BKFC boss David Feldman isn’t holding out hope that the UFC will loan Conor McGregor to his bare-knuckle fight promotion, but he figures there’s no harm in asking.
The former two-division UFC champ McGregor, who still has two fights left on his contract with the MMA promotion, recently became a part-owner of BKFC, and has been a recurring presence at its recent events.
He was front and centre at last weekend’s KnuckleMania 5 card in Philadelphia, and at the end of the night, got face-to-face with main event winner Jeremy Stephens, planting the seeds for a future clash in the BKFC ring.
The only problem is McGregor’s UFC contract. He remains the biggest star in MMA history, so the promotion surely isn’t going to give him up to a rival combat sports outfit. Not even if Feldman and UFC boss Dana White are on good terms.
Feldman knows that’s the reality of the situation, …