Dana White (UFC President) on The Herd this morning - discussed Mayweather/McGregor

[BoxingPugilist]

So for those of you who watched today, Dana White went on The Herd this morning to discuss Floyd's claim from First Take that he offered the McGregor fight with $100m to Floyd and $15m to Conor. Dana claimed this morning that he has received absolutely zero official offers from anyone inside of Mayweather's camp - going so far as to say he's not even sure who he would talk to if he WANTED to make the fight happen. Dana then dismissed Floyd's demand for $100m, stating his last PPV did terrible and people are still disappointed from the Manny fight, where as McGregor has had back to back PPVs for the UFC that did over a million buys each.

Dana then officially offered Floyd and Conor $25m each, and said they could negotiate back end from that starting place. However when he did that, he promised to fill the rest of the card with a UFC Title fight, and other UFC fights that would interest people. So it sounds like Dana wants this to be an MMA event with a boxing headline attraction - something I can't imagine the folks over at Mayweather Promotions would even consider for a second. Also, I have a hard time believing that Floyd would even consider a 50/50 split, regardless of if the rest of the card was every single big name UFC star they had.

Once again, it seems like both sides are making insulting offers to the other as a way of saving face and saying "hey we tried!" - knowing full well that the offer would be rejected outright. I just can't understand how anyone still thinks this fight will ever happen...

[HeadShots]

May weather should take 5 million.


This is the easiest fight of his career. Its literally Free money.

[HanzGruber]

May weather should take 5 million.


This is the easiest fight of his career. Its literally Free money.

floyd isnt having 8 weeks of training camp for 5 million which is really closer 2 mil at the end of the day lol

prob wouldnt even really need to train but still, danas a tard, 25 mil to floyd? seems legit

[Motorcity Cobra]

$25 mil? He better offer it to Pacquiao. He'd jump on that fast. Floyd could make double that fighting Joe Horn or whatever the guy's name that Pacquiao is about to fight

[Cinci Champ]

Offering numbers as tho mayweather one his puppets. Mayweather gonna make 250 million off this fight not 25. Kinda funny tho cause it just shows how much UFC truly take from their fighters. 25 mil a piece for a fight that might gross more then mayweather PAC? **** I wonder if it was a serious offer or just playing arum politics

[Cinci Champ]

floyd isnt having 8 weeks of training camp for 5 million which is really closer 2 mil at the end of the day lol

prob wouldnt even really need to train but still, danas a tard, 25 mil to floyd? seems legit

Ya except for fact that mayweather the obvious a side and would get like 100 mil purse not counting the majority of ppv and gate revenue. Seems legit as in not at all

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

floyd isnt having 8 weeks of training camp for 5 million which is really closer 2 mil at the end of the day lol

prob wouldnt even really need to train but still, danas a tard, 25 mil to floyd? seems legit

oh really break that 5 million down 2 million with facts. I want to see how a broke person breaks down real money lol.

[Cinci Champ]

So for those of you who watched today, Dana White went on The Herd this morning to discuss Floyd's claim from First Take that he offered the McGregor fight with $100m to Floyd and $15m to Conor. Dana claimed this morning that he has received absolutely zero official offers from anyone inside of Mayweather's camp - going so far as to say he's not even sure who he would talk to if he WANTED to make the fight happen. Dana then dismissed Floyd's demand for $100m, stating his last PPV did terrible and people are still disappointed from the Manny fight, where as McGregor has had back to back PPVs for the UFC that did over a million buys each.

Dana then officially offered Floyd and Conor $25m each, and said they could negotiate back end from that starting place. However when he did that, he promised to fill the rest of the card with a UFC Title fight, and other UFC fights that would interest people. So it sounds like Dana wants this to be an MMA event with a boxing headline attraction - something I can't imagine the folks over at Mayweather Promotions would even consider for a second. Also, I have a hard time believing that Floyd would even consider a 50/50 split, regardless of if the rest of the card was every single big name UFC star they had.

Once again, it seems like both sides are making insulting offers to the other as a way of saving face and saying "hey we tried!" - knowing full well that the offer would be rejected outright. I just can't understand how anyone still thinks this fight will ever happen...

It's almost as tho Dana thinks mayweather would fight under UFC ppv is he crazy? It would be mcgregor fighting on showtime. I can't believe people are falling for arum tricks. I'm an outsider tho I'd love to see mayweather toy with mcgregor it be funny

[HanzGruber]

Ya except for fact that mayweather the obvious a side and would get like 100 mil purse not counting the majority of ppv and gate revenue. Seems legit as in not at all

dude i mean seems legit in a sarcastic way lol

oh really break that 5 million down 2 million with facts. I want to see how a broke person breaks down real money lol.

he has to pay people, plus taxes plus tickets.. floyd prob wouldnt even fight me for 5 mil if it meant he had to do 8 weeks of training