Conor McGregor Promises Unseen Moves to Turki Alalshikh as Terence Crawford Seemingly Agrees to $200M Fights

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Conor McGregor simply won’t back down from taking up a fight against the BWAA pound-for-pound best boxer in the world, Terence Crawford. While the fighting community kept discussing the chances of the Irish mixed martial artist fighting the American boxer, Crawford had repeatedly refused to take the fight to the Octagon. Needless to say, he was pretty certain of how powerful McGregor’s kicks and elbows were. Instead, he decided to stick to the squared ring.

Taking to social media, Crawford showed the world that he began his groundwork training. In the video, he could be heard saying, “Getting back on the mat! Ay, Conor, getting back on the mat! Stay tuned, baby! Stay tuned!” McGregor was left greatly impressed, as soon as he stumbled upon the video. Surprisingly, he also dragged Sheikh Turki Alalshikh into the discussion.

The ‘Mystic Mac’ took to his IG Story and shared Crawford’s video. In the caption, the former UFC double champion wrote, “Is this you accepting the fights now, my brother Terrence! MMA is Saudi for Riyadh season. Followed then by a boxing bout! Tremendous Terrence, well done. I ACCEPT! @turkialalshikh ITS ON BABY RIYADH SEASON WITH THE NEW BRUCE LEE, CONOR MAC G. And boxing’s pound for pound number 1 tremendous Terence C! JUST WOW!” McGregor then went on to promise the Chairman of the Saudi GEA a show that he has seldom witnessed- “What a spectacle! You’ve never seen these moves Turki. I am a master martial artist. I am the maestro. Let’s go. I will show.”

As the Irishman’s words began circling around the internet, the fight fans speculated the reason that could have urged the P4P best professional boxer to take up the fight. Most netizen found their way to McGregor’s offer of $200 million– $100 million each for one fight in an MMA cage and one in the boxing ring.

While Crawford was initially pretty skeptical of fighting ‘The Notorious’ inside a cage, the cash prize got his antennae tingling. No wonder, Crawford tweeted “tempted” after getting to know about the offer. But before ‘Hunter’ seemingly agreed to fight Conor McGregor, Nate Diaz had put his eyes on Crawford.

Right after ‘Hunter’ initially refused McGregor’s $200 million offer, Nate Diaz aimed the BWAA P4P number 1. The Stockton native also had the ‘Mystic Mac’ in his crosshairs. He took to X and wrote, “I box Crawford and fight Conor next 168 Ifg.” But McGregor wasn’t someone who was going to take a callout ever so lightly. He lashed out at his former opponent, and remarked in the comments, “What a shape for a body shot!”

Nevertheless, the fighting community can expect ‘Bud’ to fight ‘The Notorious’ first. After all, he has begun training in the grappling realm. With that amount of money on the line, the boxer can simply forget about the Irish fighter’s strong kicks and elbows. However, one definitely cannot take McGregor’s nascent grappling skills and striking prowess lightly.