{"id":188968,"date":"2016-03-10T08:28:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T16:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=188968"},"modified":"2016-03-10T08:28:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T16:28:31","slug":"floyd-mayweather-talks-about-conor-mcgregor-following-ufc-196","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/floyd-mayweather-talks-about-conor-mcgregor-following-ufc-196\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather talks about Conor McGregor following UFC 196"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. has beef with Conor McGregor going back quite some time.  The pair have exchanged verbal jabs on numerous occasions, which has even resulted in <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/mcgregor-fires-back-at-mayweather-proposes-fight\/\">McGregor challenging Mayweather<\/a> to a fight.<\/p>\n<p>While it shouldn&#8217;t come as a surprise to anyone that a fight between the two men never materialized, what Floyd Mayweather has to say about Conor McGregor <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-nate-diaz-submits-conor-mcgregor\/\">following McGregor&#8217;s loss<\/a> at UFC 196 is quite surprising.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S1sKUjk2ES4\" target=\"_blank\">FightHype.com:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI never once said anything negative about Ronda Rousey,\u201d Mayweather told FightHype.com. \u201cNever. Never once. I never once said anything disrespectful about \u2026 I want to make sure I get his name right \u2026 Conor McGregor. OK. I never said anything negative about them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, I can wake up on the wrong side of the bed and not be happy that day; because I\u2019m not well rested. So, [the media] can ask me a question about [them] \u2014 I\u2019m being real with you, I\u2019m not happy, I\u2019m being sick \u2014 I may say, you know what, \u2018I don\u2019t give a [expletive] about them.\u2019 And you know what the media is going to say: \u2018Ah, Floyd said [expletive] them!\u2019 When I basically said I don\u2019t give a [expletive] about them. Basically, I\u2019m saying I don\u2019t even want to talk about them today, I want to just talk about me. But they\u2019re going to twist my words  and put it out there they want to put it out there.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Mayweather&#8217;s comment above likely references a statement in which he stated that the reason Rousey and McGregor can get away with trash talk is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/white-fires-back-at-delusional-mayweather-over-racism-comments\/\">because of their race.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf I was involved with MMA sports, then my beef would be with MMA guys,\u201d Mayweather said. \u201cBut I\u2019m not involved in MMA sports, I don\u2019t have no plans in getting involved as far as competing physical in MMA, but I do look forward to getting fighters and doing MMA fights in the future. And I\u2019m talking about 2016.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. has beef with Conor McGregor going back quite some time. The pair have exchanged verbal jabs on numerous occasions, which has even resulted in McGregor challenging Mayweather to a fight. 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