{"id":356328,"date":"2026-01-07T03:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/356328\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T03:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:41:10","slug":"i-am-here-conor-mcgregor-offers-floyd-mayweather-rematch-and-gives-bold-prediction-for-promised-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/356328\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I am here&#8217; &#8211; Conor McGregor offers Floyd Mayweather rematch and gives bold prediction for &#8216;promised&#8217; fight&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor wants a rerun of his 2017 blockbuster boxing bout with Floyd Mayweather, but not in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the Irishman wants to rematch Mayweather in MMA, predicting a quick stoppage against his rival in the cage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mayweather Jr. throwing a punch at McGregor during a boxing match.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NINTCHDBPICT000651568875.jpg\" data-caption=\"Mayweather and McGregor reportedly shared a whopping $400m purse for their 2017 fight\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NINTCHDBPICT000651568875.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather and McGregor reportedly shared a whopping $400m purse for their 2017 fightCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather retired from boxing with a perfect 50-0 record after he <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/2018262\/floyd-mayweather-conor-mcgregor-15-punch-combination-400m\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">defeated McGregor in a lucrative crossover fight<\/a> in August 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Both fighters <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/1136204\/floyd-mayweather-vs-conor-mcgregor-how-much-money-earned-purses-ppv-net-worth\/#:~:text=In%20the%20end%20Mayweather%20reportedly,valuable%20boxing%20belt%20ever%20made.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly earned a combined $400million<\/a> from the meeting, with pay-per-view figures coming in at a staggering 4.3million &#8211; just shy of Mayweather&#8217;s record-breaking clash with <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/manny-pacquiao\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manny Pacquiao<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather has since contested a series of exhibition bouts against the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/logan-paul\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Logan Paul<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/ksi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KSI<\/a>&#8216;s brother <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/2103476\/floyd-mayweather-1million-phone-call-ksi-deji-olatunji\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deji,<\/a> and Geordie Shore&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/aaron-chalmers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Chalmers<\/a>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3531695\/floyd-mayweather-precision-shocking-exhibition-punch-power-fight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">described the &#8216;crazy experience&#8217; of fighting &#8216;Pretty Boy<\/a>&#8216; in a conversation with talkSPORT.com. <\/p>\n<p>McGregor, meanwhile, returned to the <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/topic\/ufc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC<\/a> 14 months later, but came up short in his comeback fight, losing a lightweight title bout to <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/khabib-nurmagomedov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Khabib Nurmagomedov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE MMA NEWS<\/p>\n<p>He bounced back with a 40-second win over <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/donald-cerrone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Cerrone<\/a> before suffering back-to-back defeats to <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/dustin-poirier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dustin Poirier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old has remained out of action ever since the two losses in 2021, having broken his leg in the most recent one, but is expected to return at the <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/mma\/3437128\/ufc-white-house-date-card-live-stream-mcgregor-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC&#8217;s White House card<\/a> in June this year.<\/p>\n<p>It is at the White House where McGregor has foreseen beating Mayweather in ten seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Conor McGregor wants &#8216;promised MMA bout&#8217; with Floyd Mayweather<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to an old video of a press conference with Mayweather, McGregor took to Instagram on Tuesday and said: &#8220;Fun times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Floyd Mayweather, when you are ready for that promised MMA bout, I am here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The White House is nice in the summer, I heard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mayweather and McGregor facing off ahead of their 2017 boxing bout\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TALKSPORT-Mayweather-McGregor-and-Dana-White.jpg\" data-caption=\"Mayweather vs McGregor served as a pioneer for crossover boxing, as continued by the likes of Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou in 2023\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TALKSPORT-Mayweather-McGregor-and-Dana-White.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather vs McGregor served as a pioneer for crossover boxing, as continued by the likes of Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou in 2023Credit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Conor McGregor fighting Donald Cerrone in January 2020\" height=\"638\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty Images - Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NINTCHDBPICT000555304353-e1579418102339.jpg\" data-caption=\"McGregor's last UFC win came against Cerrone in January 2020\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NINTCHDBPICT000555304353-e1579418102339.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>McGregor&#8217;s last UFC win came against Cerrone in January 2020Credit: Getty Images &#8211; Getty<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just kidding Mike!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although&#8230; I could fight both the same night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Floyd MMA? EASY. 10 seconds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McGregor is, of course, referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/michael-chandler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Chandler<\/a>, who many believe will be the Irishman&#8217;s opponent for his return at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Chandler coached alongside McGregor on The Ultimate Fighter 31 in 2023 and has <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/mma\/3864206\/michael-chandler-plan-conor-mcgregor-fight-ufc-white-house\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">expressed his desire to finish their rivalry in the cage<\/a> multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>Both men were scheduled to headline UFC 303 in June 2024, but the bout collapsed due to McGregor injuring his toe in sparring.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A graphic of Michael Chandler and Conor McGregor\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RAS-TS-UFC-OFF-PLATFORM-CHANDLER-MCGREGOR.jpg\" data-caption=\"McGregor and Chandler are expected to finish their rivalry at UFC White House\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/RAS-TS-UFC-OFF-PLATFORM-CHANDLER-MCGREGOR.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>McGregor and Chandler are expected to finish their rivalry at UFC White HouseCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather revealed in 2018 that he had <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/356707\/floyd-mayweather-reveals-hes-started-mma-training-states-target-date-and-sends-warning-conor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">started training for a potential MMA bout<\/a>, but nothing has come of his words since.<\/p>\n<p>Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n<p>The 48-year-old announced in September that he had <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3529922\/mike-tyson-floyd-mayweather-fight-contract\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">agreed to a wild exhibition bout<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/mike-tyson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Tyson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson said the bout will <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3573151\/floyd-mayweather-vs-mike-tyson-date-card-live-stream-tv-channel-time-rules-exhibition-fight\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">take place in the spring this year<\/a>, but no further details have been announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor wants a rerun of his 2017 blockbuster boxing bout with Floyd Mayweather, but not in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,714,136955,136957,136954,136956,6748,136958,903,716,90605,101,715,914,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-356328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-conor-mcgregor","tag-conor-mcgregor-floyd-mayweather","tag-conor-mcgregor-floyd-mayweather-2","tag-conor-mcgregor-news","tag-conor-mcgregor-vs-floyd-mayweather","tag-floyd-mayweather","tag-floyd-mayweather-conor-mcgregor-rematch","tag-mcgregor","tag-mma","tag-mma-news","tag-sports","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}