Over the last few months, there has been significant buzz about undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. stepping int the Octagon to compete in MMA.<\/p>\n
It all began when Mayweather suggested he’d been in talks with the UFC.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can come right back,\u201d Mayweather said during an Instagram live video. \u201cIf I want to, I can come right back to the UFC. I can go fight in the Octagon. I can do a three or four-fight deal in the Octagon and make a billion dollars. Remember, I\u2019m Floyd \u2018Money\u2019 Mayweather, and you motherf*ckers love me, and I love you motherf*ckers.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
From there, UFC President Dana White confirmed<\/a> there had really been talks between the UFC and Mayweather.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re talking to Floyd about doing a UFC deal,\u201d he told\u00a0ESPN\u2019s Brett Okamoto<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s real. He was talking about boxing\u00a0Conor McGregor.\u00a0Was that real? Have you heard Floyd talk about many things that aren\u2019t real? He usually tips his hand when he\u2019s in the media and then that sh*t<\/em>\u00a0ends\u00a0<\/span>up happening.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
More recently still, Mayweather posted a number of Instagram videos of himself inside an MMA cage.<\/p>\n
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