Conor McGregor is eyeing a rematch with Floyd Mayweather, but he wants the terms to be a bit different this time around. Back in August 2017, McGregor stepped into the ring for his boxing debut against Mayweather and was stopped in the tenth round.
Conor McGregor is eyeing a rematch with Floyd Mayweather, but he wants the terms to be a bit different this time around.
Back in August 2017, McGregor stepped into the ring for his boxing debut against Mayweather and was stopped in the tenth round.
The event turned out to be a huge financial success, racking up 4.3 million pay-per-view buys and earning both fighters over $100 million each.
McGregor has already suggested an MMA rematch with Mayweather at the UFC White House card on June 14. But if he had his way, their next fight would not take place in either boxing or MMA. Instead, he wants something entirely new for both of them.
Conor McGregor open to bare-knuckle rematch with Floyd Mayweather
McGregor has never ruled out a return to the boxing ring since his debut loss.
During a gaming stream with his eldest son and Caylus, when asked if he will ever box again, he said: “For sure, a boxing fight.”
And of course, that brought the conversation around to a possible rematch with Mayweather.
When the topic came up, ‘The Notorious’ floated the idea of facing Mayweather under bare-knuckle rules instead.
“To be honest with you, I’d love to bare-knuckle fight him,” the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship co-owner stated.
Details of Conor McGregor’s UFC contract
During that same stream, McGregor also revealed some surprising news about his UFC contract.
“I’m warming up now for the White House fight.
“I’m gonna be at it, for sure. It’s gonna be insane, the White House card is gonna be.
“I’m going into negotiations with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in February. I’m very interested to go. They’ve actually got a new deal with Paramount, it’s worth $7.7 billion. So the company has 4x its profit.
“My contract, essentially, is void right now because there’s no more PPV, whereas my contract was based on PPV sales,” he continued. “I’m the highest-generating PPV fighter of all time. The PPV system is done. I’m due a new contract,” he explained.
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