CONOR McGREGOR could RETIRE after his £60million super-fight with Floyd Mayweather, Dana White has revealed.
The UFC boss fears he could be on the verge of losing the sport’s biggest name if the bout with the retired boxer goes ahead.
New dad McGregor has made the UFC hundreds of millions of dollars through being their top, record-breaking earner.
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And with McGregor changing disciplines to take on arguably the greatest pound-for-pound boxer there has ever been, White is nervous about what the future holds.
Chuck in a massive pay day and it’s clear to see why McGregor could ride off into the sunset after facing Mayweather.
White feels should McGregor receive around £60m to fight Mayweather, the Irishman will find it hard to come back to the UFC and fight for a relatively paltry £7.7m.
White told rapper Snoop Dogg for GGN News on Westfest TV: “Conor could make £60m [but] how do you come back [to UFC] and fight [for] £7.7m? He may never fight again.
“You have to be hungry and you may not be hungry with £60m in the bank, but he is hungry for Mayweather and hungry to prove people wrong.
“Does that fight make sense for my business? No.
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The mega money cross-sports fight with Mayweather and McGregor is moving along in the right direction with Conor signing his half of the deal recently and applying for his Nevada state boxing licence.
While Mayweather has said he will be back in the US soon to thrash through the details to get this fight finalised.
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