Conor McGregor claims UFC brass shut down his money-spinning boxing bout with Logan Paul.
Stunning stories surfaced final month that former dual-weight UFC champion McGregor and YouTuber-turned-WWE-superstar Logan Paul had been in talks to face one another in India for $250million every.
McGregor claims the UFC pumped the breaks on his struggle with PaulGetty
It appeared as if negotiations had been transferring in the appropriate path however McGregor’s employer, the UFC, pulled the plug on the crossover conflict.
“It is what it is,” McGregor informed interviewer The Schmo on Thursday.
“The UFC simply aren’t into it. The provide was there on the desk, in writing.
“Each athletes will say, ‘He’s not preventing,’ however each athlete are underneath the TKO banner. UFC, WWE each rising up.
“The inventory worth of TKO Holding Floor (is) by the roof. New market in India opened up and booming.
“It was enterprise savvy, and enterprise sense to make the struggle occur. Or ought to I say to make the glorified spar occur.
“In between this ready interval that we discover ourselves in earlier than I can get again to the octagon, it made good sense on the calendar to go forward with it.
“The UFC weren’t into it. I’m not sure what WWE’s interest in it was. I just knew the UFC weren’t into it.”
McGregor hasn’t competed in MMA‘s premier promotion since July 2021 when he broke his leg throughout his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier.
He nonetheless has two fights remaining on his UFC contract however there was little progress made in direction of a comeback because the breakdown of his long-awaited conflict with Michael Chandler in June.
Paul is specializing in his WWE careerWWE/Getty
Rising bored with ready, McGregor has threatened to breach his UFC contract by making an impromptu look on BKFC, the American bare-knuckle boxing organisation of which he is part proprietor.
“One of these days you’ll just hear my music come onto this stage in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship and I’ll have my fist wrapped with no gloves for a fight, out of nowhere,” McGregor added.
“No promotion. No promo. No nothing. Simply preventing a random struggle on the cardboard.
“That could be what the future holds. And legal making claims and all this? That’s for p******.”
McGregor concluded the interview by expressing his curiosity in preventing influencers.
In addition to Logan and his brother Jake Paul, McGregor additionally talked about British content material creator KSI.
McGregor is open to preventing in BKFCBKFC/FITE
“I’m more inclined now for this influencer f***ing, whatever you call it – because it’s astronomical money,” McGregor continued.
“It’s astronomical, the figures. Who’s there? Jake. Logan. KSI.
“I just like the three of those guys after which all these different ones which might be tussling round.
“So it’s an interesting little side pocket branch, we’ll call it. Stuff it down me sock and out I go.”
