Conor McGregor appears to have been caught by surprise at the bombshell news that his rival Michael Chandler has become tired of waiting for their fight to materialize and will be rematching Charles Oliveira instead at UFC 309 in November instead.
“As far as Chandler rematching Oliveira, I’m happy with the date,” McGregor said during an interview at a Bareknuckle FC event.
“It’s November. Maybe we can still do it after, if they’re not going to line me up until December, maybe January or February, one of these dates.”
“Maybe we can still do it. I’m just a bit out of the loop with it. All I can do is carry on doing what I’m doing. I test under the testing administration, I train daily, and that’s it. Let’s see what happens.
“Hopefully it all comes to fruition.”
McGregor, who is a part owner in the Bareknuckle FC promotion then went on to suggest a possible co-promotion with the UFC in the future.
“I’ve two fights left on my UFC contract,” McGregor said. “My opponent that I was scheduled to fight has rescheduled another bout.
“I would love maybe an exemption, or maybe a joint partnership, Bare Knuckle-UFC, similar to McGregor Sports and Entertainment and Mayweather Promotions. Some sort of agreement where we can get busy.
“I need to be busy and right now I’m working to get there. So let’s see what happens.”
Check out McGregor speaking at the BKFC post-fight press conference, mostly in his capacity as a promoter for the event, but also mentioning the Chandler situation below.
