UFC will not want to lose the most bankable star on their roster, Mc Gregor will not want to burn his bridges, while the window of opportunity for 39-year-old Mayweather is a perilously small one. I’m not taking a pay-cut,” Mc Gregor told ESPN’s Sunday Conversation show last year, point blank demanding an equal fee to Mayweather.There are many different reasons why the UFC may find themselves forced to dig in their heels, though. For all of the UFC’s many successes over the past few years, the organisation boasts only two genuinely mainstream stars: Mc Gregor and 30-year-old Olympic bronze medallist Rousey. Once this pair of 0m deductions are made from the revenue stream (assuming Mayweather accepts a similar fee to the one he took for the Pacquiao fight), along with various other windfalls: where does the UFC’s record pay-day come from?Sky Sports have asked some of boxing’s most powerful figures if this proposed fight is good for their beloved sport…You can almost imagine Conor Mc Gregor, the UFC champion, angrily pacing the streets of Las Vegas in his snakeskin loafers - 'Where's Floyd? 'Alas, it is not so simple to pick a fight, even if you stand undisputed at the pinnacle of your sport as both Mc Gregor and his would-be dance partner Floyd Mayweather proudly do.

De arbiter gelastte een pauze waarin beide boksers zich moesten verzoenen.

(Photo by Justin Heiman/News/Getty Images) Floyd Mayweather Jr.

celebrates the unanimous decision victory against Manny Pacquiao in their welterweight unification championship bout on May 2, 2015 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ortiz omhelsde Mayweather, kuste hem op de wang en beide boksers drukten de handschoenen tegen elkaar.

Meteen erna, terwijl Ortiz de handen naar beneden had, deelde Mayweather een linkse hoek uit gevolgd door een rechtse die Ortiz tegen het canvas deed belanden.