Conor McGregor is definitely appearing as if he’ll be boxing Logan Paul in India.
The UFC celebrity, who hasn’t competed within the octagon in almost 4 years, claimed earlier this month that earlier than he returns to UFC competitors, he’s actively pursuing an exhibition boxing match in opposition to the WWE star, claiming he was “in preliminary agreements with the Ambani household.”
The Dec. 17 social media put up gave the impression to be the top of issues, however an unconfirmed report from Fightbook MMA on Sunday says the bout is about to happen at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, with every fighter anticipated to make an astronomical $250 million every, per the report.
McGregor appeared to virtually verify the report on Twitter, responding with a pair of emojis.
The Ambani household, most notably Mukesh Ambani — who has a web price of over $96 billion — definitely has deep sufficient pockets to drag of an occasion of this magnitude, however they would wish everyone, and never simply the fighters concerned, on board.
As of now, there was no point out of the thought from Paul’s facet, nor the UFC — who must give their blessing for McGregor to participate in a non-UFC bout. Paul’s youthful brother Jake Paul did challenge a press release on the matter saying the one approach he would face McGregor is that if Dana White and the UFC have been on the negotiation desk, however then mentioned his brother would beat a “washed” McGregor in the event that they have been to compete.
Now all of it is sensible why Conor Mcgregor & his administration crew have been desperately making an attempt to get MVP to barter for a combat between us.
As we advised them them privately & I’m now saying it publicly…the one approach we’re keen to discover me vs Conor in a professional boxing / mma combat…
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) December 17, 2024
McGregor was scheduled to return to the octagon to face Michael Chandler in the primary occasion of UFC 303 in June earlier than a toe damage pressured the previous two-division champion to withdraw. “The Infamous” suffered a ugly leg damage in a first-round TKO loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021 in his most up-to-date combat.