UFC 246: Conor McGregor's earnings from comeback fight against Donald Cerrone revealed

Cor McGregor is set to heline UFC 246 on January 18 against Donald Cerrone in a welterweight showdown that has been most talked about for several months w.

card that McGregor last competed on was UFC 229 in 2018 where he suffered a submission loss to reigning UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in fourth round of main event contest.

UFC’s gate for that night was a stupendous USD 17,188,894.67 as reported by Forbes.

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UFC 246: Cor McGregor to earn USD 5 million for Donald Cerrone fight

Cor McGregor's last fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov h earned him a flat USD 3 million. McGregor h fought thrice in 2016. events that he helined earned more than USD 33 million for UFC.

As Cor McGregor makes a much-awaited comeback at UFC 246 in promotion’s first event of year, Irishman will reportedly bag a staggering USD 5 million as he will look to revive himself and regain credibility in Octagon against veteran Cowboy.

McGregor’s pay for fight is more than twice than that his opponent Donald Cerrone, who is set to earn just USD 2 million. This huge difference does t come as a shock, given McGregor's past records and money that he brings for  promotion.

Cor McGregor and Donald Cerrone will also be eligible for 'Fight of Night & Kckout of Night' bonuses which will be worth USD 5,000 each. And with event getting sold out on very first day of tickets going on sale, it is likely that UFC will book McGregor at least once or maybe twice more to boost bottom line. 

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