Mayweather makes offer to fight Mcgregor

[RenoChazz]

And the saga continues. I'm starting to think this might actually happen.

http://mmajunkie.com/2017/01/floyd-...-ufc-champ-conor-mcgregor-15-million-to-fight

 

[Greenbacks]

McGregor should take the money.....It would only be a 10 second fight.

15 million for 10 seconds of work...Pay me!

 

[PatsFan1283]

That's not a legitimate offer.

McGregor is just as big of a PPV star as Floyd is now and Floyd is the 1 that is getting the easy sparring session.

McGregor will want a lot more to do that.

 

[Greenbacks]

IMO this fight will never happen.

How can it???

All of a sudden McGregor is going to go toe too toe with 1 of the best boxers of all time.

Skilled boxers can`t even beat Mayweather and this UFC guy is.......Don`t make me laugh.

 

[PatsFan1283]

If CM is under contract with the UFC then I can't see why they would let him do it, but you never know.

McGregor would just never agree to getting 1/7th the guaranteed purse that Floyd is getting.

It won't be a competitive fight, but people will still tune in for the spectacle of it all.

 

[SunDodger]

I think Dana White would allow it to happen just for the publicity.
　
Can't see Mayweather knocking him out.

 

[Haystacks]

I think Dana White would allow it to happen just for the publicity.
　
Can't see Mayweather knocking him out.

quickly and quietly, within 3 rounds. Completely outclassed. If he could box, he'd be a boxer now, not mma

 

[SunDodger]

Floyd has one knockout in his last ten fights. And that was the fight where he sucker punched Victor Ortiz.
　
Mayweather would be tapping him with jabs and running. Like he always does.

 

[devocr]

Floyd has one knockout in his last ten fights. And that was the fight where he sucker punched Victor Ortiz.
　
Mayweather would be tapping him with jabs and running. Like he always does.

Mayweather is one of the best boxers we have ever seen. As boring as his fights are he is a boxing genius, I hate to say that. He would make McGregor his bitch from the 1st ring of the bell. No question or doubt at all. He would knock him out whenever he wanted after the 1st round.

 

[tatehill2000]

Soo.. here's the question.. if we let CM use mma gloves and may used boxing gloves, would it be MORE even for CM?

 

[ChugsMcGee]

Mayweather's point is he can make his money fighting anybody. McGregor can only make this kind of money fighting Mayweather, even if it is 1/7th or whatever. And he's probably right. McGregor should do it, but it will never happen.

Yes, in a straight boxing match Mayweather would school McGregor (not sure he could knock him out, but would be dominant for 10/12 rounds.) I think actual MMA fans understand this and wouldn't hold a loss of this nature (not his sport against arguably the best in THAT sport) against him, so go get paid. In MMA, you can lose at anytime anyway and possibly hurt your name/brand, might as well go collect a MASSIVE check even if a loss is almost guaranteed, since there isn't that much downside.

 

[ChugsMcGee]

Soo.. here's the question.. if we let CM use mma gloves and may used boxing gloves, would it be MORE even for CM?

No, he'll never hit/catch Mayweather.

 

[PatsFan1283]

Mayweather's point is he can make his money fighting anybody. McGregor can only make this kind of money fighting Mayweather, even if it is 1/7th or whatever. And he's probably right. McGregor should do it, but it will never happen.

Yes, in a straight boxing match Mayweather would school McGregor (not sure he could knock him out, but would be dominant for 10/12 rounds.) I think actual MMA fans understand this and wouldn't hold a loss of this nature (not his sport against arguably the best in THAT sport) against him, so go get paid. In MMA, you can lose at anytime anyway and possibly hurt your name/brand, might as well go collect a MASSIVE check even if a loss is almost guaranteed, since there isn't that much downside.

McGregor has avg around 1.5m buys his last 4 PPV's (Diaz 2x, Alvarez and Aldo), none of which were PPV draws before him.

Floyd's last fight with Berto got 400k buys and was a major PPV flop. So he can't just fight anyone and bring in big numbers anymore it looks like. And if he fought anyone credible at his age, he might lose which he doesn't want to risk.

