Floyd Mayweather-Dana White business talk continues during and after UFC 246
Once UFC 246 was over, Floyd Mayweather didn’t waste any time making waves.
On Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Conor McGregor’s highly anticipated return to the octagon ended with a 40-second dismantling of Donald Cerrone, signaling that the former two-division champion is back on top of the MMA world.
Which means his options are wide open, and that could include a potential boxing rematch with Mayweather, who apparently feels the same way.
It was only a matter of minutes after McGregor’s victory that he posted a poster on Instagram teasing Mayweather vs. McGregor 2.
As if that wasn’t enough, Mayweather followed up with a similar poster on Instagram teasing a fight with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The calculated social media move falls in line with UFC president Dana White’s recent comments about doing business with Mayweather this year. White shared during the UFC 246-post fight news conference that he and Mayweather had been in touch throughout the evening.
“Floyd and I have been talking tonight, too,” White said.
White previously has said the plan would be for Mayweather to compete in some type of cross-promotion. Asked to divulge details of their conversation Saturday night, White only kept the mystery alive.
“Listen, we’re doing something with Floyd. We’re doing something with Floyd,” White said. “And, umm, you know … I don’t know. It’s like, tonight’s the night of the fight, you got the Khabib fight coming, and there’s just so much going on.
“Floyd is in our plans, and we are in Floyd’s plans this year, and we’ll end up doing something.”
Whether that will be fights against either McGregor or Nurmagomedov remains to be seen. Mayweather defeated McGregor by 10th-round TKO in their August 2017 boxing match. Nurmagomedov, undefeated at 28-0 in MMA, has called for a fight with the 50-0 Mayweather, who’s seemed only mildly interested before.
Floyd Mayweather-Dana White business talk continues during and after UFC 246
