the BKFC’s ‘King of Violence’ titleholder.
“But I don’t know if that’s it in a year and a half from now.
Mike Perry puts his 5-0 BKFC record on the line this weekend against 35-fight UFC veteran Jeremy Stephens.
“I mean, of course,” Feldman said of Nate Diaz, McGregor’s two-time UFC rival.
“We talked to Nate a few times. He said, look, I have too much scar tissue for this right now.
“But I think if it was Conor McGregor that was on the other side of that ring, he would take it. I would love that.
“I would also like to see him fight possibly: Conor McGregor vs. Masvidal,” Feldman suggested inaugural BMF Champion, Jorge Masvidal.
“I mean, who wouldn’t wanna see that?” Feldman added.
Conor McGregor eyes Michael Chandler at UFC White House next
While BKFC might be in his future, for now, McGregor is still tied to the UFC.
With two bouts left on his UFC contract, McGregor has campaigned to fight at the UFC’s event at The White House.
McGregor plans to run it back against former Bellator Champion Michael Chandler in June, who he was supposed to face more than a year ago at UFC 303 before his withdrawal due to injury.
After that, who knows who could be McGregor’s final fight of his contract, if he even gets that far.