Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor: UFC chief Dana White feels he NEEDS to make mega-fight happen

DANA WHITE feels he has to make the fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor happen.

The names Mayweather and McGregor have been on the fighting committees lips for many months now as the pair have inched closer and closer to sealing a deal.

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UFC president White has pointed out that he feels this fight needs to happen so he almost feel like he has to make it happen.

White, while speaking to “The Herd” on Wednesday, said: “This kid steps up. He’ll fight anybody, anywhere, anytime. A lot of people say it, very few really mean it. Conor McGregor, I call him ‘The Unicorn’. I’ve never dealt with a kid like this.

“So for him to have this kind of opportunity, to make this kind of money, this type of a fight that people are so interested in worldwide, I almost feel like I have to make it.”

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White added: “It’s a fight that Conor wants because financially it’s going to be massive for him.

“McGregor, he’s a guy that I have a lot of respect for.

“This guy has stepped up at times when people were at his level would never step up.

“I’ve said this a million times and I’ll say it again — I’m the guy standing in the living room, I’m the guy on the phone when these guys are looking down the barrel of a new opponent a week before the fight and Conor McGregor doesn’t flinch.”