Comments Thread For: McGregor aims for record of old motherf***ers May/Pac

[fathergll]

No I'm not slow. I understood exactly what you said abd I'm saying it's not probable at all. I don't even think you understand what you are saying. But even with endorsements, there's little to no chance of it happening. Floyd is an anomaly. He makes more than guys like LeBron James, endorsements included and, u think Conner will have that potential? From what? A shoe deal? Clothing line? Video game deal? What?

Agreed. Floyd has the best business model of all. He makes all his money directly from his sport which is what athletes like Conor and even guys like LeBron or Tom Brady can't claim. Tom Brady can't negotiate pay for playing in the Superbowl. Floyd cuts the middleman out and gets paid based on what his sport does. Floyd actually has a deal with the MGM and gets a cut of money from every beer sold at his fights. He gets it all.

At the end of the day this is all not the relevant since all of these guys are rich.

[Dr Rumack]

He seemed tense.

You have to assume the talking and mind games had him fighting with emotion.

Audio of Rogan agreeing with what you're saying off-air during the fighter intros. Says "Aldo looks nervous as fuck"

[Xi_]

"Aldo was a bum.."

BWaHAHAHaahaHAHAhahaHAHAHAhaaHA!!

he might not have been a bum.....but he sure fought like a novice, his striking strategy was a joke.

[texasboi15]

Are you slow? I said through endorsements, yes Conor could indeed surpass Floyd in career earnings quite easily. Rousey already makes ridiculous amount through her's that's blows away her fight contract. McGregor hits both the US & European markets very strongly and has the potential go global with demand.

And for your information, McGregor just discussed with Ariel Helwani in the post-fight interview, that's he's reached an agreement with the UFC for a 9-figure salary.

You're getting way too far ahead of yourself.

Remember

To achieve all that stuff you're saying

Conor has to continue to win.

He can NOT lose and reach the stratosphere you're speaking of.

Not one time.

[Gary Coleman]

McGregor made $3 million against Mendes and over $3.5 million for last night. Flat purse doesn't really matter, he gets cuts of the PPV and other things.

He's broke every UFC record, he's making more money than any fighter in the company's history....he'll never do Mayweather/Pac numbers, but they are going to be huge.

He'll lose long before he sees these "huge" numbers you speak of.

MMA, again, using boxing in an attempt to draw intrigue. They'll never do boxing g numbers. EVER!

[Gary Coleman]

Are you slow? I said through endorsements, yes Conor could indeed surpass Floyd in career earnings quite easily. Rousey already makes ridiculous amount through her's that's blows away her fight contract. McGregor hits both the US & European markets very strongly and has the potential go global with demand.

And for your information, McGregor just discussed with Ariel Helwani in the post-fight interview, that's he's reached an agreement with the UFC for a 9-figure salary.

Bull. ****! He'll never see 9-figures from Dana White. Are you high?!

[fathergll]

Audio of Rogan agreeing with what you're saying off-air during the fighter intros. Says "Aldo looks nervous as fuck"

I was watching it at a viewing party last night and myself and a few others kept saying that before the fight. Actually the most telling to me was his actual walk out.... how Aldo blinking like crazy and twitching his face. I've watched Aldo fight on PPV over 5 times and he never looked like that. It was really weird how you could detect the nerves.

[Shadoww702]

Floyd would have koed Aldo in one round too if he came in running with his chin up like that as well. As a so called boxing fan I shouldn't even have to explain this to u. It's embarassing seeing boxing fans get excited over sub par, uneducated punch throwing.

They BOTH almost KO'd each other...Aldo looked like he was a running back going sideline-2-sideline with his punches then right up the middle.

Just GOOGLE it and see for yourself.

[Shadoww702]

Bull. ****! He'll never see 9-figures from Dana White. Are you high?!

He'll see 9 FINGERS and they will ALL be the middle one!

[Eastcoast]

You're getting way too far ahead of yourself.

Remember

To achieve all that stuff you're saying

Conor has to continue to win.

He can NOT lose and reach the stratosphere you're speaking of.

Not one time.

That goes without saying. I'm only suggesting that the ground work is there for these things to be a future possiblity. The other poster suggested that because McGregor is an MMA athlete that it would forever limit his potential, I strongly disagree. In terms of what you said about Rousey - there is no ceiling, only stages. Her brand even defeat continues to grow. If she comes back and wins the rematch she'll see new and greater opportunities.

An individual athlete can transcend their sport as a celebrity. Most people have never seen Tiger Woods play golf or even care too, yet few would fail to recognize him.

Types of endorsements come from everywhere these days. Last night they started playing Luke Rockhold commercials for Ethanol! Floyd because of his domestic violence history never was able to tap into the commercial endorsement market, otherwise he may have more than doubled his career earnings.

It's funny, once you start getting sponsors your status grows from that and in turn your other earnings start to grow. Danica Patrick is a good example of that. Michael Jordan is actually the gold standard. He was making $30mill/year with the Bulls at the end, but well over $100mill per year from his endorsement deals. If Floyd had the level of endorsements that Jordan did, his ppv numbers would've actually grew aswell from the public exposure. So yes, McGregor can eclipse Floyd. Not saying he will, as you pointed out he needs to keep winning, but it's definitely possible.