{"id":288422,"date":"2018-10-17T09:23:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T16:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=288422"},"modified":"2018-10-17T09:23:42","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T16:23:42","slug":"floyd-mayweather-claims-khabib-nurmagomedov-bout-is-happening-oh-were-fighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/floyd-mayweather-claims-khabib-nurmagomedov-bout-is-happening-oh-were-fighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather claims Khabib Nurmagomedov bout is happening: ‘Oh, we’re fighting’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shortly after UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated Conor McGregor<\/a> in the UFC 229 main event, he called for a fight with another undefeated fighter<\/a>: boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey let\u2019s go Floyd, we have to fight now,” Khabib Nurmagomedov said. “50-0 versus 27-0. Two guys who never lose. Let\u2019s go. Why not? Because in the jungle only one king. Only one king. Of course I am the king. Because he [Mayweather] cannot drop McGregor, but I drop him easily. Let\u2019s fight. Let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not long thereafter, Floyd Mayweather responded, assuring that he’s down for the challenge<\/a>, and that the relevant parties should get their check books out.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCBS, Showtime and MGM Grand get the checkbook out,\u201d Floyd Mayweather said in response to this callout from the UFC lightweight champ. \u201cGo to [Leonard Ellerbe\u2019s] page to view Khabib Nurmagomedov challenging me.\u201d<\/p>\n

While many fans and pundits understandably doubt that this Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Floyd Mayweather fight will never happen, the latter says it is. Moreover, he says he’ll make a bigger guaranteed payday<\/a> than he did for his record-breaking boxing match with Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n