Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor confirmed for August 26th in Vegas
 

This is going to make a STUPID amount of money.

https://sports.yahoo.com/floyd-maywe...205101486.html

Nice. Definitely going to be watching.

No way that this will be a good fight.

Meh. It'd be a lot more interesting if it were an MMA fight.

Straight up Boxing? McGregor is going to be demolished.

The PPV will be Showtime PPV, and the main card will be all boxing.

Early line in Vegas

Mayweather -1000
McGregor +650

The odds should probably be even longer than that, but they want gamblers to look at it and think its possible.

Winner gets shot at Rousey.

No way McGregor wins. Not in a boxing match.

LMAO

This could really hurt the GGG-Conelo PPV, this freakshow is only 3 weeks before.

In September, casual fans might be thinking "man, **** boxing, I got ripped off by that Mayweather-McGregor fight, I'm not paying for that."

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McGregor brainwashed everybody.

He got beat by Nate Diaz and has NEVER defended a belt in the UFC ROFL. He hyped himself to get the biggest payday in history. Only fools will spend $100 to watch.

The GOAT fighting somebody who's not even a boxer?

This will be ugly

It should go every other round... round 1 boxing, round 2 mma fighting, round 3 boxing, and so on and so forth.

No thanks. I am not giving either on of them a single red cent.

Sucks that it'll be boxing rules only . Would kill to see Mayweather get totally destroyed via MMA rules. Oh well. Wasn't planning on watching anyways.

I'll put 10 on McGregor lol

Whoever has the first round would win. If Floyd knew he had to win in one round to avoid having to deal with MMA shit... he'd beat the **** out of McGregor in that one round. And vice versa for McGregor.
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I'm in. Should be fun either way.

Dana White just said that it will be at T-Mobile arena (so not the MGM Grand which Mayweather originally reserved)

More interestingly, it will be super welterweight, which is 154 pounds. So, Mayweather is coming almost all the way up to McGregor's weight (155). I assume weight cuts are harder for him as he gets older, and he's probably confident that he doesn't need the added advantage of forcing Conor to cut down to win. His last fight was at welterweight (147)

I cannot begin to tell you how bad of a fight this will be. Mayweather will absolutely destroy him. I don't know if it will be a knockout because that is not what Floyd does, but it won't even be close. Just like it wouldn't be close if it was an MMA fight, McGregory would win easily.

Best idea yet.

It's a fight, anything can happen. Especially when you have heavy hands.

He literally has only a puncher's chance, and after a few rounds if he gasses, he won't have that anymore.

It is possible that we are living in the timeline where the guy who hits harder than almost anyone else in the UFC at 155 lands a knockout punch on the greatest defensive boxer in history, but it is really unlikely.

The only reason to buy this, other than to watch an absurd spectacle maybe, is if you hate Conor and want to gleefully watch him get wrecked.

Connor better wear his track shoes if he is going to catch Floyd. Mayfeather will dance around, jab for points, back peddle, zig zag and flat out run away from Connor and come away with a decision win.

Connor can't hit what he can't catch. 100 million is a nice payday to make a joke of your career.

I don't think you can get that fight sanctioned in the USA. Hell, there are probably a lot of states that wouldn't sanction 49-0 vs 0-0, but Nevada bends the rules when the money is good enough.

You'd probably have to go to Japan or some nation with no laws on prize fighting to get something approved with novel, weird rules.

Got a friend to put down some money on McGregor, pretty sure I just hustled him.

I won't be paying to watch this. I'm not spending money to watch Mayweather defensive box and McGregor gas himself....and then have it end in a decision. No thanks.

This.

Damn Floyd is old.

McGregor will get frustrated and do some MMA shit. He'll get DQ'd and the fans will boo. Everyone will feel ripped off as it turns into a WWE shitfest with both fight corners coming into the ring.

Hopefully there are severe financial penalties for a DQ.

Can't remember the last time I agreed with you, but this sounds about like what I expect

Sounds awesome!