So while he doesn't "need" McGregor, it is a fight that makes more sense for him than any other. Whereas McGregor can just keep doing what he is doing and selling PPV's. Floyd isn't offering him a big enough piece of the pie.

 

[ChugsMcGee]

McGregor has avg around 1.5m buys his last 4 PPV's (Diaz 2x, Alvarez and Aldo), none of which were PPV draws before him.

Floyd's last fight with Berto got 400k buys and was a major PPV flop. So he can't just fight anyone and bring in big numbers anymore it looks like. And if he fought anyone credible at his age, he might lose which he doesn't want to risk.

So while he doesn't "need" McGregor, it is a fight that makes more sense for him than any other. Whereas McGregor can just keep doing what he is doing and selling PPV's. Floyd isn't offering him a big enough piece of the pie.

I get that, and if I was McGregor, that would be my argument. But on a boxing PPV, I believe (not a 100% on this, someone correct me if I'm wrong) there's a much larger chunk of the money reserved for the main because the main is THE draw...and I'm not sure, but I believe Mayweather does his own promoting so he's not sharing there either. MMA PPV has a larger undercard and UFC get's a big piece and a lot of MMA fans are buying a MMA PPV regardless of the main.

Mayweather doesn't want to taint his legacy with a boxing loss, so yes, this is his best bet for another big payday. My argument is that I don't think a loss of this nature hurts McGregor's legacy and that's why he should do it. But UFC will never let it happen so it's probably a moot point anyways.

 

[PatsFan1283]

McGregor is the draw though. He is bigger than the UFC.

His PPV #'s are 3-4x more than PPV's that don't have him on it.

Mayweather needs him to sell PPV's because fighting someone else that is a lock victory isn't going to sell at all, so there is CM's leverage. He shouldnt just settle for 1/7th the purse when his marketability is = to that of Floyd in 2017.

He should maintain the position if you want to make 100million+ for sparring with someone that isn't even a pro boxer, then you're going to have to pay me a considerable amount to do so. Not really worth it to him to do it for the same as a UFC payday.

 

[rolltide]

McGregor has avg around 1.5m buys his last 4 PPV's (Diaz 2x, Alvarez and Aldo), none of which were PPV draws before him.

Floyd's last fight with Berto got 400k buys and was a major PPV flop.

dude made $32M on the Berto fight. McGregor hasn't made $10M yet in his MMA career


huge difference b/w boxing and MMA purses....


like someone said above if McGregor was a boxer he would be one. The money is insane compared to MMA

 

[PatsFan1283]

Going forward I would imagine he'll be in the 15-20 range. Maybe more if he can win the negotiations.

With Ronda losing, he is the only star they have and really the first UFC fighter that is bigger than the UFC "brand" itself.

And Floyd made 32M for the Berto fight because it was negotiated ahead of time, but Showtime and the arena took big losses on the card as it was a total flop.

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/...re-berto-fight-disappoints-pay-per-view-sales

Floyd isn't touching the $ he can make fighting CM unless he fought someone legitimate (Terrence Crawford, Canelo part 2, Keith Thurman) and he probably isn't going to do that. CM seems to know that.

 

[bigwang]

15 mil upfront plus a % of ppv sales on back end is a sweet deal for Connor.

 

[PatsFan1283]

15 mil upfront plus a % of ppv sales on back end is a sweet deal for Connor.

It would likely only be for 1 fight because after that the novelty would wear off and no one would care since CM isn't a boxer but his market value would be a lot higher than that for 1 fight.

That is why he wouldn't take that deal with Floyd. He could do a boxing match with a semi-star like Amir Khan and probably make 50 million.

He doesn't need Floyd to sell 1-1.5M PPV's 1 time. That is why Floyd's "You've only made X, so I'll offer you Y" logic doesn't really work. Because once he is outside of the UFC, he could make far more than what he makes for 1 boxing match.

 

[Mr_Mark]

McGregor is in his prime so this fight won't happen anytime soon

But if it did, McGregor should open up the fight with a swift kick to the face. He would get DQ'd but go down as a legend.