Conor McGregor has a preliminary contract to combat Logan Paul in the most recent fighting crossover event. The MMA legend announced on Twitter that he is negotiating with the Ambani community, one of the richest families in the world, to postpone a fight with the social media star/pro fighter in India.
Even for the club’s biggest stars, MMA soldiers entering the fighting world are not uncommon. McGregor himself engaged in a cross in his single expert fight of 2017 when he faced Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Media reports stated that McGregor, then UFC’s lightweight champ, took home$ 100 million for the fight, including a guaranteed minimum purse of$ 30 million on top of his portion of the PPV revenue. Mayweather, who won via 10th-round TKO, apparently earned$ 280 million for what would become his final pro struggle.
It’s understandable why he would be willing to attend an occurrence with the influence when that sizable cash contrasts with what the 36-year-old McGregor has made in the octagon.
A statement from the MMA website Bloody Elbow in soon 2023 reviewed sealed documents from the UFC antitrust lawsuit that revealed the salaries of some of the biggest stars in the promotion. Although no names were given, the site was able to identify the perpetrators from the combat records and timeline.
The documents showed that McGregor earned$ 6.8 million in his Nov. 2016 win over Eddie Alvarez,$ 5.6 million in a March 2016 loss to Nate Diaz,$ 5.5 million in his successful rematch against Diaz the following August, approximately$ 4.5 million in a win over Jose Aldo in December 2015, and$ 3.3 million ( including a$ 2.11 million bonus ) in his July 2015 win over Chad Mendes.
The Nevada Athletic Commission disclosed to MMA Fighting that McGregor received a$ 3 million purse while Nurmagomedov received a$ 2 million purse with no win bonus after losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov in the main event of UFC 229 in October 2018. The passport drew 2.4 million pay-per-view gets, the report for a mixed martial arts function.
The lack of clarity in media reports on fight purses is hardly helped by UFC, since it doesn’t officially disclose the pay for its fighters. The campaign, which was merged with Championship to form TKO in 2023, has often been criticized for comparatively lower pay for its talent, mainly by the fighters themselves.
McGregor made headlines on the top five UFC accounts in history, but he hasn’t fought for the title since breaking his leg in a fight lost to Dustin Poirier on the UFC 261 cards in July 2021. The Irishman had only fought four times between 2018 and 2021, with losses to Poirier ( twice ) and Nurmagomedov. McGregor ranks 50th on Sportico’s 50 Highest-Paid Athletes of All-Time list at$ 465 million, which grows to$ 555 million when adjusted for inflation. He is the single MMA fighter, despite being one of eight fight sports numbers on the roster.
Three days after a Dublin jury found him guilty of sexual assaulting a girl at a resort in 2018, McGregor announced his initial contract for the Logan Paul battle. He was ordered to not only pay the plaintiff, Nikita Hand, €248, 603 in damages ( about$ 263, 000 ) but was also ordered to pay the “bulk” of her legal fees. Hand’s counsel was estimated to cost €1 million ($ 1.6 million ).