Conor McGregor has a tangible enthusiasm for what he’s doing now as a partial owner of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship and expressed as such at a recent BKFC post-fight press conference. On the heels of BKFC 82 where Mike Perry and Christine Ferea cemented themselves as the King and Queen of Violence, respectively, it resonated as a huge night for the company and the landscape of gloveless combat overall.
When advocating for the idea of revering fighters who lay it all on the line, via video footage provided by MMA Junkie, while also talking about the joy of promoting bare knuckle boxing on the heels of BKFC’s massive first foray into New Jersey, as McGregor said,
“This is why we must really, really, really put our maximum respect and support behind our combatants in here because to fight as well as promote is the real deal.