Conor McGregor has actually gotten in touch with the UFC to permit him to look for battles beyond the promo regardless of having actually several battles left on his offer.
The famous two-weight world champ hasn’t battled because he broke his leg versus Dustin Poirier in July of 2021. He was because of return at UFC 303 versus Michael Chandler, however was displaced with injury and has actually given that been at chances with the promo over a brand-new date.
Now, Chandler has actually been rebooked for UFC 309, where he will deal with Charles Oliveira in a rematch with significant ramifications atop the light-weight department. And McGregor is contacting us to be permitted to eliminate far from the UFC if they decline to get him a date.
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Conor McGregor desires ‘exemption’ from UFC offer to handle brand-new battles
With his time far from action seeking to head into 2025, Conor McGregor is eager to merely return to some type of activity. He just recently took control of at BKFC, purchasing into the bare knuckle boxing promo, and has actually firmly insisted that he is a ‘gamer supervisor’ with strategies to eliminate there in future.
Now, he deals with another wait on the sidelines as UFC manager Dana White declares he will not be battling up until 2025. In the interim, he has actually pitched a circumstance comparable to his 2017 crossover boxing battle with Floyd Mayweather, where the UFC would partner with BKFC and enable him to eliminate beyond the octagon.
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“I’ve 2 battles left on my UFC agreement,” McGregor informed press reporters at the promo’s occasion in Florida last night when inquired about his strategies to contend in the squared circle. “My challenger that I was arranged to combat has actually rescheduled another bout.
“I would like possibly an exemption, or perhaps a joint collaboration, Bare Knuckle and UFC, comparable to McGregor Sports and Entertainment and Mayweather Promotions. Some sort of contract where we can get hectic. I require to be hectic and today I’m working to arrive. Let’s see what occurs.”
Conor McGregor states he is ‘out of the loop’ on UFC return
With McGregor’s next challenger now heading for a significant night at Madison Square Garden on the UFC 309 card together with Jon Jones, it stays to be seen what is next for the Irishman. He hasn’t battled because 2021, and in spite of White insisting he will complete in 2025, it is uncertain when or versus whom.
Even McGregor himself isn’t sure of what’s next, informing the media at the other day’s occasion: “I got evaluated this night. I got checked today by the Drug Free Sport firm. I’m the most evaluated professional athlete on the lineup by more than two times the quantity.
“I think I’m possibly checked 13 times, the quantity of seconds it took me to complete Jose Aldo.