Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz continue to break records.
The fighters were the first in the history of the UFC to earn for participating in the main match of the tournament for a seven-figure sum each. McGregor earned a record $ 3 million dollars for the UFC, while Diaz earned $ 2 million - such payments to the headliners of the UFC 202 tournament according to data released by the Nevada Athletic Commission.
In this fight, McGregor from defeat at UFC 196, in a very close and tense battle, defeated Nate Diaz by a majority decision.
In addition to McGregor and Diaz, Anthony Johnson ($ 270,000), in 13 seconds to Glover Teixeira, and Donald Cerrone, who earned $ 170,000 over Rick Storey, earned six-figure amounts.
See the full list of salaries for UFC 202 fighters below.
Salaries of fighters UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2
Main card
Conor McGregor ($ 3 million + no win bonus \u003d $ 3 million) Nate Diaz ($ 2 million)
Anthony Johnson ($ 135,000 + $ 135,000 \u003d $ 270,000) Glover Teixeira ($ 65,000)
Donald Cerrone ($ 85,000 + $ 85,000 \u003d $ 170,000) Rika Storey ($ 41,000)
Mike Perry ($ 10,000 + $ 10,000 \u003d $ 20,000) Hyun Gyu Lima ($ 18,000)
Tim Mins ($ 31,000 + $ 31,000 \u003d $ 62,000) Sabu Homashi ($ 12,000)
Preliminary card
Cody Garbrandt ($ 27,000 + $ 27,000 \u003d $ 54,000) Takeuu Mizugaki ($ 39,000)
Raquel Pennington ($ 23,000 + $ 23,000 \u003d $ 46,000) Elizabeth Phillips ($ 12,000)
Artem Lobov ($ 13,000 + $ 13,000 \u003d $ 26,000) Chris Avillo ($ 10,000)
Courtney Casey ($ 20,000 + $ 20,000 \u003d $ 40,000) Randu Marcos ($ 14,000)
Early Pre Card
Lorenz Larkin ($ 39,000 + $ 39,000 \u003d $ 78,000) Neila Magni ($ 47,000)
Colby Covington ($ 21,000 + $ 21,000 \u003d $ 42,000) Max Griffin ($ 10,000)
Marvin Vettori ($ 10,000 + $ 10,000 \u003d $ 20,000) Alberto Udu ($ 10,000)
McGregor held the first fight in the UFC in 2013 and immediately received huge fan support: in America there are about 40 million people with Irish roots, so the stands at the tournaments involving McGregor sharply turned green. These people didn’t have their own superstar in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts - mixed martial arts), and then a man with a red beard appeared and said something like “My family always fought, more recently they killed for the name McGregor.” Ready national hero.
Conor's attitude towards his fans is characteristic. A case is known when he saw an Irish flag on a strange balcony next to his cardboard figure and decided to visit.
McGregor is very noisy
In MMA, the relationship between the audience and the athlete is built differently than, say, in team sports. The soldier’s income is completely up to the public: the biggest money is earned on the PPV (pay-per-view) broadcast sales system. Viewing a single UFC tournament by subscription costs from $ 27 to $ 60 (depending on options). McGregor is now the best seller of broadcasts: a tournament with his participation collects over one and a half million PPV, and he receives a percentage from this. To be eligible for this percentage, one must be more than just a good fighter: one must be able to entertain the public.
Conor does it better than anyone in today's UFC. At his press conferences, bottles fly, he can grab someone else's champion belt, he always gives a forecast on the outcome of his fight (and with all the courage of these predictions, he rarely makes mistakes).
McGregor earned $ 8 thousand for entering the first fight in the UFC, $ 75 thousand for entering the fourth, $ 500 thousand for the sixth, $ 1 million for the eighth, and $ 3 million for the ninth. The path from eight thousand to a million was covered McGregor in less than three years. The fee for entering the cage is only part of the fighter’s income: he can also receive sponsorship deductions, bonuses from the organization and, again, interest from the sales of broadcasts. That is, formally, for the ninth fight in the UFC, McGregor earned 3 million, but taking into account money from television, this amount probably exceeded $ 10 million.
