Make no mistake if Mayweather-McGregor doesn’t happen it will be because of Dana White.
If it was a straight negotiations between McGregor and Mayweather it would already be signed, but now that is White is heavily involved I have real doubts it is going to happen.
“It depends on how much the fight sells,” White said. “If the fight sells as well as I think it can, Floyd makes a little north of $100 [million] and Conor makes $75 [million].
“[Mayweather] feels like he’s the A side and he should get more of it. We really haven’t got into that negotiation yet. I wanted to get McGregor locked in first because McGregor is under contract with me. At the end of the day, does this fight make a ton of sense for me? It really doesn’t. But Conor wants this thing really bad, and I’ve said this many times: The kid’s stepped up and saved some big fights for me. I’m in. I’ll figure it out.”
There is no way White could know what Mayweather could make because unless Mayweather gave up a substantial chunk of the promotional dollars to UFC, he would stand to make a lot more than McGregor.
“The Conor side — we’re good on the Conor side,” White said. “I need to figure out the Mayweather side, and maybe it can’t be. Maybe the Mayweather side can’t be done. We’ll see. I promised Conor I’d do everything I could to make this fight happen, so that’s what I’m going to do.”
We will indeed see.