{"id":269217,"date":"2018-02-01T11:02:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T19:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=269217"},"modified":"2018-02-01T11:02:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T19:02:23","slug":"conor-mcgregor-discusses-floyd-mayweather-and-other-options-for-mma-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-discusses-floyd-mayweather-and-other-options-for-mma-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor discusses Floyd Mayweather and other options for MMA return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the last few days, undefeated boxing legend Floyd Mayweather has repeatedly eluded<\/a> to a possible move to MMA. If Mayweather were to jump to MMA \u2013 an undeniably slim possibility \u2013 its hard to imagine he’d be welcomed by anybody but UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

McGregor addressed the possibility of an MMA bout with Mayweather shortly after a charity gala he attended in New York City on Wednesday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d do as I\u2019d please against him inside the Octagon,\u201d McGregor said, speaking with\u00a0Adam Glyn\u00a0(h\/t The Mac Life<\/a>). \u201cIf he does do it \u2014 I know he\u2019s flirting with it \u2014 I\u2019d have respect for him. I think it would get his earned respect then if he was to step in. He\u2019s\u00a0engaging,\u00a0we\u2019re engaging, so we\u2019ll see. I\u2019m currently in negotiations to face my next opponent and we have many options.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it is [for publicity], it will follow him for the rest of his days,\u201d McGregor added later. \u201cIf it is, it will follow him for the rest of his days that he did not do it. I said I would do it, and I stepped up and I done it. His time now. His go now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Given that Mayweather’s MMA talk probably\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>for publicity, McGregor will likely have to look elsewhere in the hunt for his next opponent. And he’s got some ideas to that end.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s the current interim lightweight champion, there\u2019s an undefeated Dagistani, there may be a big Russian event. There\u2019s obviously the Diaz<\/a> trilogy, of course the Mayweather fight is there. We\u2019re just at the table at the moment. Times is good, life is good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who do you want to see Conor McGregor fight in his anticipated return to the UFC’s Octagon? Join the conversation in the comments section.<\/p>\n