I don't see this happening at all for 2 reasons. First of all he mostly boxes anyway. He throws a few kicks but thats not really his thing, and its only to keep his opponent guessing. He also does not like to grapple, at all. When he's on the ground he's in trouble.

Secondly, he's risking humiliation and tarnishing his career for the big payday, and he'd be risking that payday. If he starts kicking and grappling, he could get arrested and the financial punishment would be severe. If he's losing, he'll take his beating, cash his check, and decide whether he wants to be in a cage again.

Strange that he has several of his Bugatti Veyrons up for sale and now a fight. Is he getting financial advice from Mike Tyson? :hmmm:

It is a stunning development given that Mayweather, the greatest boxer of his era, had said he was retired after compiling a 49-0 pro record from 1996 through 2015. But with a fight which could pay each man in excess of $100 million, he reconsidered.

For excess of $100 million each why wouldnt they do this.
Floyd easily wins a boring boxing match. Yawn

Just imagine what they could make if it was MMA fight rules so Floyd would rely on his boxing skills while McGregor could utilize his MMA background. That would be tempting to buy, but Floyd would never do that. McGregor knows he cant win a straight up boxing match with Floyd but he doesnt care about that, hes $100 million+ richer

The press conference will be the highlight of this ordeal.

I'm actually thinking Floyd knocks him out in the middle rounds after McG is gassed and frustrated.

He is going to be able to land some crystal clean shots.

I would say that this fight is dumb for his career, but can you really call a $100M pay day a bad career move?


My God, I would love to see FM Jr sitting on his ass staring into a flashlight

I'm not counting McGregor completely out because of punchers chance/throwing angles Floyd might not be used to and what not, but this seems like a negotiation of how much $$$ it would take for McGregor to go in and get clowned, which he seems OK with. People have tomato canned for MUCH less $$$. MMA is still little brother to boxing no matter how many Afllication shirts get sold. This looks like a payout for both sides.

I hope McGregor forgets and just ****s Merryweather up with some MMA.

Be funny though if he connects and drops Floyd.

I wonder if McGregor's precision will work vs Mayweather's running pussy tactics.

He should.

I mean what does he have to lose? He likely won't ever box again.

Is Conor your new Rhonda?

Overrated vs Over the hill

No thanks

Boxing has really sunk low to resort to parlor tricks..

McGregor is going to be a zombie by the 4th round trying to keep up with the speed of Mayweather.

I get why McGregor is doing this though. Even with a loss, the money he will make will set him up for at least a couple years with the way he spends money.

Probably end as well as the Donovan Bailey/Michael Johnson super race.

So what happens if I bet $100 on Connor and his left hook accidentally lands?

You get your hundred back along with 650 of their friends.

If you bet 100 on Mayweather and he wins, you get your hundred back along with a $10 bill. So, if you are absolutely confident mayweather will win, you can bet about $400-$500 to basically win enough money to buy a dinner at a decent restaurant.

650 won.

i have news for you - PBF would win in either arena of fighting style.

I'm 99.9% confident Mayweather will win, but I would never bet $500 on anything. o:-)

I bet Pretty Boy Floyd would verbally tap after the third juicy leg kick.

And, in fact, I take it back. I would definitely bet $500 on Connor if the fight took place under MMA rules.

I'm not as confident as a lot of people that Conor would beat Floyd in a MMA match. I actually think it would be interesting, while a lot of people are just automatically saying "oh yeah, Conor is a mixed martial artist, so he'd win in MMA rules", well not really. Conor is sort of a mixed martial artist I guess, but he's really a boxer who has trained hard on how to keep it on the feet and win the clinch.

Floyd would get his ass kicked by almost any other 155 pound fighter in the UFC, but Conor is not really a mixed martial artist, he's a boxer who can hang in the UFC. So, I'm not totally convinced Conor would win under MMA rules.

Mayweather may pull a Satan from South Park and throw the fight with his own bet on McGregor.

