UFC President Dana White got combat sports fans talking this week when he announced he was negotiating with Floyd Mayweather about fighting in the octagon.
That news came after Money May said on Instagram Live earlier this month that he could sign a billion dollar deal with the organization if he wanted to.
"They just called me not too long ago and asked me to come back," he said on December 11. "I can come right back. If I wanted to I could come right back to the UFC. I can go fight in the Octagon. I can go do a three or four-fight deal in the Octagon and make a billion dollars. Remember, I'm Floyd 'Money' Mayweather."
In a subsequent interview with Fighthype, Floyd shot down those rumors and clarified his statement.
“That’s not what I said. Exactly what I said is this, if I made a billion dollars before, I could do it again. If I chose to get in the UFC and fight three fights or fight four fights and then fight Conor McGregor, I could make a billion dollars, which I can," he explained. "I can do it in three fights or even four fights, I could make a billion dollars if I choose to get into the Octagon and fight.
“We just don’t know what the future holds for Floyd Mayweather. I don’t look forward to getting back in a boxing ring. That’s what I don’t look forward to doing. I’m just saying I could," Mayweather explained. "I’m not doing it — but I’m saying what I could do to make a billion dollars quick if I wanted to do that. That’s what I was saying. I never said I was going to fight in the UFC. I didn’t say that. I said if I wanted to and what I could do. I’m not going to do it though.”
Well, there you have it.
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