Kevin Iole reports that the long-awaited fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor is set to happen on August 26th at the T-Mobile Arena MGM Grand Garden Arena T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Review Journal has also confirmed the fight. An official announcement may come as soon as Wednesday.
SECOND UPDATE: Sorry folks, I was right the first time, it’s the T-Mobile Arena. Possibly a Mayweather concession since the UFC is one of T-Mobile Arena’s anchor tenants while Mayweather usually fights at the MGM Grand. TMZ has more of the details including both Mayweather and McGregor likely making over $100M each. No news on what weight they have agreed upon.
UPDATED: I guess it is official via Mayweather social media. Note the “It’s Showtime” reference which means that Mayweather gets his way with the PPV provider.
IT’S OFFICIAL!!! https://t.co/ND07Ixugs2 pic.twitter.com/JpqFW5WbcB
— Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) June 14, 2017
The Nevada State Athletic Commission approved a date reserved by Mayweather Promotions for Saturday, August 26, 2017. The news had Mayweather cancelling the commission review of the date, but that never happened as the commission approved the reservation Wednesday.
With that news, in all likelihood we now have a fight between Mayweather and McGregor.
Payout Perspective:
We will have more news on this as it comes. But, I am impressed that the sides came to an agreement. Recall, the prolonged negotiations for Mayweather-Pacquiao. This happened sort of quickly. No word on how much PPV will be but expect it to be $100 as both will likely be making over $100 million from the fight.
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