{"id":393139,"date":"2026-01-07T04:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T04:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/393139\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T04:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T04:20:07","slug":"conor-mcgregor-teases-floyd-mayweather-mma-rematch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/393139\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor teases Floyd Mayweather MMA rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) two-division champion Conor McGregor is targeting a spot on the historic UFC White House <\/a>event scheduled for June 2026 on the South Lawn<\/a> \u2014 which is being billed as \u201cthe baddest card of all time<\/a>,\u201d and McGregor has already positioned himself as a centerpiece of the unprecedented show.<\/p>\n

But on today, \u201cThe Notorious\u201d briefly floated a far more outlandish idea: a rematch with Floyd Mayweather \u2014 this time under mixed martial arts (MMA) rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cFun times @danawhite, @ufc.<\/p>\n

@FloydMayweather, when you are ready for that promised MMA bout<\/a>, I am here.<\/p>\n

The White House is nice in the summer I heard.<\/p>\n

Just kidding Mike!<\/p>\n

Although \u2026 I could fight both the same night. Floyd MMA? EASY. 10 seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n

As entertaining as the idea may be, it remains firmly in fantasy territory. Mayweather has repeatedly shut down the possibility of competing in MMA<\/a>, even if a bout with McGregor would once again generate massive attention. The undefeated boxing legend is also reportedly planning an exhibition bout with Mike Tyson next year in Africa.<\/p>\n

McGregor and Mayweather previously met in 2017 in one of the biggest boxing events of all time, with Mayweather stopping McGregor via TKO in the 10th round (watch highlights<\/a>).<\/p>\n

McGregor has not competed since suffering a gruesome leg break (see it here<\/a>) against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) two-division champion Conor McGregor is targeting a spot on the historic UFC White…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,166447,638,82,139445,98879,702],"class_list":["post-393139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mayweather-vs-mcgregor-fight","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-white-house-2026","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}