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Floyd Mayweather has taken a swipe at Conor McGregor via social media but it is clear he has just learned of old news concerning his foe. It appears the pair’s rivalry is far from over. Soon after Mayweather overcame McGregor in the latter’s professional boxing debut last August, the undefeated kingpin of the sport stated that his beef with the …

Conor McGregor has gone on the offensive on Twitter, and it’s an old foe who has ruffled his feathers.  SHOWTIME executive Stephen Espinoza is in the firing line of ‘The Notorious’ yet again. Espinoza was of course infamously coined a “weasel” by McGregor on the worldwide promotional press tour prior to the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight last summer. Well, this …

Conor McGregor has sent a short and clear message to Floyd Mayweather after the boxer stated that he would not be fighting in the UFC.  On Wednesday afternoon, the world of combat sports was once again rocked by news involving Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather as Dana White claimed to be in negotiations with the undefeated boxer regarding a potential …

Dana White has just made some sensational comments regarding a potential MMA bout involving Floyd Mayweather… When Conor McGregor’s boxing fight with Floyd Mayweather was first mooted back in the middle of 2016, the vast majority of pundits laughed at the outlandish nature of the rumours. To even suggest that an MMA star would take on the greatest boxer of …

Conor McGregor is currently in negotiations for his UFC return bout and most MMA fans would agree that they are glad to see the defence of his lightweight world championship as his intention upon his comeback.  Tony Ferguson is the interim champion of the same division and the need to legitimise and unify the 155lb weight-class now outweighs the attraction …

Moments after Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather finally entered the ring, the T-Mobile Arena reverberated with jeers as Robert Byrd’s pre-fight instructions took a rather bizarre turn. Clutching McGregor and Mayweather by the wrists, Byrd looked solely at the Irishman throughout his pre-fight run through as he made several somewhat condescending comments in the direction of the MMA champion. Although …

Paulie Malignaggi isn’t letting go of the idea of fighting Conor McGregor… After a seemingly never-ending feud erupted between Paulie Malignaggi and Conor McGregor prior to the Irishman’s bout with Floyd Mayweather, many pundits and fans began to wonder if a boxing match between the pair could be put together at some point in the future. Speaking after McGregor’s tenth …

Well, this is a bit odd… Having locked horns on August 26th in Las Vegas, Floyd Mayweather suggested he was entirely finished with Conor McGregor when he dismissed the notion that he would stay in touch with the Irishman. Speaking on the Steve Harvey show, the undefeated boxer stated that the score was settled between himself and Conor and that …

MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani has responded to reports that McGregor vs Diaz III is close to being announced… Over the weekend, reports suggested that Conor McGregor had finally booked a comeback bout with Nate Diaz and was scheduled to return to the octagon on the 30th of December at UFC 219. A third Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz clash has …

Floyd Mayweather recently addressed the ending of his fight with Conor McGregor with an extraordinary amount of class… On August 26th, Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather locked horns in the T-Mobile Arena with the 40-year-old winning the bout via TKO in the tenth round. In the moments before the referee stopped the bout, McGregor looked destined to finish up unconscious …

With Conor McGregor set to sit down with Dan Hardy for an hour-long interview next month, most MMA pundits believe the Irishman is likely to announce who he will be targeting for his next UFC fight. The majority of fans feel that a trilogy bout with Nate Diaz is next on the cards despite the fact that Kevin Lee and …

Conor McGregor is reportedly set to speak to the US Congress in an attempt to strengthen legal protections for mixed martial artists.  On Wednesday evening, The Telegraph reported that the Irish MMA superstar could address the United States Congress in order to assist a campaign that is aiming to extend the ‘Ali Act’ from boxing to MMA. The act currently …

Now three weeks removed from the monumental spectacle which was Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor, it is time for the two most highly regarded boxers in the world, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin to throw down in Las Vegas.  While the polarising bout between ‘Money’ Mayweather and MMA’s biggest star will undoubtedly have been a more lucrative financial outing …

With MMA fans around the world wondering who Conor McGregor will face in his next bout, it now looks as if all roads lead to a trilogy bout with Nate Diaz.  Speaking about Conor McGregor’s boxing debut with Floyd Mayweather on The MMA Hour, SBG striking coach Owen Roddy stated that a third bout with the Stockton man would be …

On Monday evening, Floyd Mayweather gave his first TV interview since the night he took on UFC champion Conor McGregor in Las Vegas.  It’s now been over two weeks since Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor locked horns in the T-Mobile Arena and, since the night in question, very little has been seen of either of the competitors. However, on Monday …

The first Mayweather/McGregor pay-per-view numbers are in and they are record breaking… On Wednesday evening, the Nevada Athletic Commission confirmed that, although the gate revenue from Mayweather/McGregor was enormously impressive, it fell well short of the all time record set by Pacquiao/Mayweather back in 2015. With that news confirmed, fans had begun to wonder if the bout would indeed surpass …

Looks like that 6.5 million buys claim may have been a bit wide of the mark… During the week, a clip of Dana White speaking with Urijah Faber appeared to show the UFC President claiming that the Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather super-fight had been purchased 6.5 million times on pay-per-view in the United States alone. If that assertion proved …