Amid the booking of bitter-rival, Michael Chandler in a UFC 309 return before the end of the year, former two-division UFC champion, Conor McGregor has urged the organization to grant him an “exemption” to compete in the BKFC (Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship) — pointing to his dwindling Octagon deal.
McGregor, a former undisputed lightweight champion and a featherweight titleholder, has been out of action for more than three years from action, amid a fractured tibia and fibula suffered in a UFC 264 rubber match against Dustin Poirier at the lightweight limit.
And eventually scheduled to return at welterweight earlier this year in the main event of UFC 303 in June at the end of International Fight Week, McGregor was ruled from a bout with the above-mentioned, Chandler amid a fractured toe suffered just weeks out from the matchup.