Conor McGregor may very well be one step nearer to reserving his subsequent opponent.
At Saturday’s BKFC occasion in Marbella, Spain, the bare-knuckle promotion’s half proprietor was caught on digicam briefly mentioning that his subsequent combat could be in opposition to Dan Hooker on Feb. 1. The UFC is anticipated to carry an occasion in Saudi Arabia on that date and it seems like McGregor has plans to combat there.
See a clip of McGregor’s feedback beneath.
Hooker, who was additionally in Marbella to nook The Mac Life’s Oscar Willis, was requested concerning the supposed callout in an interview with Submission Radio and he confirmed there was mutual curiosity.
“Lock it in,” Hooker mentioned. “Yeah, I jumped within the ring, [McGregor and I] had a number of phrases contained in the ring, however yeah, Feb. 1 works for me in Saudi. We’ll get that factor immediately.”
No bouts have been booked for the Saudi Arabia occasion, which is but to be introduced by the UFC (although an occasion web page has been created on the nation’s official tourism web site).
Ought to that card want a headliner, Hooker is all the way down to make some magic occur with McGregor, particularly after spending time with “The Infamous” in Spain.
“We’re kindred spirits, as you possibly can say,” Hooker mentioned. “We get alongside fairly properly. I feel we’re each very related, there’s quite a lot of similarities there. We simply spoke within the ring. I’m on board, he’s on board, we simply have to get the UFC on board and we’ll get this factor throughout the road.”
McGregor has confirmed to be a worthwhile associate prime BKFC, with frequent mentions of the group on social media and by displaying up personally to a number of occasions. Although he’s at present underneath UFC contract and thus ineligible to really step into the BKFC ring, he has develop into one in every of its most outstanding faces from a promotional standpoint.
Hooker can vouch for the electrical energy at present buzzing round BKFC and hopes to compete in bare-knuckle boxing himself sometime—after he’s accomplished chasing UFC light-weight gold.
“I don’t suppose anybody on the face of the Earth doesn’t wish to see me combat in bare-knuckle in addition to my missus,” Hooker mentioned. “I’d do it for enjoyable, you understand what I imply? For probably the most half now, my eyes are set on the world titles and getting that strap round my waist.”
FOTY? Brandon Royval handed Tatsuro Taira his first loss in an exhilarating five-rounder and saved his spot in line for one more UFC flyweight title shot.
Uncooked Dawg. Following his large win, Royval vowed to carry nothing again ought to he get one other championship alternative.
Bewilderment. Raquel Pennington nonetheless doesn’t perceive how she misplaced a call—and her bantamweight title—to Julianna Peña at UFC 307.
Theft? Artuer Beterbiev is boxing’s undisputed mild heavyweight champion, however not everybody agrees he deserves that standing after a slim win over Dmitry Bivol.
Warriors. Media members Oscar Willis and Ben Davis threw down within the BKFC ring, with Willis placing on a present in a dominant win.
The Subsequent Spotlight? Justin Gaethje’s supervisor appears forward to what’s subsequent for the all-action star.
Perfection. Ariane Grande tears down the home on SNL with superb UFC-Celine Dion spoof.
UFC Vegas 98 post-fight present.
Submit-fight speech of the yr?
One of the best rounds ever.
Media on media.
Pure destruction.
On to the Subsequent One. MMA Combating’s Mike Heck and Alexander Okay. Lee make the matches for Brandon Royval and the remainder of UFC Vegas 98’s large winners.
Who’s subsequent for “The Diamond?”
A lot respect.
Ben’s up for it lads, guys received balls of metal
— Oscar Willis (@oscarswillis) October 12, 2024
Higher luck subsequent time.
Jacked.
Belal Muhammad (24-3, 1 NC) vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov (18-0); UFC 310, Dec. 7
Alexandre Pantoja (28-5) vs. Kai Asakura (21-4); UFC 310, Dec. 7
Nick Diaz (26-10, 2 NC) vs. Vicente Luque (22-10-1); UFC 310, Dec. 7
Ciryl Gane (12-2) vs. Alexander Volkov (38-10); UFC 310, Dec. 7
Chris Barnett (23-8) vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (12-5); UFC 308, Oct. 26
Oban Elliott (11-2) vs. Bassil Hafez (9-4-1); UFC 309, Nov. 16
David Onama (12-2) vs. Lucas Almeida (15-3); UFC 309, Nov. 16
Hope everybody loved the Saturday scraps and may now take a vacation to relaxation and get better. Completely happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians!
Ballot
Is Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira your front-runner for Struggle of the 12 months?
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