McGregor could be in line for monster payday as business tycoon considers offer

The former WWE CEO Vince McMahon recently held talks with Conor McGregor's combat sports promotion, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, to purchase shares in the company.
The founder and president of BKFC, David Feldman, revealed to Sports Illustrated that McMahon was recently interested in acquiring a stake in the promotion.
"He's a great guy, his whole team is great, but the timing wasn't right for us," Feldman said.
"He's Vince McMahon — if I were him, I'd want creative control, too. He was awesome, very complimentary, and he was very serious to do business."
This marks the first signs that the WWE co-founder is willing to return to sports promotion.
He left the WWE after allegations of misconduct against him were unearthed, and recently had a Netflix series about his life released, which is named "Mr McMahon."
McGregor has landed himself in hot water recently after getting involved in an altercation with a partygoer in an Ibiza nightclub, breaking his silence on the altercation.
He later posted on X saying: "You won't speak bad about my country and its people and that's ever. Vote McGregor."
McGregor's last fight came in 2021 where he suffered a leg break in a defeat to Dustin Poirier.
He was slated to fight Michael Chandler last summer but pulled out of the fight after a toe injury in camp.

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