UFC President Dana White said Wednesday night that he has completed negotiations with Conor McGregor in hopes of setting up a showdown against Floyd Mayweather Jr. later this year.
Appearing on TNT’s Inside the NBA following Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals at TD Garden, White said the McGregor side is “done” and that he’s “starting to work on the Mayweather side now.”
You can view White’s complete remarks below:
Last week, White expressed confidence he would be able to complete McGregor’s side of the deal before trying to hash out an agreement with Money.
However, the UFC boss cautioned negotiating with Mayweather’s team may not be easy.
“I still need to go negotiate with [Mayweather’s team],” he said last week on The Jim Rome Show, according to ESPN.com news services. “There’s no guarantee that we’re going to come to a deal.”
In April, White appeared on The Herd with Colin Cowherd and estimated that McGregor would earn somewhere around $75 million if the fight was made, while Mayweather would likely make a shade over nine figures.
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