UFC's White Claims That He Won't Block Mayweather-McGregor

According to UFC President Dana White, he will not stand in lightweight champion Conor McGregor's way if the mixed martial arts superstar agrees terms for a much-hyped crossover boxing match with five division world champion Floyd Mayweather.

Mayweather, who retired undefeated at 49-0 in 2015 with a twelve round decision over Andre Berto, has said he was coming out of retirement to take on McGregor, who has been challenging him for months.

Discussions heated up last week, when Mayweather stated in numerous interviews that he was planning to send a big money contract to McGregor to see if the fighter was actually serious.

White admits that a Mayweather-McGregor boxing match would make zero business sense for the UFC, because there is a high probability that McGregor will get dominated from start to finish by the 40 year old boxer.

But he says that he doesn't want to stand in the way of McGregor making a massive pay-per-view payday.

"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 a video interview posted on entertainment news website TMZ.

"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."

Mayweather has asked for a guaranteed $100 million to make the fight happen, with $15 million going to McGregor, while White has talked of $25 million to each plus pay-per-view money. Mayweather laughed at White's terms and stuck to his guns on a $100 million guarantee.

McGregor has already been training for weeks, with videos being posted of his sparring sessions and boxing related workouts.

The pair will also have to agree to a format which Mayweather insisted would be straight boxing when interviewed by British media over the weekend.