It took a few hours but we finally have an official comment from UFC President Dana White.
Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin Iole received a comment from Dana White:
UFC president Dana White laughed when asked if the report was true. He said it is completely false.
“It’s not true; it’s just a tabloid story,” White said. “And as far as I knew, Floyd is retired and he’s been on a world-wide vacation and hasn’t even been thinking of fighting.”
Since the onset of the story it seemed hard to believe that McGregor and Mayweather could pull off a cross sport match but until either side came out and shot it down the story had legs.
Dana’s comments should now quiet the noise around the story and take Conor out of the spotlight… Well maybe not that last part.