After Floyd Mayweather addressed the possibility of a boxing match with Conor McGregor on Showtime on Friday night, “The Notorious” one had a very simple and to-the-point response.
Mayweather spoke with Steve Farhood on Showtime on Friday night (wat…
After Floyd Mayweather addressed the possibility of a boxing match with Conor McGregor on Showtime on Friday night, “The Notorious” one had a very simple and to-the-point response.
Mayweather spoke with Steve Farhood on Showtime on Friday night (watch here) and said the talk of a boxing match against McGregor are not “rumors,” adding that “the fight may happen.”
On Saturday afternoon, upon hearing of the news, the reigning UFC Featherweight Champion had a very brief reply to the former boxing pound-for-pound king. McGregor took to social media where he posted the following comment directed at “Money Mayweather.”
This weekend, former boxing pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. spoke with Showtime’s Steve Farhood and fueled the flames regarding the rumor of a potential boxing match against reigning UFC Featherweight Champion “The Notorious” Conor McGregor.
“It’s really not a rumor,” Mayweather told Farhood on Friday night. “The fight may happen. We really don’t know, as of right now. As of right now. But do I think the fight will happen? Absolutely.”
Mayweather would elaborate, explaining that it has to be a boxing match, but because of the style McGregor has used to obtain victories inside the Octagon, he feels a standup fight is perfect for both guys.
“We’re the A-side, of course. It has to be a boxing match, because most fights that Conor McGregor won inside the Octagon, he was a stand-up guy. So I’m pretty sure it’s gonna be a tough fight for me.”
Mayweather concluded, “We really don’t know as of right now, but there’s been a lot of talk, and hopefully we can make the fight happen.”
H/T to Scott Christ of BadLeftHook.com for transcribing the above Floyd Mayweather Jr. quote.
Tonight, MMANews.com is your source for UFC 198 Results and live coverage. UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic takes place live from Curitiba, Brazil and we will be providing the absolute best live results coverage of the highly anticipated pay-per-view featuring an absolutely stacked lineup, including Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic for the UFC Heavyweight Championship, Vitor Belfort vs. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Corey Anderson and the Octagon debut of Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino, as she takes on Leslie Smith.
UFC 198 kicks off live tonight with a three-fight preliminary card on UFC Fight Pass starting at 6:30pm ET. / 3:30pm PT., featuring Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Patrick Cummins in the main event, as well as a four-fight preliminary card headlined by Matt Brown vs. Demian Maia on FOX Sports 1 starting at 8pm ET. / 5pm PT. After the FS1 prelims, starting at 10pm ET. / 7pm PT., it will be time for the UFC 198 pay-per-view headlined by Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic for the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
MMANews.com will be providing live, quick-match UFC 198 results coverage of the two preliminary cards this evening, and the fastest, most detailed round-by-round results coverage of every fight on the pay-per-view portion of the show from start-to-finish. We welcome fans to test our updates against the competition this evening, as it will not take long for you to figure out where you want to be when the big fights get started.
•Renato Moicano (146) vs. Zubaira Tukhugov (146)
•Luan Chagas (169) vs. Sergio Moraes (171)
•Patrick Cummins (206) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (205)
UFC 198 Results — FOX Sports 1 Preliminary Fights
•Rob Font (135) vs. John Lineker (135)
•Yancy Medeiros (156) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (156)
•Nate Marquardt (186) vs. Thiago “Marreta” Santos (185)
•Matt Brown (171) vs. Demian Maia (171)
UFC 198 Results — Pay-Per-View Fights
•Corey Anderson (204) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (205)
•Warlley Alves (170) vs. Bryan Barberena (170)
•Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino (139) vs. Leslie Smith (139)
•Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (186) vs. Vitor Belfort (185)
•Stipe Miocic (241) vs. Fabricio Werdum (240)
Tonight, MMANews.com is your source for UFC 198 Results and live coverage. UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic takes place live from Curitiba, Brazil and we will be providing the absolute best live results coverage of the highly anticipated pay-per-view featuring an absolutely stacked lineup, including Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic for the UFC Heavyweight Championship, Vitor Belfort vs. Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Corey Anderson and the Octagon debut of Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino, as she takes on Leslie Smith.
