{"id":741454,"date":"2026-06-17T02:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T02:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/741454\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T02:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T02:43:14","slug":"mma-news-conor-mcgregor-claims-terence-crawford-rejected-200-million-mma-and-boxing-fight-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/741454\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA news: Conor McGregor claims Terence Crawford rejected $200 million MMA and boxing fight deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Could we really have seen Conor McGregor and former undisputed boxing champion Terence Crawford share the ring \u2013 and the cage? <\/p>\n

If McGregor is to be believed, the answer is yes.<\/p>\n

UFC 329: McGregor v Holloway 2 | SUN 12 JULY 11AM AEST | Conor McGregor is back. The Irish superstar takes on the always dangerous Max Holloway in a rematch 13 years in the making | Order Now with Main Event on Kayo Sports.<\/a><\/p>\n

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During a surprise appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show, McGregor claimed a blockbuster two-fight deal worth $200 million had been proposed a few years ago, with the Irish superstar facing Crawford first in MMA before meeting him again in a boxing ring. <\/p>\n

But the first simultaneous two-belt UFC champion said Crawford turned down the Turki Alalshikh-led offer. <\/p>\n

\u201cI got on the phone, \u2018What\u2019s the craic, Terence? It\u2019s the Mac Daddy. I got [Turki] here,\u201d McGregor told Helwani what he said to Crawford. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got a big deal for you. It\u2019s hundreds of millions, $200 million to be exact. Mixed martial arts against me, and a boxing one against you.\u201d<\/p>\n

McGregor then revealed what Crawford\u2019s reasoning was in turning down the lucrative offer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to be kicked by you. No way,\u201d McGregor said. \u201cWhatever, that\u2019s fine. I don\u2019t know how as a man, or as a combatant, you couldn\u2019t want to test yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crawford does have experience in wrestling as he competed back in his high school days in Omaha, NE. His son, Terence Jr., recently won the Nebraska state wrestling title. <\/p>\n

The revelation also helps explain McGregor\u2019s recent social media feud with Crawford<\/a>, with the pair exchanging barbs online in recent days as the Irishman repeatedly questioned the boxing great\u2019s willingness to step outside his comfort zone. <\/p>\n

The claim comes as McGregor prepares for his long-awaited return to the Octagon, nearly five years after suffering a horrific broken leg in his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier in 2021.<\/p>\n

The UFC icon will square off with Max Holloway in the main event of UFC 329 on Sunday, July 12, marking his first appearance inside the cage since the injury that sidelined him.<\/p>\n

And McGregor revealed he already knows when he\u2019ll fight next. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have both dates for my fights,\u201d McGregor said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have July 11, and when would you think they put me back in? April 2027. It\u2019s almost a year later. That\u2019s ridiculous to me. But this is the way the contract was done. I have a second date in April 2027.\u201d <\/p>\n

McGregor also revealed that his contract has been adjusted following the UFC\u2019s move away from the traditional pay-per-view model.<\/p>\n

While he declined to disclose the specifics of the deal, the Irishman said he would be open to negotiating an extension down the track. <\/p>\n

Wild fight stuns after controversial end | 02:48<\/p>\n

\u201cWe met in the middle,\u201d he said of his compensation. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe got a juicy one. Was it what my worth is? Probably not. Was it what they wanted to offer? Definitely not. I\u2019m a fair operator. I love the Ultimate Fighting Championship and I\u2019d love to continue. Let\u2019s see how it goes.\u201d <\/p>\n

Parts of this story first appeared on DAZN News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Could we really have seen Conor McGregor and former undisputed boxing champion Terence Crawford share the ring \u2013…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-741454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}