Filed under: News , UFC , Videos UFC President Dana White expects to lock in a deal with lightweight camp Conor McGregor in the next few days, and then he expects to lock himself in a room for a couple of days with representatives for Floyd Mayweather . A boxing match officially is in the works for the UFC champ and retired boxing champion, and White said in an interview on “The Herd” today that it will not bear the three letters of his promotion. If White can lock in both parties, he said he expects McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) to make $75 million and Mayweather (49-0 boxing) to take home “a little north” of $100 million “if it sells as well as I think it can.” Dana White on fight: Floyd will make north of $100 million and Conor $75 million…The McGregor side gets done in the next couple days pic.twitter.com/A3gfegL7nW — Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) April 19, 2017 Of course, Mayweather has laughed at White’s only offer on the fight, a guaranteed $25 million purse and split of the pay-per-view proceeds. So the promoter has some work to do. “He feels like he’s the A side, and he should get more of it,” White said of the boxing champ.
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