Published 19:34 IST, October 23rd 2019

UFC: Conor McGregor has been named as the richest fighter of UFC

Conor McGregor has been named as the richest fighter in UFC. Know about the Irishman's journey of becoming the PPV King and the most wealthy martial artist

Reported by: Raj Sarkar
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Despite all hatred and drama going around his professional career, Cor ‘ torious’ McGregor has mand to heline as richest fighter of all time. re is doubt that Cor is undisputed PPV King of Fight game and he is a Money Fighter. He is out of UFC for a while but even today, fighters are wanting to get a fight against him.

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UFC: Cor McGregor is highest-paid fighter

According to American media, Cor McGregor has been paid most by UFC President Dana White and Irish star tops list despite being inactive for a long period. According to reports, Cor McGregor has earned €7.5 million till date surpassing superstars like Michael Bisping (€5.48 million) and George-st-Pierre (€5.4 million). He is undoubtedly one of biggest stars of UFC and numbers speak for mselves. Khabib vs McGregor h 2,40,000 pay per views which is still highest. Dana White has recently stated that Cor McGregor is longer man and Khabib is real deal at moment but when we look at top six pay-per-views fight in UFC we find McGregor in six of m. Diaz vs McGregor 2 h 1,60,000 sales while first encounter with Diaz h 1,31,700 PPV sales.

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However, McGregor me record-breaking money in a cross event fight with undefeated boxer Floyd Maywear. Irishman got kcked out in bout but me a lot of money out of it. According to reports, Cor McGregor has earned €40 million from his boxing debut and that was one of smartest money moves by torious McGregor.

UFC: Cor outside MMA

Superstar also has a whiskey company that is doing good business globally. Cor McGregor launched his Proper 12 Irish whiskey and gave sponsorship for his bout against Khabib in UFC 229. Proper 12 has done business worth $40 million last year and Cor is going to extend his business. Irish whiskey has me its way to Moscow and Cor McGregor is going to hold a press conference in Russia very soon. It is assumed that press conference is called out for launching whiskey in Russia. However, Cor was recently into legal drama due to his whiskey. As international reports, McGregor punched an old man in a Dublin pub who refused to try his Proper 12 whiskey.

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18:09 IST, October 23rd 2019