UFC boss Dana White said it's 'very possible' he works with Mayweather Promotions again
- It's "very possible" that the UFC and Mayweather Promotions will work together once again, Dana White said.
- The two companies promoted the wildly lucrative boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor.
- The bout, which Mayweather won by stoppage, was so successful there's been natural talk about doing it a second time.
- White said Mayweather "would rematch Conor," but added that, for now, McGregor remains retired.
The UFC President Dana White said it's "very possible" that he will work with Floyd Mayweather and Mayweather Promotions once more.
TMZ Sports reported Saturday that White said there's interest "on both sides" to work together again.
Alongside Mayweather Promotions, White co-promoted the landmark, crossover, boxing-rules bout between the former two-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor and Mayweather, which the latter won by 10th round stoppage in 2017.
The bout generated $600 million in revenue according to ESPN, made all major parties involved significantly wealthier, so it's perhaps natural there's been frequent talk about doing it a second time.
Mayweather and White attracted headlines in 2019 when they were pictured together at an NBA game, sparking rumors of a collaboration involving the UFC.
When McGregor said he was dissatisfied with fighting options the UFC presented to him earlier this summer and that he was retiring from combat sports, Mayweather was quick to challenge him to a return, saying he'd happily punish him in a rematch.
"I know [Mayweather] would rematch Conor McGregor, but I don't know if you heard about this, but Conor McGregor's retired," White said.
"When I'm doing things right now and running business, I don't even think about Conor. Conor is retired. As of right here now today, Conor is retired until Conor tells me differently, I'm not trying to make any fights for Conor."
As for Mayweather, the former five-weight boxing champion's trusted business adviser Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions, said recently that he's received a "few sick offers" as the retired fighter talked up an exhibition tour which could be worth $100 million.
"You never know with Floyd," Ellerbe told Insider in Las Vegas earlier in 2020, adding that the 43-year-old's new goal in life was to become a property billionaire, having already banked a billion dollars through prizefighting.
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