{"id":862980,"date":"2026-08-18T21:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/862980\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T21:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:48:14","slug":"conor-mcgregor-tipped-for-bkfc-move-when-ufc-contract-concludes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/862980\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor tipped for BKFC move when UFC contract concludes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Conor-McGregor-29688\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor<br \/>\nMcGregor<\/a> has several options once he fulfills his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> contract.<\/p>\n<p>The former two-division champion has one fight remaining on his<br \/>\ncurrent UFC deal, although an ACL and meniscus injury suffered in<br \/>\nhis recent rematch with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Max-Holloway-38671\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max<br \/>\nHolloway<\/a> is expected to keep him sidelined well into 2027. Once<br \/>\nthat obligation is fulfilled, BKFC chairman Dave Feldman believes<br \/>\nMcGregor could make the move to bare-knuckle boxing.<\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor could join BKFC after completing final UFC<br \/>\nfight<br \/>\n<br \/>\nMcGregor underwent surgery earlier this month and will have to<br \/>\ncomplete his recovery before returning to the Octagon. Once he\u2019s<br \/>\nout of contract and enters free agency, the head of BKFC claims the<br \/>\nIrishman wants to compete in the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s really looking forward to coming back and getting that last<br \/>\nfight under his belt,\u201d Feldman told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/sport\/16854038\/conor-mcgregor-ufc-contract-knee-injury-bkfc-ufc-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SunSport<\/a>. \u201cSo that way it clears him up for the<br \/>\nability to fight in the BKFC. And I really do think you see that<br \/>\nhappening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McGregor is a stakeholder in BKFC and has previously expressed<br \/>\ninterest in competing for the promotion. Feldman said a BKFC move<br \/>\nhinges on how McGregor\u2019s final UFC bout plays out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, it depends on what happens with this next fight,\u201d<br \/>\nFeldman said. \u201cIf he can come out injury-free, you know, I would<br \/>\nbet the house that you\u2019ll see Conor McGregor in BKFC.\u201d    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor has several options once he fulfills his Ultimate Fighting Championship contract. The former two-division champion has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[1331,29053,703,49,48,44,82],"class_list":["post-862980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-article","tag-bare-knuckle-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}