Cyrus Langhorne
Boxing icon Floyd Mayweather Jr. really wants a taste of that MMA life. The sports star has revealed his intent to get licensed as a professional octagon fighter.
According to Money Mayweather, he is set to apply for an MMC license and ideally train to take on what the UFC has to offer.
“Everything takes time. Eventually, we’re gonna apply for the license, and hopefully we can fight,” Mayweather said. No word on when exactly Floyd’s applying — or beginning his MMA training with UFC champ Tyron Woodley – but TBE did give us an estimate on how long he’ll need to get Octagon ready. “Even if it takes 6 to 8 months — whatever it takes. We want to make sure that everything is done correctly, and everything is done the right way.” (TMZ)
A few days ago, Floyd talked about the idea of making a career move to MMA fighting.
“I can wrestle,” Floyd says … “My wrestling game is not that bad. On a scale of 1 to 10, it’s probably a 7 and I think we could take it up to like a 9.” So, how much MONEY will it take to lock Floyd for an MMA fight, possibly with Conor McGregor? “It’s all about presenting the right numbers and of course, they gonna present the right numbers and we gonna make it happen.” (TMZ Sports)
Recently, MMA champion Conor McGregor went to his Instagram page and appeared to suggest Floyd would never fight in the UFC.
Last month, Mayweather tossed up a fake pic of himself banging up McGregor MMA-style.
The 40-year-old retired boxing legend has been teasing fight fans in recent weeks with non too subtle suggestions that he is considering a foray into the Octagon, but his recent social media post may have graphically illustrated his intentions. The post leaves little to the imagination as it shows an image headlined “Certified Killa vs Certified B***h”, which depicts Mayweather inflicting horrific damage on his arch rival Conor McGregor in a fight that is clearly being conducted under MMA rules. (Give Me Sport)
