{"id":201282,"date":"2016-08-16T08:10:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T15:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=201282"},"modified":"2016-08-16T08:10:17","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T15:10:17","slug":"conor-mcgregor-taunts-floyd-mayweather-still-open-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-taunts-floyd-mayweather-still-open-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor taunts Floyd Mayweather, still open to fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prior to the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-michael-bisping-vs-luke-rockhold-highlights\/\">UFC 199<\/a>, where it was announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/nate-diaz-vs-conor-mcgregor-2-official-for-ufc-202\/\">Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz would have their highly anticipated rematch at UFC 202<\/a> on August 20th, rumors of C<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-freddie-roach-weighs-in-on-conor-mcgregor-vs-floyd-mayweather\/\">onor McGregor stepping into the boxing ring for a boxing match with boxing icon Floyd Mayweather<\/a> were the talk of the MMA community.<\/p>\n<p>While that fight was never made official, reports were flying around <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-colin-cowherd-gives-details-on-conor-mcgregor-vs-floyd-mayweather-deal\/\">regarding dates and locations for the potential fight.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With less than a week to go until McGregor and Diaz have their highly anticipated rematch, McGregor was asked about a potential boxing match with Mayweather by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/ufc\/story\/conor-mcgregor-as-soon-as-floyd-mayweather-gets-my-money-we-can-fight-081516\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Sports<\/a>, to which he responded:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Right now I have Floyd running around the Showtime offices gathering my money,&#8221; McGregor said. &#8220;That&#8217;s what he&#8217;s doing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you want to fight me, we can fight. 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