Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor embark on a four-city international press tour to announce their Saturday, August 26 blockbuster on SHOWTIME PPV.
This is David Tees with Fightful and I will be live tweeting highlights of the press conference, using the tags @FightfulMMA & @fightMMAmachine
I will also be posting select highlights from the press conference right here:
Paulie Malignaggi, Mauro Ranallo & Brendan Schaub are talking about whether McGregor has a shot against Mayweather.
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Paulie and Schaub talk about the weight cuts for both fighters, Schaub says the weight cut plays to McGregor's advantage.
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Paulie & Schaub are talking about what McGregor has to do to have a chance against Mayweather.
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Paulie and Schaub argue over who is the "A side" of the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight.
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Schaub is picking McGregor to win, while Paulie is hoping for a lot of great trash talk between the fighters.
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Paulie & Schaub are talking about how conditioning will play a factor in for both fighters.
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Paulie is talking about how important positioning is for the fight.
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Conor McGregor has made his way out to the press conference.
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Floyd Mayweather has now made his way out to the press conference.
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McGregor & Mayweather are now face to face for the first time since the fight was announced.
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McGregor is doing all the taunting & trash talking as Mayweather just stares at him.
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Espinoza says it is great to work with the UFC & Mayweather Promotions.
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Showtime will start airing McGregor vs. Mayweather "All Access" events starting on July 28.
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President Of Sports & Entertainment for MGM Resorts International Richard Sturm is speaking next.
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UFC President Dana White is next and he introduces UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor.
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McGregor says Mayweather is in a track suit because he can't afford a real suit anymore.
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McGregor also predicts he will knockout Mayweather within four rounds.
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McGregor announces that McGregor Promotions is a partner for the event.
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McGregor is wearing a suit with "Fuck You" written all over it.
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Leonard Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, introduces Mayweather.
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Mayweather says he will kick ass in a ring or an octagon.
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Mayweather grabs something out of a backpack and its a check for $100 million, Conor says that goes to the tax man.
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Mayweather thanks everybody for putting the fight together, including Dana White and Conor McGregor.
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Mayweather then calls McGregor "Mr. Tapout."
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McGregor & Mayweather have a staredown, with Dana White getting in the middle of it.
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The fighters are eventually taken backstage and the press conference has come to an end.
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