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, I will put up select highlights from the press conference right here. You can follow along at Twitter by following @FightfulMMA and/or @fightMMAmachine
itv Box Office is the host for today's presser, so no Showtime Sports analysts today.
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UFC President Dana White & Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe were interviewed backstage.
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Conor McGregor is making his way to the ring/stage first.
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Floyd Mayweather makes his way to the ring/stage next.
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Conor & Floyd face off and the trash talking has begun.
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UFC President Dana White gets between the two before things get worse.
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Showtime executive Stephen Espinoza speaks and the crowd showers him with boos.
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UFC President Dana White comes to the podium to introduce Conor McGregor.
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McGregor admits he will quadruple his net worth in the Mayweather fight.
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McGregor blames Mayweathers friends, family & entourage for ruining his legacy.
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McGregor calls Stephen Espinoza a weasel and then tell him to "shut the fuck up."
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McGregor says that he is boxing.
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McGregor also rubs the head of Mayweather.
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McGregor thanks the crowd and takes his seat.
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Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe introduces Floyd Mayweather.
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Mayweather tries grabbing all the microphones and McGregor snatches one for himself, then says Mayweather needs to be quicker.
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The crowd is chanting "sit down, shut up" at Mayweather.
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Mayweather says Dana White us the pimp and McGregor is the ho.
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Mayweather just called McGregor a "faggot."
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McGregor says he wants a second fight with Mayweather in the UFC.
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McGregor gets the crowd to chant "Fuck The Mayweathers."
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Mayweather & McGregor face off for the final time before the weigh-ins as the final stop on the presser tour concludes.
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