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Dana White Won’t Stop McGregor vs. Mayweather, Expects It To Happen

Each day it seems as if the tides change regarding a potential boxing super fight between former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather and reigning UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor. Last week, Mayweather stirred the pot by saying he was ‘officially out of retirement’ for a bout with McGregor. This statement received more attention when news broke

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Each day it seems as if the tides change regarding a potential boxing super fight between former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather and reigning UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor.

Last week, Mayweather stirred the pot by saying he was ‘officially out of retirement’ for a bout with McGregor. This statement received more attention when news broke indicating that Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena was reserving June 10, 2017 for the fight.

Despite these reports, UFC President Dana White has consistently said that the fight is far from being signed and official. However, White recently told TMZ (Via FOX Sports) that he ‘would never keep’ McGregor from making the amount of money that he would surely bring in with a bout against Mayweather:

“It doesn’t make a lot of sense for my business, but I would never keep Conor from making that kind of money,” White said in regards to the fight between McGregor and Mayweather.

“He obviously has a lot of opportunities right now. Tony Ferguson is out there, the Floyd Mayweather thing is out there, we’ll see how this thing plays out.”

MMAFighting.com’s Luke Thomas also tweeted regarding the scenario last night (March 15, 2017) saying that White ‘ultimately believes’ the fight will happen:

Are you getting sick of all the back-and-forth banter, or are you hoping a bout between the two mega stars comes to fruition?

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Floyd Mayweather Confirms He’s ‘Officially Out Of Retirement For Conor McGregor’

Retired boxing champion Floyd Mayweather and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor having been going back-and-forth in the media regarding a potential super fight for over a year now, but the talk between the two sides has seemed to increase over the last few months. In fact, “Money” recently added more fuel to the fire by

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Retired boxing champion Floyd Mayweather and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor having been going back-and-forth in the media regarding a potential super fight for over a year now, but the talk between the two sides has seemed to increase over the last few months.

In fact, “Money” recently added more fuel to the fire by saying that he is ‘officially out of retirement for Conor McGregor’, while urging the Irishman to fight him in June:

“When I faced Arturo Gatti, I went to his turf,” Mayweather said (via FightHype). “He was the A side, I was the B side. I beat him, I didn’t cry, I didn’t complain. When I faced Oscar De La Hoya, he was the A side, I was the B side. I didn’t cry, I didn’t complain, I beat him and I became the A side. For Conor McGregor, I’m coming out of retirement, just to fight Conor McGregor.

“I don’t want to hear no more excuses about the money, about the UFC. Sign the paper with the UFC so you can fight me in June. Simple and plain. Let’s fight in June. You’re the B side, I’m the A side. We’re not here to cry about money. I’m tired of all this crying about money and talking about you want to fight. You blowing smoke up everybody’s ass. If you want to fight, sign the paperwork, let’s do it.

“Today, I’m officially out of retirement for Conor McGregor. We don’t need to waste no time. We need to make this s**t happen quickly. Let’s get it on in June.”

Mayweather hasn’t competed since scoring a decision victory over Andre Berto in September 2015, while McGregor has been out of action since his history-making knockout over Eddie Alvarez last November at UFC 205 in New York City.

While it’s unclear if a boxing match between Mayweather and McGregor will ever truly come to fruition, it does appear as if “Money” is all in regarding the fight.

What do you make of his recent comments?

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Nate Diaz Targeting ‘Big Deal’ UFC Fights

Nate Diaz hasn’t competed since suffering a majority decision loss to Conor McGregor in their rematch at UFC 202 last August, and it was thought that a trilogy bout with McGregor would be the only fight to get Diaz back in the Octagon, but that may not be the case after all. Recently speaking on

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Nate Diaz hasn’t competed since suffering a majority decision loss to Conor McGregor in their rematch at UFC 202 last August, and it was thought that a trilogy bout with McGregor would be the only fight to get Diaz back in the Octagon, but that may not be the case after all.

Recently speaking on the fight, Diaz said that he’s now in search of ‘big deal’ fights rather than ‘money fights’:

“They said I was waiting for Conor McGregor, but I wasn’t waiting for Conor McGregor,” Diaz told Garnek Sports. “I already beat him twice, so I was just training and saying if I was gonna fight again anytime soon, it was going to be a big deal fight. Not a money fight, because I get paid, regardless.”

Like McGregor, Diaz recently applied for a boxing license. The “Notorious” one has consistently campaigned for a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather, and if McGregor is going to box, Diaz wants to ‘get in on that’ too:

“I tried to get my boxing license years ago,” Diaz said. “Some boxing promoters were trying to buy my contract from the UFC, (but) the UFC was not letting me go. But now they’re talking about the McGregor-Mayweather stuff. I don’t now how real or fake it is, but who knows. Money talks.”

