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Mayweather-McGregor II? UFC president Dana White talking to ‘Money’ about an MMA fight
Floyd Mayweather fighting in the Octagon is a ‘real possibility’, according to White, which could mean another showdown against Conor McGregor
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Over the weekend, UFC star Conor McGregor seemed to throw water on the prospect he’d be willing to step into a boxing ring again. “MMA next,” he said when a TMZ reporter asked him about his next bout, perhaps against Manny Pacquiao.
In August, McGregor lost his boxing match against Floyd Mayweather via a 10th-round TKO, a result that hardly was a surprise but proved to be hugely lucrative for everyone involved, considering the 6.5 million worldwide pay-per-view buys.
And now, perhaps sensing that the public’s appetite for such cross-sport combat is yet to be sated, UFC president Dana White is on record saying Mayweather may want to give it another go … only this time, in the mixed martial arts Octagon.
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“We’re talking to Floyd about doing a UFC deal,” White told ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. “It’s real.”
“We’re interested in doing something with Floyd. Everything is a realistic possibility,” he also said.
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Mayweather seemed at least a little bit interested in the prospect earlier this month, mainly because of the “hugely lucrative” aspect of it all.
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