{"id":41495,"date":"2026-11-05T20:28:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T20:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Conor-McGregor-plans-bareknuckle-move-after-final-UFC-contract-fight-203507"},"modified":"2026-11-05T20:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T20:28:32","slug":"conor-mcgregor-plans-bare-knuckle-move-after-final-ufc-contract-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/conor-mcgregor-plans-bare-knuckle-move-after-final-ufc-contract-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor plans bare-knuckle move after final UFC contract fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/conor-mcgregor-plans-bare-knuckle-move-after-final-ufc-contract-fight.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Conor-McGregor-29688\">Conor<br \/>\nMcGregor<\/a> says he plans to move to bare-knuckle fighting after<br \/>\ncompleting his <a rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/organizations\/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2\"><br \/>\nUltimate Fighting Championship<\/a> contract.<\/p>\n<p>The former two-division champion says he has one fight remaining on<br \/>\nhis deal and intends to make it his final UFC appearance.<\/p>\n<div id=\"adViAi\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Speaking with Spitfire Gym Berlin while attending the Hype Italy<br \/>\nevent, McGregor expressed enthusiasm for competing without<br \/>\ngloves.<\/p>\n<h2>Conor McGregor says he has one UFC fight remaining and wants to<br \/>\ncompete in bare-knuckle boxing rather than retire<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cBare knuckle; I really enjoy bare knuckle fighting,\u201d McGregor<br \/>\nsaid. \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s any chance of a boring fight in bare<br \/>\nknuckle. Now, I am a mixed martial artist, maybe I\u2019m just saying<br \/>\nthis because I had a bad time out the last time?\u201d \u201cGood MMA, really good MMA is hard to beat. But bare knuckle is<br \/>\nvery exciting, very dangerous, and it takes more courage for me, I<br \/>\nthink, to get in. So, I\u2019m looking forward to a bare knuckle fight,<br \/>\nmyself,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Notorious\u201d said leaving the UFC would not mean retiring from<br \/>\ncombat sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBig chance! Big chance! I\u2019m gonna lay off my gloves in that<br \/>\noctagon for my final UFC contract, but not to retire; to announce<br \/>\nbare knuckle!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old acquired an ownership stake in Bare Knuckle<br \/>\nFighting Championship in 2024. He also joked about the physical<br \/>\nrisks of fighting without gloves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEh, teeth come and go! Just like a nose, it means nothing!\u201d<br \/>\nMcGregor added. \u201cYou can get new teeth!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DfVCJY-NqVY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" readability=\"-0.18103448275862\"><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor says he plans to move to bare-knuckle fighting after completing his Ultimate Fighting Championship contract. The former two-division champion says he has one fight remaining on his deal and intends to make it his final UFC appearance. Advertisement Speaking with Spitfire Gym Berlin while attending the Hype Italy event, McGregor expressed enthusiasm for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}