Conor McGregor claimed earlier this week that he intends to have one final fight in the UFC, but now he’s gone further by revealing that rather than retiring afterwards he instead intends to fight in bareknuckle boxing.

“I really enjoy bareknuckle fighting,” McGregor said during an interview at a Hype FC event in Italy. “I don’t think there is any chance of a boring fight in bareknuckle. Now, I am a mixed martial artist — maybe I’m saying this because I had a bad time out the last time.

“Good MMA — really good MMA — is hard to beat, but bareknuckle is very exciting, very dangerous and it takes more courage. I’m looking forward to a bareknuckle fight myself.”

McGregor then doubled down on that when asked to confirm that was his plan.

“Big chance. Big chance!” McGregor replied. “I’m going to lay down my gloves in that Octagon for my final UFC contract [fight], but not to retire — to announce bareknuckle.

“Teeth come and go, just like a nose.”

However, before any of this can actually come to fruition, the 38-year-old McGregor still has to recover from the torn ACL and meniscus he suffered just seconds into his comeback fight in the Octagon in July.