Comments Thread For: UFC's White: McGregor Would Make $75 Million vs. Mayweather

[Eff Pandas]

Floyds legacy will not be damaged one iota unless he lost.

Fighting a 0-0 guy can't do anything positive for ones legacy is all I'm saying so there is a potential trade off going on.

This is a payday for Floyd only & his overall status in the sport & accomplishments in boxing can only be decreased, not increased, from this fight. And if Floyd goes out there & looks like he's looked in most of his previous 49 fights that'll work out well for him & will be a good bet to make.

I'm just saying the reality is there for Floyd's legacy to be diminished since this is such a poor, but financially feasible, opponent choice.

[Scipio2009]

I don't think so. The guarantee will be 75 for Conor; Floyd's will be 100. However the PPV split is going to favor Mayweather by a lot. Based on the statement from Dana, I wouldn't be surprised if Conor got nothing above 75. Whereas Floyd will make 100 plus another 50 -70 on PPV.

On just the guarantees alone, you're talking about $175m going to the fighters.

Assuming the promoters don't take a penny on the fight, you're talking about $350m in PPV revenue to break even. Break off the promoters a decent piece on the fight, and you're talking about the event needing to do $450m-$500m to cover everything.

What PPV upside are you talking about?

[thack]

Only a complete mug would buy this!

[Anomaly460]

The UFC's pay scale is gonna hurt them in negotiations. No way Floyd gives a 3 million dollar fighter a 75M payday. I'd say Floyd's guarantee will be 100, and McGregor's 40 (with the UFC taking half).

[Eff Pandas]

People praise the great Chavez as the best Mexican fighter yet he fought some guy with a 1-15 record for his 50th fight and someone with 0-1 record for his 66th fight.
People only criticize Floyd and give every fighter from the past, a pass for stacking their resumes with over 50 bums.

Idk wtf you're talking about. Chavez took plenty of crap for his taxi driver opponents. The whole concept of taxi driver opponents originated from Chavez as far as I recall. At least that's where I initially was made aware of that insult in regards to opponent selection.

... if the UFC is getting $25m for themselves, Dana White's opening gambit to the press (Skip Bayless, when it comes to Mayweather and a few other topics, can't earnestly be called the press) is basically stating that Floyd is splitting the money on the pot 50/50 with the UFC.

Manny Pacquiao couldn't even get 40% of the pot; how in the heck is Dana White supposed to get 50%?

Yea I don't see 50/50 happening. Its 51/49 or better Floyd's way or this fight doesn't happen. And my assumption is still that this fight doesn't happen so it wouldn't shock me if the UFC plays hardball & loses out on free money here for them.

Then it'll be about if Conor wants to push forward with making the fight without the UFC by challenging the validity of his contract with them or using the Ali Act which its been speculated may or may not be of benefit to him. Cuz I mean once Floyd says 60/40 or some number then Conor getting the UFC out of the way just insures him more money for himself so it might still be worthwhile for him.

[whatismyname]

The "sad part" is that this fight will probably be more entertaining then the horse **** of a fight we saw against Pac

[Sun_Tzu]

Id fight anyone who has ever lived for 75 million dollars. If its honestly there to be made how can you blame them?

[Butch.McRae]

On just the guarantees alone, you're talking about $175m going to the fighters.

Assuming the promoters don't take a penny on the fight, you're talking about $350m in PPV revenue to break even. Break off the promoters a decent piece on the fight, and you're talking about the event needing to do $450m-$500m to cover everything.

What PPV upside are you talking about?

I'm thinking 3 million buys at 150 apiece. But it could be closer to 125

This is based on Canelo's 2.5 with Mayweather. Conor is much more popular and a lot of my buddies talk about this fight a lot. It's really surprising how much tbh. None of them ever mentioned the Canelo fight to me back when it happened.

[filup79]

How many amateur fights did Chavez have? Besides what does a Mexican have to do with an Irish & black dude fighting?

What does him having any amateur fights have to do with it. He was already an accomplished world champion when he was fighting those guys.

[Scipio2009]

I'm thinking 3 million buys at 150 apiece. But it could be closer to 125

even at $125 per PPV, you only generate $375m in total revenue, enough to pay the fighters, pay the cable distributors, pay Showtime, and leave nothing for the promoters and no upside for the fighters.