28 May, 2024 @ 13:03
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British expats blast Conor McGregor’s plans to bring bare knuckle fighting to Marbella

MCGREGOR FOREVER, Conor McGregor, aired May 17, 2023. photo: © Netflix /Courtesy Everett Collection

CONOR McGregor’s plans to bring bare knuckle fighting to Marbella have sparked outrage amongst local British expats. 

The MMA legend announced his plans during a social media live stream last week. 

Bare knuckle boxing sees fighters use only bandages to protect themselves, normally ending with a knockout. 

The proposal has caused a social media outcry, with the Olive Press readers branding McGregor an ‘utter moron’ and a ‘tool.’ 

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McGregor’s proposal has sparked backlash from Marbella’s international community.
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One commentor lamented: “As if Marbella is not getting a bad enough name!”

While others claimed you can already see such fights for free ‘on the streets of Marbella.’

Another called bare knuckle boxing ‘as barbaric as bullfighting’, saying ‘if this happened on the street, it would result in an arrest.’ 

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McGregor has recently become a co-owner of the world’s most important bare knuckle boxing organisation, the BKFC (the bare knuckle fighting championship). 

He revealed there is a ‘proposal to do that bare-knuckle event in Marbella’, during a social media live stream.

It is thought the event would coincide with his birthday trip to the area in mid July. 

The suggestion has also been echoed by popular MMA platforms.

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Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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