Conor McGregor revelled among the chaos at the the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Spain weigh-ins
‘The Notorious’ is a minority owner of BKFC, a bare-knuckle boxing promotion that was founded in April 2018.
McGregor was right in the centre of the chaos in SpainBare Knuckle Fighting Championship
Tonight, three title fights take place at the Marbella Arena in Spain as BKFC make their debut on Dazn Boxing – a promising step for McGregor’s organisation.
Chaos broke out at the weigh-ins on Friday between No.1 ranked Tony ‘Loco’ Soto and Argentina’s Franco Tenaglia ahead of their title fight for the vacant world lightweight championship.
McGregor was loving the atmosphere at the weigh-ins in Marbella, with his sunglasses on and dressed in a pink suit.
He was taking up the role of Dana White in the UFC, pumping up the crowd, standing between all fighters once they had weighed in and went face-to-face.
McGregor had already interfered during the co-main event weight-in, between welterweight champion Austin Trout and Rico Franco, before it was able to get anymore feisty.
But this time around, things escalated when it was time for Soto and Tenaglia to meet as the main event clash.
America’s Soto, who is undefeated inside the ring with a record of 6-0, took to the stage first.
European lightweight champion Tenaglia, who is from Alicante, Spain, but fights out of Buenos Aires, Argentina, shortly followed.
Both men stepped up individually as their weights were announced to the crowd, before coming eye to eye.
At first everything seemed calm on the stage in Marbella, until Tenaglia jeered his opponent with both fists in the air.
Soto weighed in firstBare Knuckle Fighting Championship
And Tenaglia followedBare Knuckle Fighting Championship
The pair then came face-to-faceBare Knuckle Fighting Championship
But Soto didn’t like the gesture his opponent madeBare Knuckle Fighting Championship
And all hell broke looseBare Knuckle Fighting Championship
It’s clear ‘Loco’ didn’t take too kindly to the gesture made by the European champion, as he proceeded to attempt a headbutt in the direction of his opponent.
This immediately caused McGregor to jump between the pair as security rushed on stage to split them apart.
‘The Notorious’ was in his element as he grabbed the lightweight belt and flung it in the air, as if to say mission success.
After that incident he then went on a rant where he called out Floyd Mayweather.
“Floyd, you little pussycat! You’re doing back conversations trying to get boxing fights at 155lbs,” McGregor said.
“Fight me at my weight! I’m the A-side [and] you owe me! Bare-knuckle – McGregor vs Mayweather [at] 170lbs, let’s go, baby – take off the gloves and fight b****!
The Spain card also sees David Mundell, the No.1 ranked pound-for-pound BKFC fighter, defend his middleweight belt against Britain’s Danny Christie.
Meanwhile, Scotland have representation in the form of Hannah Rankin, who fights Germany‘s Deborah Melhorn in the featherweight division.
The event starts at 6pm on DAZN for UK fans.
