Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier PPV buy rate out; Here's what the numbers look like

Conor McGregor has established himself as one of biggest names in combat sport. Notorious fighter has been face of many UFC pay-per-view events and on Monday he revealed a document that showed his recent fight against Dustin Poirier was indeed a success. 

Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier fight was a rematch of ir UFC 178 in September 2014 which saw McGregor lose via second-round TKO.

Details of Conor McGregor pay for UFC 257 fight revealed

Taking to Twitter, Conor McGregor tweeted an image of a document which was named “PPV BUY SUMMARY FOR CONOR MCGREGOR,”. document showed buy rate of UFC 257 fight against Dustin Poirier in January. According to image, pay-per-view event collected 1,504,737 buys – 4,449 more than projected buys of 15,000,238.

document though did not provide details regarding Conor McGregor pay per fight earnings. According to MMA fighting.com  total pay-per-view sales also determines Conor McGregor pay per fight on backend by UFC, which is typically configured based upon a particular dollar amount per PPV buy over a certain threshold. Those figures are not me public by UFC.

According to MMA Junkie 33-year-old remains undisputedly top-grossing UFC fighter of all time. All five of top-selling pay-per-views in UFC history involved Conor McGregor. McGregor’s rematch and third fight with Poirier along with his rematch against Nate Diaz at UFC 202 and his bout with Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in 2019 round out top five.

He also served as one half of  mega-crossover pay-per-view main event against Floyd Maywear in August 2017. In May, McGregor was named  highest-paid athlete in sports, topping a list with names such as Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Roger Federer, and Lebron James. figures included his UFC pay and whiskey company earnings from Proper No. 12 among or figures.

Currently, Conor McGregor is recovering from a broken leg injury suffered during July trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier. While re is no news about Conor McGregor's next fight but former UFC lightweight and fearweight champion, anticipates a 2022 return.