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. Between 2015 and 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 at great heights. At the age of seventeen, Conor worked as a regular plumber and earned modest money. In his free time he was fond of mixed martial arts, visited the gym and engaged in wrestling at an amateur level.
At the age of 19, Irish fighter Conor McGregor appeared in a cage against a 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, with all she could, helped him. 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 in the UFC ranking among the best fighters , regardless of 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 an 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 took place 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 TKO 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 fight at the UFC (UFC 205 event) against the American, Eddie Alvarez McGregor earned $ 3.59 million. Of 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 estimated? Results after the fight with Flod Mayweather Jr.
After losing in a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr., McGregor declared that he would have enough money to earn 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) was a figure in the region of $ 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 a large number of media and newspaper reports, no one knows the ultimate truth).