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Count Mark Henry, coach to fighters like Frankie Edgar and Edson Barboza, among those who give Conor McGregor a real shot against Floyd Mayweather.

Since the idea of Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather was first floated as a possibility, there have been no shortage of fans, fighters, and pundits quick to throw shade at the competitiveness of the matchup. Mayweather, a multiple time world champion boxer, undefeated through 49 pro bouts, taking on a man in Conor McGregor who, for all his combat skills, has never boxed professionally in his life. 49-0 against 0-0 doesn’t exactly scream ‘close fight’.

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Floyd Mayweather was in England to support his fighter, Gervonta Davis, but he was inevitably asked about fighting Conor McGregor.

After Gervonta Davis (18-0, 17 KOs) stopped Liam Walsh (21-1, 14 KOs) in England to successfully defend his IBF junior lightweight (130 lbs) title, BT Sport seized the opportunity to interview Davis’ promoter, Floyd Mayweather (49-0, 26 KOs), and of course he was asked about getting back into the ring to fight UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor. While Mayweather didn’t provide an answer to reporters when the topic of McGregor was brought up on Thursday, he did offer up something different on Saturday.

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UFC champion Conor McGregor has been warned it could get “embarrassing” if he steps into the ring against former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather. 

The lightweight champion will earn the pay-packet of his career - figures of $100 million have been reported in the media - if the super fight against arguably the greatest pound-for-pound boxer materialises.

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Check out the fight card and bout order for UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira, which takes place in Stockholm, Sweden on Sunday, May 28th.

The UFC rounds out its May schedule with a special Sunday (May 28th) event at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. In the main event, Sweden’s own Alexander Gustafsson takes on fellow light heavyweight contender Glover Teixeira. Light heavyweights also comprise the co-main, as Misha Cirkunov battles Volkan Oezdemir.

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Check out the fight card for UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia in Singapore, which goes down on Saturday, June 17th.

The UFC is returning to Singapore on Saturday, June 17th for a Fight Pass show filled with multiple ex-UFC champion. Former women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm headlines the event against Bethe Correia, while former lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos makes his debut against Tarec Saffiedine. Andrei Arlovski is set to take on Marcin Tybura, as the former heavyweight champ seeks an end to his four-fight losing skid.

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Japan’s Saitama Super Arena will host a UFC Fight Night card this September.

After not receiving an event in 2016, Japan will receive a live UFC event at the Saitama Super Arena on Saturday, September 23rd. The UFC made the announcement official in a press release sent out earlier this week.

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UFC president Dana White provides an update on the middleweight title picture, as well as Georges St-Pierre’s return to fighting.

The UFC’s middleweight title picture is as murky as it’s ever been. Plans were initially to have champion Michael Bisping face off against former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, ideally in July, but that looks like it’s been shelved. Dana White said that GSP was not going to be able to make his return to the Octagon until November, and that they weren’t going to wait for him.

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Tristar Gym head coach Firas Zahabi states his reasons why Georges St-Pierre should fight either Conor McGregor or Michael Bisping.

After four years on the shelf, Georges St-Pierre was finally slated for his UFC return against Michael Bisping in a middleweight title fight. But after only two months since it was announced, the UFC has reportedly decided to scrap the matchup and have Bisping face Yoel Romero, instead.

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