Of course, he wants in on this big Saudi money like Francis. All that Coke adds up quickly on the pocket book.
The Saudis need an MMA league to compete with the pink man. They are the only place real money will come from.
I'm not so sure this fight couldn't be a possibility. Conor isn't going to be a GOAT fighter, and everyone knows that; it's not like it's going to kill his aura of invincibility to lose a fight with Manny. He pulled it off with the UFC once already, I don't see that he couldn't again.
Besides, Dana lost big time last time he denied someone a boxing match, so maybe he learned his lesson. Imagine how the UFC could have looked with their HW champ nearly (or some say affirmitively) defeating the boxing HW champ.