UFC 198 kicks off live tonight with a three-fight preliminary card on UFC Fight Pass starting at 6:30pm ET. / 3:30pm PT., featuring Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Patrick Cummins in the main event, as well as a four-fight preliminary card headlined by Matt Brown vs. Demian Maia on FOX Sports 1 starting at 8pm ET. / 5pm PT. After the FS1 prelims, starting at 10pm ET. / 7pm PT., it will be time for the UFC 198 pay-per-view headlined by Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic for the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
MMANews.com will be providing live, quick-match UFC 198 results coverage of the two preliminary cards this evening, and the fastest, most detailed round-by-round results coverage of every fight on the pay-per-view portion of the show from start-to-finish. We welcome fans to test our updates against the competition this evening, as it will not take long for you to figure out where you want to be when the big fights get started.
•Renato Moicano (146) vs. Zubaira Tukhugov (146)
•Luan Chagas (169) vs. Sergio Moraes (171)
•Patrick Cummins (206) vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (205)
UFC 198 Results — FOX Sports 1 Preliminary Fights
•Rob Font (135) vs. John Lineker (135)
•Yancy Medeiros (156) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (156)
•Nate Marquardt (186) vs. Thiago “Marreta” Santos (185)
•Matt Brown (171) vs. Demian Maia (171)
UFC 198 Results — Pay-Per-View Fights
•Corey Anderson (204) vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (205)
•Warlley Alves (170) vs. Bryan Barberena (170)
•Cristiane “Cyborg” Justino (139) vs. Leslie Smith (139)
•Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (186) vs. Vitor Belfort (185)
•Stipe Miocic (241) vs. Fabricio Werdum (240)
Following the official UFC 198 weigh-ins on Friday in Curitiba, Brazil, which featured a record-setting UFC weigh-in crowd of 15,000 people, UFC released the fifth installment of their UFC 198 Embedded web series.
Embedded above is episode five of UFC 198 Embedded, which takes a close look at the top fighters leading into this Saturday’s stacked pay-per-view event.
The official description for episode five of UFC 198 Embedded reads as follows:
“On Episode 5 of UFC 198 Embedded, heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum and former light heavyweight champion Shogun Rua find strength in numbers during a team training session, while their American challengers – Stipe Mioicic and Corey Anderson – work out in their Curitiba hotel. The event’s big stars take in the massive scale of the arena at Ultimate Media Day, and then former featherweight Cris Cyborg dives head-on into her weight cut to 140 pounds. There’s one more stop and set of staredowns on Friday, as the group hits the official weigh-in at Atlético Paranaense Stadium. UFC 198 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the heavyweight title fight at UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic, taking place Saturday, May 14 on Pay-Per-View.”
https://youtu.be/lXAFLBnsmSM
Following the official UFC 198 weigh-ins on Friday in Curitiba, Brazil, which featured a record-setting UFC weigh-in crowd of 15,000 people, UFC released the fifth installment of their UFC 198 Embedded web series.
Embedded above is episode five of UFC 198 Embedded, which takes a close look at the top fighters leading into this Saturday’s stacked pay-per-view event.
The official description for episode five of UFC 198 Embedded reads as follows:
“On Episode 5 of UFC 198 Embedded, heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum and former light heavyweight champion Shogun Rua find strength in numbers during a team training session, while their American challengers – Stipe Mioicic and Corey Anderson – work out in their Curitiba hotel. The event’s big stars take in the massive scale of the arena at Ultimate Media Day, and then former featherweight Cris Cyborg dives head-on into her weight cut to 140 pounds. There’s one more stop and set of staredowns on Friday, as the group hits the official weigh-in at Atlético Paranaense Stadium. UFC 198 Embedded is an all-access, behind-the-scenes video blog leading up to the heavyweight title fight at UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic, taking place Saturday, May 14 on Pay-Per-View.”
Former MMA fighter Gina Carano was asked her thoughts on the current state of the women’s bantamweight division in the UFC recently on Twitter.
With Miesha Tate holding the title, some wonder if a third encounter with Ronda Rousey is in store should…
Former MMA fighter Gina Carano was asked her thoughts on the current state of the women’s bantamweight division in the UFC recently on Twitter.
With Miesha Tate holding the title, some wonder if a third encounter with Ronda Rousey is in store should the champion successfully defend her title in July at UFC 200 vs. Amanda Nunes.
There is also the Holly Holm card sitting out there, as the former champion has lost just once – to Tate – and holds the only win over Rousey so far.
And Cris “Cyborg” Justino is set to make her UFC debut this Saturday at UFC 198, possibly adding her name to the talk. Cyborg was the last person to face Carano, besting her in Strikeforce.
I think they are all great fights… Just think they could stand to hold off on another Ronda vs Miesha 3 for a bit. https://t.co/HHoQzfXpfa
