BKFC president David Feldman sees Conor McGregor as good accomplice: 'He's acquired phenomenal enterprise acumen'

Conor McGregor not too long ago made large information however exterior the octagon.

The UFC celebrity was again within the headlines after he reveled that he’s invested in BKFC, making him an element proprietor within the main bareknuckle boxing promotion. BKFC president David Feldman is happy to accomplice up with McGregor however not solely due to the additional funding. Feldman expects – and desires – McGregor to be hands-on within the enterprise, which is why it makes him the right accomplice for BKFC.

“There’s lots of people throwing cash within the fight sports activities panorama proper now, (however) the cash isn’t the toughest factor to come back by. It’s getting the correct partnership,” Feldman instructed MMA Junkie. “We didn’t need only a cash partnership with Conor McGregor as a result of that doesn’t make sense. We wish enter, we wish his persona, we wish him to blow it up and do the issues that he does.

“He’s acquired nice concepts. He’s acquired phenomenal enterprise acumen. Look, the man has constructed loads of stuff round his profession and what he’s carried out, so we don’t need him to be quiet. We need to make as a lot noise as doable.”

Past his concepts and enterprise expertise, Feldman can be excited to have McGregor on board as a consequence of his affect within the fight sports activities world. He believes BKFC now being connected to the McGregor identify will open many doorways for the promotion.

“There’s loads of issues on the market in sponsorships, TV offers, and various kinds of investments and completely different locations to do fights, and I feel all of these issues, Conor lends an enormous hand in,” Feldman mentioned. “Simply his identify and the way he talks concerning the sport and the way a lot he likes it and the place he thinks this sport goes to go, it’s solely an enormous plus for us.

“After I assume down the street, the place do I see this? I’ve mentioned this for a very long time, however I feel we’ve a robust case to be the No. 2 fight sports activities promotion on the earth, and I feel this solidifies that.”

McGregor’s involvement in BKFC got here out of left subject for a lot of, together with Feldman, provided that he’s nonetheless an energetic fighter signed to the UFC.

“It was by no means one thing that we have been fascinated with till it got here up,” Feldman mentioned. “We have been clearly a bit of hesitant on it as a result of he’s a UFC man, he’s their fighter, and he has fights left with them, and he has a terrific relationship with Dana and the whole workforce and simply had to determine the way it might work. We found out the way it might work.

“Lots of people have been speaking about this these days, however we don’t take into account ourselves competitors to the UFC, and I don’t assume the UFC sees us as competitors. Not even on our scale however on our sport. I simply assume we created our personal lane. We clearly generally compete for a similar fighters at instances, however on the finish of the day, we’re only a entire completely different product than they’re.”