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
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Despite all the hatred and drama going around his professional career, Conor ‘The Notorious’ McGregor has managed to headline as the richest fighter of all time. There is no doubt that Conor is the 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: Conor McGregor is the highest-paid fighter
According to American media, Conor McGregor has been paid the most by UFC President Dana White and the Irish star tops the list despite being inactive for a long period. According to reports, Conor 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 the biggest stars of UFC and the numbers speak for themselves. Khabib vs McGregor had 2,40,000 pay per views which is still the highest. Dana White has recently stated that Conor McGregor is no longer the man and Khabib is the real deal at the moment but when we look at top six pay-per-views fight in UFC we find McGregor in six of them. Diaz vs McGregor 2 had 1,60,000 sales while the first encounter with Diaz had 1,31,700 PPV sales.
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However, McGregor made the record-breaking money in a cross event fight with undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather. The Irishman got knocked out in the bout but made a lot of money out of it. According to reports, Conor McGregor has earned €40 million from his boxing debut and that was one of the smartest money moves by the Notorious McGregor.
UFC: Conor outside the MMA
The Superstar also has a whiskey company that is doing good business globally. Conor 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 Conor is going to extend his business. The Irish whiskey has made its way to Moscow and Conor McGregor is going to hold a press conference in Russia very soon. It is assumed that the press conference is called out for launching the whiskey in Russia. However, Conor 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