Of course a bare knuckle fight with Mike Perry could happen. Can it happen? It’s not looking too possible or too likely.Įvan Zivin: Conor McGregor got Dana White to let him fight Floyd Mayweather while under contract. And good luck competing with promoters that would kill to have him in actual boxing, where he’d probably make as much if not more than he did against Floyd Mayweather. Because if Feldman thought that Francis Ngannou was asking for too much, wait until he sits down at the Black Forge Inn with a man that’s becoming increasingly unhinged as time goes on. Unless he’s released, it’s not happening.Įven if that happens, you have to wonder what Conor McGregor would demand because he’s not a cheap date. So while it’s a cool thought experiment in theory, I also frankly believe this would be a dope fight in practice. I’ve mentioned this ad nauseam, but nobody’s making money off him but them. The UFC’s not lending him out to anybody else again, especially a promotion like BKFC where he could get put out of commission for a while. Because in the end, Conor’s under contract with the UFC and he’s locked up real good. This event was a grand slam and the Conor McGregor callout followed by him not only being in the building but actually coming into the ring for the faceoff? That was choice. This card had to be stacked to high heaven with two UFC all-timers in Mendes and Alvarez (who very much overdelivered), Ferea vs Rodriguez (formerly Rawlings) for the hardcores, and Perry vs Rockhold in what was expected to be chaos. Feldman better savor this moment, because I’m not sure he’ll taste anything like this again. Given their historic unwillingness to co-promote, even if this was something Conor McGregor really wanted to do (which I have my doubts about), I imagine the UFC would shut it down quickly and thoroughly.
Moreover, the UFC would have nothing to gain from allowing the sport’s biggest star a chance to get his teeth smashed in. Recall that at Bellator 187, McGregor hopped inside the cage to celebrate his teammate Charlie Ward’s win and shoved referee Marc Goddard. Miguel Class: Conor McGregor being ringside, slamming whiskey, and jumping in to satiate his unquenchable appetite for attention is something we saw long before BKFC 41 and it shouldn’t be taken as a sign of things to come.
You’re probably asking “Jack, if he’s never going to do bare-knuckle, why did he do a face-off last weekend?” Probably to spark conversations like this one right now, that keeps him in headlines. Here’s what I’m thinking: From a business perspective, what is there to gain from having McGregor in bare-knuckle boxing as opposed to MMA? The mainstream audiences tune in to watch McGregor, but I don’t think the allure of him doing a bare-knuckle bout would bring any extra eyes in that wouldn’t already be tuning in if he was competing in MMA. I have a feeling that the amount of money that Conor McGregor probably prices him out of BKFC (or any bare-knuckle boxing) and there’s nothing to gain from doing a bare-knuckle bout with him that you can’t already get in a UFC bout. And despite Conor McGregor’s most recent performances being lackluster at best, he’s still one of the top price tags in combat sports. beyond the question of whether or not a fight between him and Mike Perry should happen, can it happen? What’s all this about Conor McGregor vs Mike Perry?īKFC had arguably their biggest and most consequential event this weekend with a massive boost from Conor McGregor being there and the UFC having such a lackluster event. If you do, we thank you for supporting independent combat sports journalism and hope you continue to enjoy all the bonus content we provide. We would also like to ask you please join our Substack if you haven’t already.
And of course, the big merger/purchase rumor going around.
We absolutely had to look at the big shakeup with the UFC women’s bantamweight title, and also look at a bit of the fallout from BKFC’s mammoth weekend. This week we’ve got the brilliant Evan Zivin, returning champion Jack Wannan, the debut of Miguel Class, and the annoying Victor Rodriguez. We had a fair amount to parse the first time around, and now have more to delve into. Welcome back to our second edition of the BloodyElbow Roundtable, where we have a few of our lovely staff members look at a few juicy MMA topics and chop it up. PFL+Bellator = chocolate+peanut butter?.Is Nunes vs Aldana addition by subtraction?.What’s all this about Conor McGregor vs Mike Perry?.
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