2 weeks Ago By Jordan Ellis, Bloody Elbow
Conor McGregor had a wild first night at Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship’s Dubai debut. The former dual-weight UFC champion met up with Dakota Ditcheva and called her ‘the next big thing’. Later, ‘Notorious’ was left baffled when a member of security hit a fan for trying to rush towards him.
Before all that, Conor McGregor was stuck in the middle of Britain Hart and Tai Emery when they began throwing punches during a final face-off ahead of their strawweight title fight on Friday night. Conor McGregor reacts to bare-knuckle brawl Conor McGregor looked annoyed at the time, but all was forgiven after their epic five-round fight. Ultimately, two judges scored the contest 48-47, and one scored the bout 50-45, all in favor of Hart.
Emery, who is famous for flashing after her BKFC debut, kept throwing punches until the final bell. In doing so, she earned the respect of McGregor, who had a two-word reaction following the strawweight title fight. “In awe,” he wrote on his Instagram story alongside a video of the final sequence of Hart vs Emery.
The video was originally shared by Emery, with a caption reacting to her brutal and bloody BKFC title fight. “Humble in victory and defeat..
.one things for sure I proved to the world that I’m one of the best in @bareknucklefc game and have earned my seat at the top,” she wrote. “All for the legacy.
Thank you to @davidfeldmanbkfc and @thenotoriousmma and I’m ready for that re-match call for that shiny belt. Thank you to my team Khusan Timur @mirafzal_akhtamov @loma_still.” A post shared by TAI EMERY (@tai_emery) What’s next for Conor McGregor? McGregor hasn’t fought since breaking his leg during a UFC 264 trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier in July 2021.
Unfortunately, he seems closer to calling it a career than coming to terms with the UFC for a comeback fight. McGregor recently made a UFC retirement admission as he turned down a fight offer amid political ambitions “I’ve got two fights on the contract, I’m in negotiations,” he told the press when asked about a potential BKFC fight. “Last week, something happened to me.
I went to the White House, and my heart bleeds for my country right now. “So there’s a lot of stuff going on back home, I’m happy with what I’ve done. There’s something else for me that’s in my gut right now, and that’s kind of where I’m going.
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