Manny Pacquiao has already moved on from a Conor McGregor mega-fight as the demand for such a match is no longer there, one of his managers said.
McGregor competed in an MMA bout Saturday at the Etihad Arena on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi, in a fight that could have re-announced him as an elite fighter.
However, the No.2-ranked lightweight Dustin Poirier shellacked McGregor against the fence, beat him to the floor, & then left him bloodied, defeated & concussed on the canvas midway through the second round of a wild fight.
Prior to the UFC 257 headliner, there had been talks that McGregor & Pacquiao would fight but now that the Irishman's lost for the third time in as many years, the Filipino fighter has left the discussion table.
"It looked like Conor looked past Dustin & got knocked out," Pacquiao's manager Sean Gibbons told The Sun. "Maybe he had the Senator on his mind. I think the demand for the fight is not there presently."
McGregor first told reporters he'd held "ongoing talks" with Pacquiao for a prospective fight ahead of his UFC 246 thrashing of Donald Cerrone in 2020.
When Pacquiao signed another managerial contract with McGregor's talent agent Audie Attar, the founder of Paradigm SM, it appeared to put them both on a collision course for a bout that could generate $250 million.
Attar said earlier this month that a Pacquiao vs. McGregor super fight in 2021 is "inevitable" because "both fighters want it."
Pacquiao even said he wanted to fight an MMA fighter like McGregor "right now."
But now, McGregor has to kiss that $250 million fight goodbye.
"Conor has some business to clean up and handle in the UFC," said Gibbons. "It's a bummer, it could have been fun for as long as it lasted."
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