“I already got my California license, and I’m getting my Nevada license right now for boxing. If they’re gonna let McGregor box, I’m gonna be boxing, too. I’mma get in on that.”

Who would you like to see the younger Diaz brother fight next?

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Conor McGregor Has Gruesome Prediction For Fight With Mayweather

The talks of a potential fight between UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and retired boxing legend Floyd Mayweather continue to roll on. Although it’s unclear as of now whether or not the fight will ever actually take place, reports surfaced earlier this week indicating that it could happen sooner rather than later. If the stars

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The talks of a potential fight between UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and retired boxing legend Floyd Mayweather continue to roll on.

Although it’s unclear as of now whether or not the fight will ever actually take place, reports surfaced earlier this week indicating that it could happen sooner rather than later. If the stars were to meet in the squared circle, McGregor feels as if he would get the better of the former pound-for-pound king, and the brash Irishman feels as if he would do so in dominant fashion:

“We’re talking about boxing. That’s it. But again, age waits for no man,” McGregor said about Mayweather when speaking to GQ. “He’s 40 years of age. He’s a little, he’s got a little head on him. Honestly, my fist is bigger than his head.

“I sleep people. I put people unconscious. I’m stating facts. If I hit that man, his head is gonna go into the bleachers. You understand that? If I crack that little head of his, it’s gonna go clean off his shoulders and up into the bleachers.”

Not only is McGregor willing to go toe-to-toe with Mayweather, but he also said that he has no problem ‘slapping the head off’ of any of “Money’s” previous opponents:

“I mean, that’s the one that everyone wants, that’s the one that makes the most sense. But I’ve no problem going and slapping the head off one of his opponents that he couldn’t finish,” McGregor said. “All he does is decisions. He can never stop them.

“So all I have to do is pick some schmuck out that he only could decision, bounce the left hand off his dome, sleep him, and then there you go: It’s already done.”

If Mayweather and McGregor actually get a deal done, would you give the “Notorious” one any chance of beating “Money”?

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Conor McGregor Trolls Floyd Mayweather To End Day of Rumors

Talks of a potential super fight between UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and retired boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, which have been ongoing for nearly a year now, reached new heights today when a report surfaced indicating that the two stars had reach a verbal agreement for a bout. UFC President Dana White and Mayweather then

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Talks of a potential super fight between UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and retired boxing legend Floyd Mayweather, which have been ongoing for nearly a year now, reached new heights today when a report surfaced indicating that the two stars had reach a verbal agreement for a bout.

UFC President Dana White and Mayweather then responded to this report, however, making it seem as if the news wasn’t true.

The day was certainly filled with many rumors and a plethora of speculation and to end it off, McGregor, who happens to be in Las Vegas, took yet another shot at Mayweather on social media:

I am in Las Vegas. Floyd has retired on my arrival.

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McGregor hasn’t competed since brutally knocking out Eddie Alvarez to become the 155-pound champion at this past November’s UFC 205 from Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Mayweather, on the other hand, has been in a retirement since scoring a unanimous decision victory over Andre Berto in Sept. 2015. Prior to that, he had outpointed Manny Pacquiao in May 2015 in a fight that turned out to be one of the biggest in boxing history from a financial standpoint.

Do you expect Mayweather and McGregor to ever actually lock horns, or will the rumors continue to be nothing more than just that: rumors?

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Jose Aldo Gives Conor McGregor No Chance Against Floyd Mayweather

It’s clear that reigning UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and retired boxing legend Floyd “Money” Mayweather want to fight each other. Whether the bout will actually come to fruition, however, is up for debate. If it were to actually take place, UFC featherweight champion and longtime McGregor rival Jose Aldo wouldn’t give the “Notorious” one

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It’s clear that reigning UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor and retired boxing legend Floyd “Money” Mayweather want to fight each other. Whether the bout will actually come to fruition, however, is up for debate.

If it were to actually take place, UFC featherweight champion and longtime McGregor rival Jose Aldo wouldn’t give the “Notorious” one a chance to beat Mayweather in the squared circle:

“First of all, we don’t know if it will happen or not,” Aldo said Friday during an online Q&A (Via MMAFighting.com), “there are a lot of things involved, mainly McGregor has a contract to follow so it’s hard to happen, but if it happens, I don’t think he has a chance.”

“Mayweather has the experience of competing for years in the sport of boxing, so I don’t see how,” the Brazilian said. “Of course, it’s a fight, but it’s hard for us MMA fighters to go to a different world challenging one of the best in the history. I don’t see a result different than a win for Mayweather.”

Aldo was iconically knocked out by McGregor when the two met after months and months of build-up at Dec. 2015’s UFC 194. The Brazilian then rebounded with a unanimous decision victory over Frankie Edgar at UFC 200 before he was promoted back to undisputed featherweight champion after McGregor was stripped of his 145-pound title.

Do you agree with “Scarface’s” analysis of a potential bout between Mayweather and McGregor?

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