White: MayMac 2 only makes sense in the Octagon
Dana White: “We went over and boxed him – the UFC and Conor McGregor. Now it’s time for him to reciprocate and come fight in the Octagon.”
The UFC has a problem, and his name is Conor McGregor. He’s 50 Veyrons in your garage, but they won’t drive. The last time the lightweight champ entered the Octagon was November 12, 2016. Instead of defending his belt, he boxed Floyd Mayweather. Now he’s mulling over a number of fights in the Octagon, but a rematch with Mayweather would by far be the most lucrative option, in the ring or cage.
Mayweather recently took part in a paid social media project where he enters a cage wearing MMA gloves. McGregor recently said if Mayweather doesn’t enter the Octagon, he will regret it for the rest of his life.
UFC president Dana White appeared recently on UFC Tonight and said that MayMac 2 is fine, but not under The Marquess of Queensberry Rules.
Floyd said leading up to the fight with Conor that he would do both, said White to hosts Michael Bisping and Kenny Florian, as transcribed by Mike Bohn for MMAjunkie. We’ll see what happens. Obviously the only way making that fight again makes sense is if he comes into the Octagon. We went over and boxed him – the UFC and Conor McGregor. Now it’s time for him to reciprocate and come fight in the Octagon.
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White also said a Brock Lesnar return is possible.
Anything is possible, said White. Brock has always shown interest in coming over and fighting in the UFC. I wouldn’t be shocked if he gave it one more shot.