Comments Thread For: UFC's White: I Reached Deal With McGregor - For Mayweather

[Sadiqkingofko]

As long as it doesn't affect Canelo-Golovkin I'm fine with this

[goldenbear]

We'll see if White is serious.

If White goes in there with the mentality that Mayweather is an employee and not his own boss then this deal will not get made. The problem with getting deals done most of the time is not the fighters but the promoters trying to make significantly more than the fighters.

[Johnny2x2x]

I was stating that McGregor is a welterweight in the UFC which is @ 170. If you got what I said, He has to go down 23 lbs to lose that weight advantage and go down to Boxing welterweight which is at 147. Which will make McGregor a zombie version of himself. Meaning the odds are stacked up against McGregor, He is already a noobie boxer with only his punching power to give him that very small chance of landing that perfect shot, but now even if he does land that perfect shot, Floyd won't get hurt with that as well, since he is a drained version of McGregor wearing pillow gloves lmao

thus making this fight a money grab that has failure written all over it.

McGregor has fought mostly at 145 and 155, he went up to 170 because Diaz couldn't make 155. McGregor is fine at 150.

That being said, he has no chance in a boxing match against Floyd or any good pro.

[Eff Pandas]

I was stating that McGregor is a welterweight in the UFC which is @ 170. If you got what I said, He has to go down 23 lbs to lose that weight advantage and go down to Boxing welterweight which is at 147. Which will make McGregor a zombie version of himself.

I'm a UFC fan & I wouldn't say Conor is a UFC 170lber just like I wouldn't say Canelo is a super middleweight/168lber cuz of his last fight. His last fight in the UFC was at 155lbs ffs.

Conor won a belt at 145lbs (where he legit looked like a zombie) + was set to fight for the belt at 155lbs (randomly Canelo should consider a UFC career since they actually have Caneloweight in the UFC). The champion got injured or something & they put on a fight vs Nate Diaz at 170lbs (neither guys division at the time) cuz it was late notice & they didn't wanna worry about cutting weight. Conor catches a L & then wants to fight Diaz under the exact same terms as the original match so he can truly avenge the L which he didn't feel like he would've done if the fight took place at both guys' current weight of 155lbs. Conor wins the rematch & then wins the 155lb title a couple months later.

thus making this fight a money grab that has failure written all over it.

No sh^t its a money grab. Like 1/3 of the PPV's we watch are money grab fights.

Idk about a failure doe.

Is it gonna be competitive? Nah, but how many Floyd fights have been competitive?

Is is gonna be fun to watch for the freak show aspect of it? Idek with any confidence. I think the first minute will have that appeal to even a lot of boxing & MMA fans, but I think it could look really bad & boring real quick from there.

Is it gonna make a sh^tton of money? Yes. It'll without question from my POV be the 2nd biggest PPV in combat sports PPV history (~2.5M+ gets it there iirc) worst case. I'd call that a success from the money grab aspect of it all.

[Hype job]

More fake news. This farce isn't, wasn't and never will happen. Stop propagating this junk like some ****ty, second rate tabloid site.

Why not? It's an easy win and easy money for Mayweather. When has he ever turned that down?

[mrjoeblive]

I was stating that McGregor is a welterweight in the UFC which is @ 170. If you got what I said, He has to go down 23 lbs to lose that weight advantage and go down to Boxing welterweight which is at 147. Which will make McGregor a zombie version of himself. Meaning the odds are stacked up against McGregor, He is already a noobie boxer with only his punching power to give him that very small chance of landing that perfect shot, but now even if he does land that perfect shot, Floyd won't get hurt with that as well, since he is a drained version of McGregor wearing pillow gloves lmao

thus making this fight a money grab that has failure written all over it.

connor knew what the size/wt is and he still wants to get beat up by floyd. so your rational holds no wt. pun intended. it sounds like you are making an excuse for connor when he takes the L from floyd.

[casheddie]

how is paying Floyd 100 million and connor 75 million fair? connor has never pulled anywhere near Floyd's ppv numbers. Dana has never had to "negotiate" with anyone before. he tells them what they get paid. and he keeps the lions share of the money. Floyd truly understands the financial side of the fight game and knows what he brings to the table. dana is about to get a lesson in two-way negotiations.

First off, if you are talking about paying Mayweather for the PPV numbers he did 3 years ago then even he would tell you you don't know about this business. Last fight Floyd fought did 400k. Conor's last fight sold 1.3 mil and sold out MSG.

You also have to factor in the buzz around McGregor, and the buzz around Mayweather. Nobody is looking at his fighters right now and McGregor is a better talker with a more passionate fan base. People don't trust floyd anymore and as someone in marketing, that's a huge tell of influence. Of course, Floyd should and will receive the larger share but it shouldn't be like a 70/30 split.

Then you don't understand business.

Fight has to be promoted by Mayweather
A-side money split goes to Mayweather
Mayweather announced second
Mayweather picks the ref
Mayweather picks the gloves
Mayweather picks the venue (MGM Grand)
Mayweather picks the judges
Mayweather gets the larger PPV take

If Dana asks for anything contradictory to the above, they don't understand what "B Side" means. All they got to do is agree to whatever Floyd asks for. It'd still be WAY more than Conor would make otherwise on a single fight and that's exactly how they did James Toney.



No direct mention, but Dana White preceded Haymon by quite a few years. The only overlap they might have had was over venue and fight dates.

Thats what I'm saying, but that doesn't mean Conor doesn't deserve 70 mil +. The promotion of this fight alone will be carried by Conor, we all know people don't care about Floyd's smack talk like they used to. All eyes are on McGregor and Floyd is just there for the check.

All this talk about Conor doesn't make this or that. You don't realize your looking at the numbers UFC puts out for the official payroll, but the bonuses, ppv deals and sponsorship money will not be public. Conor made more than 20 million in his last fight

[Combat Talk Radio]

Thats what I'm saying, but that doesn't mean Conor doesn't deserve 70 mil +. The promotion of this fight alone will be carried by Conor, we all know people don't care about Floyd's smack talk like they used to. All eyes are on McGregor and Floyd is just there for the check.

All this talk about Conor doesn't make this or that. You don't realize your looking at the numbers UFC puts out for the official payroll, but the bonuses, ppv deals and sponsorship money will not be public. Conor made more than 20 million in his last fight

Floyd himself is on record, he will only support Conor making twice his biggest payday. That's not 70 million.