Conor McGregor could be one step closer to booking his next opponent.

At Saturday’s BKFC event in Marbella, Spain, the bare-knuckle promotion’s part owner was caught on camera briefly mentioning that his next fight would be against Dan Hooker on Feb. 1. The UFC is expected to hold an event in Saudi Arabia on that date and it sounds like McGregor has plans to fight there.

See a clip of McGregor’s comments below.

Hooker, who was also in Marbella to corner The Mac Life’s Oscar Willis, was asked about the supposed callout in an interview with Submission Radio and he confirmed there was mutual interest.

“Lock it in,” Hooker said. “Yeah, I jumped in the ring, [McGregor and I] had a few words inside the ring, but yeah, Feb. 1 works for me in Saudi. We’ll get that thing straight away.”

No bouts have been booked for the Saudi Arabia event, which is yet to be announced by the UFC (though an event page has been created on the country’s official tourism website).

Should that card need a headliner, Hooker is down to make some magic happen with McGregor, especially after spending time with “The Notorious” in Spain.

“We’re kindred spirits, as you could say,” Hooker said. “We get along quite well. I think we’re both very similar, there’s a lot of similarities there. We just spoke in the ring. I’m on board, he’s on board, we just need to get the UFC on board and we’ll get this thing across the line.”

McGregor has proven to be a valuable partner top BKFC, with frequent mentions of the organization on social media and by showing up personally to several events. Though he is currently under UFC contract and thus ineligible to actually step into the BKFC ring, he has become one of its most prominent faces from a promotional standpoint.

Hooker can vouch for the electricity currently buzzing around BKFC and hopes to compete in bare-knuckle boxing himself someday—after he’s done chasing UFC lightweight gold.

“I don’t think anyone on the face of the Earth doesn’t want to see me fight in bare-knuckle besides my missus,” Hooker said. “I’d do it for fun, you know what I mean? For the most part now, my eyes are set on the world titles and getting that strap around my waist.”

FOTY? Brandon Royval handed Tatsuro Taira his first loss in a thrilling five-rounder and kept his spot in line for another UFC flyweight title shot.

Raw Dawg. Following his big win, Royval vowed to hold nothing back should he get another championship opportunity.

Bewilderment. Raquel Pennington still doesn’t understand how she lost a decision—and her bantamweight title—to Julianna Peña at UFC 307.

Robbery? Artuer Beterbiev is boxing’s undisputed light heavyweight champion, but not everyone agrees he deserves that status after a narrow win over Dmitry Bivol.

Warriors. Media members Oscar Willis and Ben Davis threw down in the BKFC ring, with Willis putting on a show in a dominant win.

The Next Highlight? Justin Gaethje’s manager looks ahead to what’s next for the all-action star.

Perfection. Ariane Grande tears down the house on SNL with amazing UFC-Celine Dion spoof.

UFC Vegas 98 post-fight show.

Post-fight speech of the year?

The best rounds ever.

Media on media.

Pure destruction.

On to the Next One. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee make the matches for Brandon Royval and the rest of UFC Vegas 98’s big winners.

Who’s next for “The Diamond?”

So much respect.

Better luck next time.

Jacked.

Belal Muhammad (24-3, 1 NC) vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov (18-0); UFC 310, Dec. 7

Alexandre Pantoja (28-5) vs. Kai Asakura (21-4); UFC 310, Dec. 7

Nick Diaz (26-10, 2 NC) vs. Vicente Luque (22-10-1); UFC 310, Dec. 7

Ciryl Gane (12-2) vs. Alexander Volkov (38-10); UFC 310, Dec. 7

Chris Barnett (23-8) vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu (12-5); UFC 308, Oct. 26

Oban Elliott (11-2) vs. Bassil Hafez (9-4-1); UFC 309, Nov. 16

David Onama (12-2) vs. Lucas Almeida (15-3); UFC 309, Nov. 16

Hope everyone enjoyed the Saturday scraps and can now take a holiday to rest and recover. Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians!

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NFF media manager Promise Efoghe said no reason was given for the decision to divert their plane to Al Abraq on Sunday.

“No Libyan FA official has come to give reasons or provide any clarification,” he said.

“The Libyans made no effort to help. When the NFF tried to make alternative arrangement, we were locked inside the airport.

“It’s like we are in a prison at the airport.”

Striker Victor Boniface said on social media that the squad were left without food, wi-fi or anywhere to sleep, and the Super Eagles account on X posted pictures of players sprawled out on airport chairs.

Troost-Ekong described their treatment as “mind games”, which the LFF denied.

“There are no grounds to accuse the Libyan security teams or the LFF of deliberately orchestrating this incident,” a statement added.

“Such actions are inconsistent with our values and principles.

“We firmly reject any claims that suggest foul play or sabotage in this situation.”

The journey from Al Abraq to Benghazi would take over three and a half hours by road, but Troost-Ekong said the players would not want to travel by that means because of the security situation in Libya.

The country is split between two administrations – one based in the eastern region, which includes Benghazi, and the other in the west in the capital Tripoli. Both governments claim to be the country’s legitimate rulers.

Efoghe said the Nigerian embassy in Tripoli was “handicapped” and could not intervene because of the political situation.

“We will not accept to travel anywhere by road here even with security. It’s not safe,” Troost-Ekong added.

“We can only imagine what the hotel or food would be like given to us if we continued.

“We respect ourselves and respect our opponents when they are our guests in Nigeria. Mistakes happen but these things on purpose have nothing to do with [international] football.”

Nigeria won 1-0 when the two sides met in Uyo on Friday and top Group D on seven points, with Libya bottom of the table on one point and on the brink of elimination.

The MLB regular season is complete, October baseball is here and there’s a familiar favorite expected to win the Fall Classic.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are sitting atop the oddsboard as the lone favorite to win the World Series after taking down the New York Mets 9-0 in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series.

Can anyone challenge the Boys in Blue?

Let’s take a look at every team’s updated 2024 World Series odds at DraftKings Sportsbook as of Oct. 13.

ODDS TO WIN 2024 WORLD SERIES: 

Los Angeles Dodgers: +115 (bet $10 to win $21.50 total)
New York Yankees: +180 (bet $10 to win $28 total)
New York Mets: +475 (bet $10 to win $56.50 total)
Cleveland Guardians: +700 (bet $10 to win $80 total)

The Dodgers odds shortened from +165 to +115 prior to their Game 1 win, and will play Game 2 of the series on Monday, October 14. New York and Cleveland will kick off the American League Championship Series with Game 1 on the same day. 

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The court agreed that Fifa’s refusal to provide Diarra with an international transfer certificate (ITC) for a proposed move to Belgian club Charleroi in 2015 demonstrated that its rules “impede the free movement of professional footballers wishing to develop their activity by going to work for a new club”.

Fifa has now announced that it will open a “global dialogue” with footballing stakeholders as part of a process to adapt the rules.

“Fifa sees the Diarra decision as an opportunity to keep modernising its regulatory framework, which has been one of the declared objectives of the Fifa president since 2016,” said Fifa chief legal and compliance officer Emilio Garcia Silvero.

After the Diarra ruling, a Fifa spokesman said: “Fifa is satisfied that the legality of key principles of the transfer system have been reconfirmed.”