McGregor fights not like everyone else
MacGregor’s movements in the cell are largely cinematic: this is how a person behaves who doesn’t forget for a second that dozens of cameras take him - he needs to look confident. Hence the lowered hands, gestures and conversations with the opponent during the battle.
McGregor’s training program has room for classes with Ido Portal, a mobility trainer. It looks very unusual.
According to the results of eight out of nine fights in the UFC, McGregor received a bonus for entertainment: the organization consistently paid him $ 50 thousand as an allowance for the fight of the evening. The role of the UFC in selecting opponents is important here: the spectacular drummer McGregor for these nine fights only once fought against a fighter with a wrestling base, which is stylistically uncomfortable for him.
McGregor is not afraid of challenges
What made professional boxing boring is the need to wait for super fights. Due to the weight difference of one and a half kilograms, due to the fact that boxers have contracts with different TV channels, there are rarely fights that everyone wants to see. For Mayweather to meet Pacquiao, one had to wait six years. As a result, the audience got this fight when one was 36 years old and the other 38.
In mixed martial arts, most of the best fighters are gathered in the UFC, and the fights needed by the audience are much easier to organize. What the UFC lacked before the arrival of McGregor was superfights between representatives of different weight categories. Conor won championship belts in two weight categories (66 and 70 kg) and was not afraid to fight in the wrong weight - up to 77 kg.
McGregor crosses different audiences
McGregor is now the only undisputed MMA superstar. The football player Cristiano Ronaldo comes to him for training, the hockey player Evgeni Malkin jokes about him on instagram, finally Gora from “Game of Thrones” gets up to spar with him, and this video collects 20 million views. So his fans are fans of Ronaldo, Malkin and Game of Thrones.
Perhaps that is why the legendary Floyd Mayweather, who has not lost a single fight, says that the only thing he can return to the ring for is a fight with Conor McGregor according to the rules of boxing. And Conor, of course, is ready.
- Conor McGregor's date of birth: July 14, 1988
- Nickname: The Notorious (Notorious)
- Weight category: semi-light and light
- Stand: Left-handed
- Hobbies: origami, waste of money
- Where he lives: Dublin, Ireland
- Conor McGregor Instagram: thenotoriousmma, 14 million followers
- Condition: 35 million dollars
- Personal life: wife Dee Devlin. (Instagram - deedevlin1, 732 thousand followers) Met in a nightclub, married since 2007
- Children: son Conor Jack (born May 5, 2017)
Conor McGregor
Irish mixed martial artist and, more recently, a boxer. He is the current UFC lightweight champion and former semi-lightweight champion. According to the UFC rating, at the end of 2016 it is in second place in the ranking of the best fighters, regardless of the weight category. Preparing for a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr. on August 26, 2017 in Las Vegas.
The Irishman began his career in MMA in 2008. He quickly achieved success, and already in 2012 signed a contract for performances in the UFC. In 2015, he became the champion in the lightweight division, defeating Jose Aldo in the first seconds of the first round. This victory was the fastest in the history of UFC title fights.
In 2016, McGregor lost the welterweight title to Nate Diaz, shortly after which he announced his retirement from MMA. However, after a couple of days, he abandoned his plans. In August, McGregor managed to get revenge from Diaz. In the same year, McGregor defeated Eddie Alvarez and became the lightweight champion as well - this was the first time in UFC history when a fighter simultaneously took titles in two different weights.
Conor McGregor Highlights
Your attention is a selection of the five most powerful knockouts performed by Conor McGregor during his fights in the UFC. Including title fight with Jose Aldo.
Conor McGregor is a professional Irish MMA fighter in the UFC League. From 2016 to the present, she is the UFC world champion in the light weight category. In the period from 2015 to 2016, he was the UFC featherweight champion. Currently, McGregor's cash fortune is estimated at $ 130 million.
short biography
Born July 14, 1988 in Dublin (Ireland). In childhood, he played football, but soon realized that in this sport he did not shine of great heights. At the age of seventeen, Conor worked as an ordinary plumber and earned modest money. In his free time he was fond of mixed martial arts, visited the gym and was engaged in wrestling at an amateur level.
