Dana White offers Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather $25 million each and PPV cut

UFC President Dana White has stepped in between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor, blasting the boxing champ’s offer to the Irish UFC champ and countering with his own.

After Mayweather claimed to offer McGregor $15 million to his $100 million for a boxing match, White came on FS1’s “The Herd” today to offer the fighters $25 million each and a possible cut of the pay-per-view revenue for a boxing match.

“There’s a real offer to Floyd,” White said.

The UFC executive shot down Mayweather’s claim that he’d tried to make the fight, which until very recently was considered nothing more than a pipe dream to MMA fans and industry vets. He cast Mayweather as the one pushing for the fight after a dramatic slide in PPV buys with his retirement fight in 2015 against Andre Berto.

“Conor McGregor is his money fight,” White said.

If a boxing match were made between Mayweather and McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC), White said, the card would be bolstered by a UFC title bout and a stacked undercard so fans who tuned in would be satisfied. He mused that he would be “disappointed” if a PPV card drew fewer than 2.3 million and 2.5 million buys.

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