# McGregor Told BKFC Feldman He Plans on Competing in BK After UFC **URL:** \ **Category:** UltimateGround\ **Created:** [September 23, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://og.discourse.group/t/mcgregor-told-bkfc-feldman-he-plans-on-competing-in-bk-after-ufc/7527 "2024-09-23T17:44:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HongKongPhooey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/og.discourse.group/hongkongphooey/32/130745_2.png) [@HongKongPhooey](https://og.discourse.group/u/HongKongPhooey)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://og.discourse.group/t/mcgregor-told-bkfc-feldman-he-plans-on-competing-in-bk-after-ufc/7527/1 "2024-09-23T17:44:58Z")
> **[‘I’m fighting here’: Conor McGregor told BKFC president he plans on competing...](https://www.mmafighting.com/2024/9/23/24250328/im-fighting-here-conor-mcgregor-told-bkfc-president-he-plans-on-competing-in-bare-knuckle-after-ufc)** > > BKFC president David Feldman says Conor McGregor is deadly serious about competing in bare-knuckle after his UFC contract is completed. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongPhooey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/og.discourse.group/hongkongphooey/32/130745_2.png) [@HongKongPhooey](https://og.discourse.group/u/HongKongPhooey)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://og.discourse.group/t/mcgregor-told-bkfc-feldman-he-plans-on-competing-in-bk-after-ufc/7527/2 "2024-09-23T17:45:31Z")
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**Author:** ![HongKongPhooey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/og.discourse.group/hongkongphooey/32/130745_2.png) [@HongKongPhooey](https://og.discourse.group/u/HongKongPhooey)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://og.discourse.group/t/mcgregor-told-bkfc-feldman-he-plans-on-competing-in-bk-after-ufc/7527/3 "2024-09-23T17:46:07Z")
[Conor McGregor](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/1859/conor-mcgregor) is anything but an owner in name only when it comes to his investment in BKFC. The former two-division UFC champion—who became a part owner in BKFC back in April—is so serious about his passion for bare-knuckle fighting that he’s promising to eventually take the gloves off and set foot in the ring for a fight himself. With only two fights remaining on his current UFC contract and the chance to act as his own promoter, BKFC president and founder David Feldman is taking McGregor’s declaration seriously. “Unless he’s the best salesman in the world, the talks that we’ve had it’s like ‘I’m fighting here,’” Feldman told MMA Fighting. “I’m like yeah, OK. He [said] ‘I’m fighting here.’ “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 percent he fights here.” The UFC recently announced that [Michael Chandler](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/455/michael-chandler) would fight [Charles Oliveira](https://www.mmafighting.com/fighter/175/charles-oliveira) in November after he spent nearly two years waiting for a matchup against McGregor, which prompted the Irish superstar to suggest a co-promotion with BKFC so he could get back in action sooner rather than later. While there’s no doubting McGregor’s immense drawing power and the influence he holds with UFC, Feldman knows there’s no chance UFC would ever co-promote with him but it’s not because there isn’t mutual respect between the promotions. “The UFC doesn’t need us,” Feldman said. “They don’t need us. We need to [co-promote] with them, they don’t need to [co-promote] with us, which would be phenomenal — they’re not going to do it. If they do Conor McGregor with anything, he don’t need to [co-promote] with us.” That means McGregor would need to leave UFC to fight for BKFC, but Feldman has stopped doubting his new business partner after seeing his commitment over these past few months. McGregor could have easily injected some cash into BKFC, called himself a co-owner and then faded into the background after grabbing a few headlines. Feldman says that interpretations of McGregor’s involvement couldn’t be further from the truth. “He’s been unbelievable,” Feldman said about McGregor. “He’s really been a partner so far. Blew away my expectations. Doing the interviews, he did the post-fight press conference, he’s meeting the guys. He’s going over and hugging the fighters and telling them, ‘Come on let’s do this!’ He’s sitting there ringside cheering for them. He’s posting all the time about it. He’s all in. “We had a great talk this weekend, it was just me and him talking and I said to him ‘I don’t know if you really believe me, but this is going to be the biggest thing in the world in a few years, there’s nothing that’s going to be bigger than this, trust me.’ He goes, ‘It’s going to be two years.’” Considering that just about everything McGregor touches turns to gold, it’s tough to imagine he won’t find a way to build BKFC into a powerhouse that will go toe-to-toe with just about any other combat sports organization out there. Feldman is realistic when it comes to size and scale because he knows the UFC is a promotional juggernaut that won’t be toppled. Still, he admits that the exponential growth of BKFC over these past few years has blown away even his biggest expectations and he expects McGregor to help them grow even bigger in the future. “[Conor] sees the vision,” Feldman said. “Are we ever going to be the biggest combat sport in the world? Probably not honestly but we’re definitely going to be one of the biggest. Absolutely. The numbers just keep going up.” ---
