Conor McGregor wants to take his working relationship with Dana White to the next level.
‘Notorious’ and the UFC boss have been great business partners and made each other millions since McGregor joined MMA’s premier promotion in 2013.
However, they became potential rivals when the Irishman acquired a stake in Dave Feldman’s fledging bare-knuckle boxing promotion earlier this year.
McGregor has ended rumors of a potential rivalry by offering to share fighters with White in a social media business proposal.
Conor McGregor reacts to Dana White watching BKFC Spain
McGregor brought Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship [BKFC] to Marbella, Spain last weekend, and delivered an epic night of fights.
Before the event, White expressed concern for two MMA media members, Oscar Willis and Ben Davis, who had agreed to make their bare-knuckle boxing debuts on the card.
Willis, who runs McGregor’s ‘The Mac Life’ website, dropped his opponent four times to score a first-round KO victory before White reacted to the strange matchup a few days later.
“I moved my schedule around that morning so I could watch it and then they moved the fight, so it screwed my whole thing up,” he said after filming the latest Contender Series episode on Tuesday evening.
He added: “I won’t tell you how I watched it, but I watched it.”
McGregor immediately shut down rumors that White illegally streamed his biggest star’s event.
He wrote: “Dana did not stream BKFC! He watched in great enjoyment and amusement alongside [MMA journalist] Kevin Iole, who had our card on! Fighting connoisseurs enjoying some Bare Knuckle Fighting action! F***ing AWESOME!”
Later, McGregor shared a clip of White talking about BKFC on his Instagram story and added a caption that suggests he wants to lend some of his fighters to the UFC.
McGregor said: “Haha we love you Dana White, we would be honored in your attendance one day!
“You want some of our talent to go to MMA under the UFC banner just say the word! Plenty of our talent would jump at the chance and we would love to share talent!
“2 different sports. One goal. Big shows and big numbers and rocket high stock price.”
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLCWhen will Conor McGregor fight again?
White hasn’t responded to McGregor’s offer to share talent as he’s probably more concerned with getting a fight date nailed in for ‘Mystic Mac’.
The 36-year-old hasn’t fought since breaking his leg during a trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021
Michael Chandler was supposed to welcome him back to MMA at UFC 303 in June, but McGregor broke his pinky toe in training and opted to withdraw from the contest.
Rather than wait for a new date, Chandler has agreed to take a rematch with Charles Oliveira, who previously knocked him out to win the lightweight title, at UFC 309 on November 16.
At BKFC Spain, McGregor told BloodyElbow.com that Dan Hooker is his new comeback opponent and claimed they are booked to fight in Saudi Arabia on February 1.
White likes the matchup but insists he hasn’t spoken with either man about it.
Meanwhile, Hooker is happy to fight McGregor but says the date that’s being proposed right now won’t work as his wife is due to give birth to their second child.
It is unclear when McGregor will return to the Octagon at this stage.
All we know is that the plan is for him to fight someone at some point in 2025.