Thats why casinos don't like pushing the favorite beyond -1000. It would have to be a really stupid, lopsided "oh come on" matchup before it goes to -2000 or farther, because you have the combination of discouraging gamblers who have to bet $100 to win less than $5 which doesn't feel good, along with an extreme temptation for the mob to convince the favorite to throw the fight.

-1000 is pretty much close to perfect for an overwhelming favorite, people will still take a shot and bet on the heavy underdog and its not usually enough to try to fix the fight.

Joke of a fight, Mayweather will destroy that little Irish bitch...

The hugs will be too much to overcome. Still could see myself ending up watching because it's a good excuse for an event party.

Connor's legs are a great weapon. He would unleash that weapon without hesitation in a match where he knows for a fact he's not being taken down. Shit, he even employed leg kicks in the Diaz rematch knowing that if it were to go to the ground, Nate would have a huge advantage with his BJJ.

Also, don't kid yourself, Connor McGregor would be able to choke out Floyd with ease if he could get him down. His BJJ is good, it's just not on the same level as a lot of the UFC guys.

Yeah, it's basically a freak show. It's not going to be a boxing match.

It'll be boring like all Mayweather fights but it is nice to see MMA vs boxing.

Ridiculous.

If I had as much skill as Mayweather and knew I could outpoint an opponent without getting touched and get $50-100 million, I'd do the same thing he does. Why get hit when you don't have to? Why would I care what fans think is boring?
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I assume this will be a two fight deal one Boxing then MMA

Why the hell would you assume that? There's no way Mayweather who has 100% of the leverage would agree to that.
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I'm disappointed. I wanted to see a real fight.

This

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying his kicks and what ground skills he has are nothing. Its just while a lot of people are going from Floyd overwhelming favorite under boxing to Conor overwhelming favorite under MMA, I'm saying under MMA rules it would become interesting, and maybe Conor is a favorite.

If Floyd was fighting, say Khabib or RDA under MMA rules then yeah, Floyd would get wrecked.

Who would buy it?


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Millions.

Nope - one and done.

And by done I mean they're both done...

For what its worth, Conor promised Dana that win, lose, or draw he'd defend his belt before the end of the year, and he's never really lied about wanting to fight before.

That said, obviously things can change when he gets "you never have to work again" money, and maybe he was just saying what he needed to say to get Dana on board.

Mixed feelings about the fight.

Mayweather may be a great tactician in the ring, but his fights are boring as hell. At age 40 he's had to have slown down a bit also.

McGregor is a great hype machine. I guess he will be able to hang in because of his age. Only way he wins is if he gets in a lucky Buster Douglas shot.

Hopefully it is better than Ali v. Inoki in the mid 70's (the original boxer v. I'm not exactly sure what Inoki was).

I just remembered this clip of Conor sparring in a boxing ring 10 months ago. People (including the head of the Nevada Athletic Commission) are saying "oh don't worry about that, he's been training boxing and he's a lot better now!"

Well Jesus Christ, I sure as hell hope he's better than that now.

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Regarding MMA rules instead of boxing its not so much what attacks Cononr could then do its more what Floyd couldnt do. For instance when Floyd finishes a combo/jabs in boxing he grabs onto his opponent and forces a referee reset to get his separation back and rinse and repeat. It not just Floyd, thats just boxing.

He could still win under MMA rules but it wouldnt be as easy. Hed have to be more elusive in keeping his distance then he already is.

Wow. That's really bad.

THIS!

Put down 10k to win 1000. The only risk is a one in a billion punch.

That's my birthday so I guess I know what I'll be watching that day :D

He gon get rekt.

yeah, my days are buying a PPV are long behind me.
The only one I recall being somewhat worth it was Maywether vs De La Hoya about 10 years ago.

I got the McGregor vs Aldo (I think?) one last year or a while back....the one where McGregor won in like 14 seconds. I just laughed, shut off the TV and went to bed and vowed 'never again'.

Got a Tyson fight in the early 200's that was lame as well.

I've got the same kind of luck. Everytime i order a fight it ends up a dud. I refuse to order fights now as well.