**Author:** ![HongKongPhooey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/og.discourse.group/hongkongphooey/32/130745_2.png) [@HongKongPhooey](https://og.discourse.group/u/HongKongPhooey)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://og.discourse.group/t/mcgregor-told-bkfc-feldman-he-plans-on-competing-in-bk-after-ufc/7527/4 "2024-09-23T17:46:21Z")
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**Author:** ![SmilinLikeRashad](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/og.discourse.group/smilinlikerashad/32/2465_2.png) [@SmilinLikeRashad](https://og.discourse.group/u/SmilinLikeRashad)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://og.discourse.group/t/mcgregor-told-bkfc-feldman-he-plans-on-competing-in-bk-after-ufc/7527/5 "2024-09-23T17:47:20Z")
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**Author:** ![TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/og.discourse.group/teenagemutantlesnarturtle/32/14534_2.png) [@TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle](https://og.discourse.group/u/TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://og.discourse.group/t/mcgregor-told-bkfc-feldman-he-plans-on-competing-in-bk-after-ufc/7527/6 "2024-09-24T11:43:59Z")
I’m surprised he never went the WWE route. ---
**Author:** ![Ruprecht](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/og.discourse.group/ruprecht/32/34907_2.png) [@Ruprecht](https://og.discourse.group/u/Ruprecht)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://og.discourse.group/t/mcgregor-told-bkfc-feldman-he-plans-on-competing-in-bk-after-ufc/7527/7 "2024-09-24T12:41:56Z")
Might as well start now, at this pace he’s never going to fight in the UFC again. ---
**Author:** ![Hocky](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/og.discourse.group/hocky/32/1399_2.png) [@Hocky](https://og.discourse.group/u/Hocky)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://og.discourse.group/t/mcgregor-told-bkfc-feldman-he-plans-on-competing-in-bk-after-ufc/7527/8 "2024-09-24T12:44:35Z")
> [@HongKongPhooey](#): > > ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/og/original/3X/2/f/2f671c4e0ca97a95bfc92b84e386c46201ea6487.jpeg) What the hell happened to his face? He looks like he’s already competed in BKFC. ---
**Author:** ![Erich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea5d25/32.png) [@Erich](https://og.discourse.group/u/Erich)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://og.discourse.group/t/mcgregor-told-bkfc-feldman-he-plans-on-competing-in-bk-after-ufc/7527/9 "2024-09-24T12:44:44Z")
He told Chandler they would fight last July ---
**Author:** ![floox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@floox](https://og.discourse.group/u/floox)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://og.discourse.group/t/mcgregor-told-bkfc-feldman-he-plans-on-competing-in-bk-after-ufc/7527/10 "2024-09-24T14:20:15Z")
> [@Erich](#): > > He told Chandler they would fight last July Maybe after all the drama theyll end up doing bkfc instead lol ---
**Author:** ![HongKongPhooey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/og.discourse.group/hongkongphooey/32/130745_2.png) [@HongKongPhooey](https://og.discourse.group/u/HongKongPhooey)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://og.discourse.group/t/mcgregor-told-bkfc-feldman-he-plans-on-competing-in-bk-after-ufc/7527/11 "2024-09-24T18:22:02Z")
> **[Michael Bisping, Anthony Smith roast ‘douchebag’ Conor McGregor for Dubois...](https://www.mmafighting.com/2024/9/24/24253145/michael-bisping-anthony-smith-roast-douchebag-conor-mcgregor-for-dubois-vs-joshua-antics)** > > Michael Bisping and Anthony Smith had a laugh at how Conor McGregor carried himself at Wembley Stadium. ---
**Author:** ![HongKongPhooey](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/og.discourse.group/hongkongphooey/32/130745_2.png) [@HongKongPhooey](https://og.discourse.group/u/HongKongPhooey)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://og.discourse.group/t/mcgregor-told-bkfc-feldman-he-plans-on-competing-in-bk-after-ufc/7527/12 "2024-09-24T18:47:45Z")
> **['Bro Sent Himself An Email' - Fans Unconvinced With Conor McGregor Showing...](https://www.mmanews.com/news/ufc/fans-unconvinced-conor-mcgregor-receipts-negative-ped-tests/)** > > Conor McGregor tried to showcase his clean test chits from Drug Free Sport - but the fans weren't buying it ---
**Author:** ![DimethylSulfide](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/og.discourse.group/dimethylsulfide/32/83_2.png) [@DimethylSulfide](https://og.discourse.group/u/DimethylSulfide)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://og.discourse.group/t/mcgregor-told-bkfc-feldman-he-plans-on-competing-in-bk-after-ufc/7527/13 "2024-09-24T18:51:02Z")
I think he should have to fight Big Joe Joyce and a McDonagh if he wants to be the gypsy bare knuckle king. The tapes back and forth would be incredible.