At the age of 19, the Irish fighter Conor McGregor appeared in a cage against the Lithuanian fighter Artemy Sitenkov and lost. Opponent applied a painful technique called “knee lever” and forced the young Irishman to knock on the canvas of the ring to give up. After that, Conor realized that if he wants to achieve more in this sport, then he should train hard every day and believe in himself. By the way, the Irishman never had a problem with the latter.
Quit work for mixed martial arts
After losing the cell Conor McGregor decides to quit his job and devote himself only to the sport of MMA. For a long time he lived on unemployment benefits and did nothing else but train. It is worth noting that from that time until now his beloved girlfriend Dee Devlin has not parted with him. Many world media outlets call her "the girl whom McGregor owes everything." In difficult times, she did not get tired of believing in him and helped her with everything she could. Even Conor himself repeatedly noted that when they lived on unemployment benefits (and this is in the region of 300-400 conventional units), Devlin still followed his diet, which befits a real athlete.
Today
Currently, Conor McGregor is a real star, both in the world of mixed martial arts (and, more recently, in boxing), as well as in the media world. In 2016, he was recognized as the second among, regardless of the weight category. And the authoritative magazine Sherdog recognizes McGregor as the best in the featherweight category and the eighth in the history of mixed martial arts, regardless of weight.
Confrontation of the Century: McGregor vs. Mayweather. How did the Irish mixed martial artist become one of the highest paid athletes in the world?
In early 2017, Conor challenged boxer Floyd Mayweather to battle. The Irishman zealously spoke out in his social networks and interviews that he could easily defeat the American champion by his rules, that is, in boxing. For a long time, Mayweather Jr. did not respond to media attacks from McGregor, and when he talked about big fees, he agreed to hold this fight. After that, all the media began to discuss this news.
The whole world was in anticipation of this sporting sensation, this terror in the world of martial arts. In August 2017, a boxing match was held between McGregor and invincible Floyd Mayweather Jr. (champion in five weight categories, having a boxing rating of 50-0). This fight was recognized as the most expensive sporting event in the world.
Athletes requested an immodest fee of $ 100 million each. Despite the fact that McGregor lost the match by technical knockout in round 10, his authority did not sag. Experts thought that this evening the Irishman received around $ 100 million, and Floyd was much more - about $ 300 million. However, all these figures may contradict each other, because the final fee has not yet been calculated.
Connor McGregor: cash
On March 5, 2015, Conor lost in the cage to Nate Diaz. On the eve of the battle, there was talk that the fighters would receive record fees. The Irish was entitled to a guaranteed fee of one million dollars (plus bonuses and interest on sales), and the American Nate received the promised 500 thousand dollars. In this confrontation, Nate Diaz sensationally defeated.
On August 20, 2016, a rematch took place between McGregor and Nate Diaz. In this battle, record-breaking fees for the fighters were announced. Conor received a record three million dollars, and Nate was content with a million less. As we can see, in the first and second battles there were the highest fees that no one had previously seen in the UFC.
As of 2016, the Irishman has earned in the region of 34 million dollars. All these figures are from fights in the UFC league and from advertising contracts ($ 27 million in battles and $ 7 million in advertising). That is, McGregor’s condition was already sufficient to live a happy and luxurious life. In his last battle at the UFC (UFC 205 event), MacGregor earned $ 3.59 million against American Eddie Alvarez. From this amount, the Irish fighter get $ 50,000 for the victory, and the rest of the amount is just a fee.
What time is McGregor's condition evaluated? Results after the fight with Flod Mayweather Jr.
After losing in a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr., McGregor said that he earned enough money for the rest of his life. Nobody knows the exact amount of money earned, however, there are guaranteed numbers and statistics on the sale of tickets and television broadcasts, from which we can draw further conclusions.
So, the guaranteed amount for Conor was $ 30 million (Mayweather $ 100 million). This fight collected a lot of money from the sale of tickets, the price of which ranged from 500 to 10,000 dollars, as well as from the sale of paid broadcasts. It is known that the amount from PPV (pay-per-view) amounted to a figure of around $ 80 million. However, large numbers do not end here either.
Some world publications write that this fight brought the promoters about $ 700 million. Thus, taking into account all the distributions, McGregor’s fortune increased by $ 80 million (again, as so many media and newspaper publications report, no one knows the ultimate truth).