on september 15, 2018, both mayweather and pacquiao posted videos on instagram depicting an encounter between the two at ultra japan, speculating the possibility of a rematch. mayweather's stated in his posting of the video that the fight would happen "this year" and described it as "another nine-figure pay day on the way" and was heard remarking to pacquiao that he was going to "take [the belt] from you like i did before". in pacquiao's video (posted with the comment "50–1 #noexcuses"), mayweather was heard mentioning the "second of december". it is unknown if any formal negotiations have actually occurred.