Conor McGregor is adamant about eventually fighting for BKFC, but his UFC contract will remain a giant hurdle until he’s free of it.

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.

As we know, bare-knuckle boxing has taken off in recent years. One of the contributing factors to that has been BKFC, which has been growing at an incredible rate. That was helped when Conor McGregor came on board, with the UFC star serving as one of the faces of the company.

Conor McGregor said the UFC would not grant him permission to face Logan Paul in an exhibition boxing match in India this year.

Conor McGregor had been in talks to face Logan Paul in a boxing match, but UFC boss Dana White was not prepared to let the fight go ahead amid his long-running feud with the Paul brothers