Mayweather to fight in MMA

[powerpuncher]

I don’t think I’m buying his excuse. Maybe it’s legit, but are you telling me that not one person from his team came out before now and stopped the rumors? It seems like they would have had a talk with the people at Rizin right after the press conference if they were this misinformed and then let the public know that it was all a big misunderstanding.

So either Floyd didn’t get certain demands he wanted, or it was just another ploy to keep himself relevant.

[p4pking]

What was the “new direction” it was going anyways? He doesn’t really say anything there... If it was a case where it wasn’t going to be purely boxing and the guy would be allowed to kick him, i dont think anyone would expect anything less than him running like the wind... 3 rounds of boxing against the guy for a decent payday in a new market sounds like exactly the kind of thing he’d want it to be though....

[TitoFan]

That doesn't sound like Floyd talking. First of all he said "unprecedented". That's a 5-syllable word.

[Spicoli]

Is it even worse that he wanted it as an exhibition and not even a legit kickboxing thingy non mma event. Sounds like Mayweather couldn't grease the wheels with all that status in Japan, got called on it and he picked up his toys and went home.