White: I have been in talks with Team Mayweather ‘for a while’
Dana White: “Jeff, are you the spokesman now for f@$%ing Team Mayweather? And Bob Arum? You piece of $#!@. F@$% you too.”
UFC president Dana White was asked at the UFC 210 post-fight press conference to comment on remarks from Floyd Mayweather’s uncler Jeff that the UFC wanted 80% of the money for MayGregor.
I would like to clarify all the bulls*** about the 80 f***ing 20 split, said White, as transcribed by Jed Meshew for MMA Fighting. Jeff Mayweather. Come on, Jeff. Me and Jeff go way back. Jeff, are you the spokesman now for f***ing Team Mayweather? And Bob Arum? You piece of s***. F*** you too. What do they know about this fight? You want to know what they know about this fight? Nothing. Believe me, we’ve had preliminary talks with Conor and I’m in a good place with Conor and we’re going to meet in New York when he has his baby.
I’ve been talking to [Mayweather’s team] for a while now.”
The longer it takes for us to come to an agreement, I think the longer it’s going to take to negotiate with the Mayweather team. Because I know all the talk of ‘A’ side, ‘B’ side and all this stuff. Listen, of course everything I say is going to come off biased because he’s my guy, but you guys judge. Is Conor McGregor not a massive star? This fight here, Floyd doesn’t make this kind of money either without Conor, so Conor is just as important as Floyd when it comes to this fight. Not to mention the fact that, Conor is actually stepping in and boxing him and not saying, ‘hey, let’s fight in mixed martial arts.’
The best guess is that the fight will happen, in September.