Jan 13, 2017 UFC president Dana White has officially thrown his hat into the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fantasy sweepstakes. White, during Friday's appearance on The Herd, offered to pay $25 million apiece to Mayweather and McGregor for a presumed boxing match. He said the three parties would discuss pay-per-view splits. White's offer comes two days after Mayweather said he would pay McGregor a $15 million base purse to meet him in the ring. White referred to the entire situation as "weird," but claimed he is the only person who could make the fight happen, since McGregor is currently under exclusive contract with the UFC. "I'll tell you what Floyd, here's a real offer," White said. "I'm the only guy that can actually make the offer and I'm actually making a real offer: We'll pay you $25 million, we'll pay Conor $25 million and then we'll talk about pay-per-view at a certain number. There's a real offer." A former world champion boxer in multiple weight classes, Mayweather (49-0) is unlikely to be moved by the offer. He made a guaranteed purse of $100 million to fight Manny Pacquiao in May 2015, in what remains the richest fight in boxing history. His most recent purse, to fight Andre Berto in September 2015, was a guaranteed $32 million. McGregor (21-3) is the UFC lightweight champion. He hasn't fought since he won the UFC's 155-pound title by knocking out Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in November. The 28-year-old Irish star is currently taking time off, as he's expecting the birth of his first child. He also has demanded a business meeting with the UFC's new ownership at entertainment agency WME-IMG. White has gone on record saying that McGregor is not in the company's immediate plans, but he did say that in a potential bout with Mayweather, McGregor would be the bigger star. "To think you're the 'A' side? How are you the 'A' side?" said White, referring to Mayweather. "The last major fight that you were in [against Pacquiao], you left such a bad taste in everybody's mouth that nobody wants to see you again. "His last fight did 350,000 pay-per-view buys. Conor did 1.3 million and 1.5 million buys. So, I don't understand how you think you're the 'A' side. There's a reason you want this Conor McGregor fight so bad, because you know that's your money fight." In December, ESPN reported McGregor had applied for and been granted a professional boxing license in the state of California. If McGregor did pursue a professional boxing match outside the UFC, he would likely require either the promotion's blessing or a successful challenge of his contractual status in court. McGregor has publicly demanded $100 million for a boxing match against Mayweather. His highest disclosed purse in mixed martial arts is $3 million, which is the highest purse in MMA history. He makes additional bonus money off UFC pay-per-view sales. It is currently unclear which athletic commissions would even sanction a boxing match between Mayweather, one of the greatest boxers of his generation, and McGregor, who would be making his professional debut. http://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/...n-split-floyd-mayweather-conor-mcgregor-fight
Jan 13, 2017 Dana is f---ing delusional if he thinks Floyd will even pick up the phone for this offer.
Jan 13, 2017 this is like the knicks going to melo to pitch him a trade offer they no the answer but they desperate
Jan 13, 2017 Idk what he and Conor are thinking tbh. Conor's never made more than $10 million for a fight, how can he actually expect to be the A-side against somebody like Floyd?
Jan 13, 2017 lol what a clown Dana is. So Ronda Rousey was the biggest UFC star & now McGregor is bigger than Floyd. This just doesn't add up.
Jan 13, 2017 I take it back I think Floyd picks it up just to laugh into the phone for a minute or 2. This fight will generate 100s of millions, Floyd is not getting out of bed to fight for 25 lol. Absolute joke of an offer and it's embarrassing Dane actually made it an 'official' one.
Jan 13, 2017 Who the f--- pays to watch boxing, even more so, who the f--- pays to watch Mayweather's wack a--- fighting style
Jan 13, 2017 Now that I think about it probably a smart move from Dana. He doesn't want his golden goose to get embarrassed by Floyd so his best shot at good press and not making the fight happen is to low ball/bad mouth Floyd.
Jan 13, 2017 More than who pays to watch MMA. Mayweather's style hasn't been great to watch since Gatti in 2005 but people always want to watch on of the all time greats fight.
Jan 13, 2017 It's just weird to me because I never hear people talk about "let's order this so and so's boxing match," or see bars advertising a pay-per view night. I see/hear that for UFC, though. I guess numbers don't lie, however.
Jan 13, 2017 Mayweather would knock him out in a minute and McGregor would beat the s--- out of him in the octagon. I can't see anyone paying to watch this
Jan 13, 2017 Boxing in the US since Floyd retired in 2015 is in a terrible way commercially with no PPV star. The UK boxing scene is probably the biggest market now in Boxing.
Jan 13, 2017 The only fights I see advertised around here are for Bernard Hopkins. You'd think it'd be popular around Philly with Joe Frazier, The Executioner, and even the Rocky films hailing from here, but nobody really cares Edit: Danny Garcia fights too
Jan 13, 2017 I really don't think Dana actually believes he has a shot in a boxing match. Conor got touched up and couldn't knock out Nate with those tiny MMA gloves and he thinks he's gonna knock Floyd out in the boxing ring? 49 other pro boxers couldn't, and all the sudden Conor is and Floyd is scared? Lol. Yeah that it is kinda odd. It's definitely died down the last few years but I do see it.
Jan 13, 2017 GOATweather getting disrespected by those trash numbers Anything less than $50 mil is a slap in the face
