CONOR MCGREGOR has seemingly already committed his fighting future to another promotion once his UFC career comes to an end.
The Notorious has two fights left on his current deal with mixed martial arts‘ top promotion and is champing at the bit to get to the “promised land” of free agency.
McGregor, 36, won’t be short of offers if he does see out his contract with the UFC – which could pave the way to a return to the boxing ring.
But the Irishman has seemingly already made plans to fight in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, which he is a part owner of.
BKFC President Dave Feldman told MMA Fighting: “Unless he’s the best salesman in the world, the talks that we’ve had it’s like ‘I’m fighting here’.
“I’m like, yeah, OK. He [said], ‘I’m fighting here.'”
McGregor has publicly flirted with the prospect of fighting in the BKFC ring since acquiring shares in the promotion in April.
And Feldman believes The Notorious is dead serious about testing himself in the brutal and bloody world of bare-knuckle boxing.
Feldman said: “I go, ‘Why wouldn’t you fight here?’. Because you have equity in the company.
“And if you fight here, you’ll probably make more money than anywhere else in the world because of what it’s going to do for the company.
“So I truly believe what you said — I think 100 per cent he fights here.”
Before McGregor can think about fighting elsewhere, he must first see off the last two fights on his contract with the UFC.
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The penultimate fight of the deal the former two-division champion inked in September 2018 was supposed to take place in June.
But a broken left pinky toe forced McGregor to withdraw from his long-overdue showdown with fellow fan favourite Michael Chandler.
Mystic Mac was locked in talks over a bumper new deal with UFC before the cancellation of his comeback clash with Chandler.
But in an exclusive interview with SunSport, the former feather and lightweight king revealed that they’ve ground to a screeching halt.
“You know, the fight never happened,” he said when asked how negotiations were going. “So it’s just about getting the fight on.”
McGregor hasn’t set foot inside the octagon since snapping his left leg in his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier in July 2021.
