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Mayweather to UFC? 'It's real' says Dana White; Not so fast, says Floyd

Published Dec. 21, 2017 11:04 a.m. ET

Hold on to your hats for this one.

Dana White told ESPN that Floyd Mayweather is working on a deal to join UFC.

"It's real," White said to Brett Okamoto. "He (Mayweather) was talking about [boxing] Conor McGregor. Was that real? Have you heard Floyd talk about many things that aren't real?"

https://www.foxsports.com/west/story/ufc-219-cris-cyborg-holly-holm-khabib-nurmagomedov-121917

Mayweather defeated McGregor by TKO in the 10th round of their late August super fight in Las Vegas. The spectacle generated more than $600M in revenue.

If this were to happen, say a 3-4 fight deal for Mayweather, it could be a game changer for the UFC!

UPDATE

After White's comments, Mayweather had his say... and don't expect to see him in the UFC anytime soon.

“I never said I was going to fight in the UFC,” Mayweather said. “I didn’t say that. I just said if I wanted to and what I could do. ‘Would’ and ‘could’ do isn’t the same thing. I’m not going to do it, though.”

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