Comments Thread For: McGregor Vows To Overtake Mayweather's Spot on Forbes List

[WesternChamp]

-McGregor vs Diaz 3 is arguably the biggest fight that can be made in MMA, and it's a fight that also will draw interest from the general boxing audience too (Andre Ward vouching for the ability of the Diaz brothers and Mayweather-McGregor being seen in over 4.6 million homes would help that it); 2 million homes isn't out of the question, tbh [how that gets divvied is between Dana and them].

-McGregor vs Malignaggi is a matchup almost designed exclusively for the type of fan that drives the monster PPV events; McGregor is now a recognizable face in boxing, the boxing world knows Paulie and boxing fans respect his skills, Paulie can more than hold his own in the war of words, and there's more than enough actual heat between the two to goose up the interest for All Access. Park the fight in NYC (not a legit enough fight to go to one of the ballparks, but should do monster business at MSG or Barclays Center), let the New York media get involved in the show, and watch the PPV buyer scoop that one up too. 1m homes pretty easily if the hype catches.

-McGregor vs TBD is third fight, will come down to how the first two go, and will likely end up being a co-promotion between Zuffa and McGregor Sports Entertainment. McGregor basically can do 1 million homes against anyone, so the real issue point would be how the back-end money would be split between Zuffa and McGregor's company. I don't know all of the numbers, but I figure you'd be counting down from at least $70m on a Conor McGregor fight.

Beauty of being marketable and having marketable fights

just fvking stop it!!!

[WesternChamp]

-McGregor vs Diaz 3 is arguably the biggest fight that can be made in MMA, and it's a fight that also will draw interest from the general boxing audience too (Andre Ward vouching for the ability of the Diaz brothers and Mayweather-McGregor being seen in over 4.6 million homes would help that it); 2 million homes isn't out of the question, tbh [how that gets divvied is between Dana and them].

-McGregor vs Malignaggi is a matchup almost designed exclusively for the type of fan that drives the monster PPV events; McGregor is now a recognizable face in boxing, the boxing world knows Paulie and boxing fans respect his skills, Paulie can more than hold his own in the war of words, and there's more than enough actual heat between the two to goose up the interest for All Access. Park the fight in NYC (not a legit enough fight to go to one of the ballparks, but should do monster business at MSG or Barclays Center), let the New York media get involved in the show, and watch the PPV buyer scoop that one up too. 1m homes pretty easily if the hype catches.

-McGregor vs TBD is third fight, will come down to how the first two go, and will likely end up being a co-promotion between Zuffa and McGregor Sports Entertainment. McGregor basically can do 1 million homes against anyone, so the real issue point would be how the back-end money would be split between Zuffa and McGregor's company. I don't know all of the numbers, but I figure you'd be counting down from at least $70m on a Conor McGregor fight.

Beauty of being marketable and having marketable fights

this is just estimate numbers so conor could have ended up with a little more but this is what he made for the rematch with nate. he made around $14mil total in the rematch give or take a couple mil.

Conor McGregor Total UFC 202 Estimated Pay

Fight purse: $3 million.

Reebok Sponsorship money: $250.000.

PPV Share: $11.5 million.

Fight of the night bonus: $50.000.

Show money for his Vegas afterparty: $250.000 estimated.

[Thraxox]

He wont surpass floyd in the forbes list....but one thing is certain he will be wealthier than floyd in 3 years or so when floyd goes broke...facts

Bro you basically hate Floyd and Pac at this board and would keep on showing it at every way possible, is there a fighter you don't hate here?

[Scipio2009]

just stop it!! how are they gonna get $40-60 mil? who's gonna be paying for this fight? LOL. who has heard of paulie?

Mayweather-McGregor sold over 4.5m PPVs at $90/$100 and McGregor didn't embarrass himself in performance.

If you honestly think that McGregor can't convert 1 million homes at $65 (for a fight that can get some hype behind it) that's on you. The gate in NYC, on the McGregor name alone, should get close to $10m, and that's before you count the outside revenues.

[Scipio2009]

this is just estimate numbers so conor could have ended up with a little more but this is what he made for the rematch with nate. he made around $14mil total in the rematch give or take a couple mil.

Conor McGregor Total UFC 202 Estimated Pay

Fight purse: $3 million.

Reebok Sponsorship money: $250.000.

PPV Share: $11.5 million.

Fight of the night bonus: $50.000.

Show money for his Vegas afterparty: $250.000 estimated.

McGregor-Diaz 3 is a bigger fight than McGregor-Diaz 2, and you've already got the McGregor-Diaz 2 take at at least $14m.

[WesternChamp]

Mayweather-McGregor sold over 4.5m PPVs at $90/$100 and McGregor didn't embarrass himself in performance.

If you honestly think that McGregor can't convert 1 million homes at $65 (for a fight that can get some hype behind it) that's on you. The gate in NYC, on the McGregor name alone, should get close to $10m, and that's before you count the outside revenues.

it was against floyd!!! conor was the top ufc star fighting the suppose best in boxing. conor didnt embarrass himself? so you gonna act like you didnt see all those meme of floyd hitting the booger out of conor? LOL

and you're comparing that to conor vs paulie. who the fook has heard of paulie? even boxing fans dont give a damm about paulie. how many ppv has paulie sold?????

im not saying conor is not capable of generating $1mil, he can very well do it, just NOT against paulie. get real dude LOL.

[WesternChamp]

McGregor-Diaz 3 is a bigger fight than McGregor-Diaz 2, and you've already got the McGregor-Diaz 2 take at at least $14m.

at least $14 mil. how does that equals to $100-120 mil as you put it? conor only made $14 against nate. so say he makes $20 mil against furgerson, $20 mil against khabib, $20 mil in the nate rematch (im being nice with all those numbers) that still doesnt come close to $100-120 mil? LOL. conor is not gonna make $40 mil against paulie. the super stars in boxing right now such as canelo, aint even racking in $40 mil per fight.

[WesternChamp]

Mayweather-McGregor sold over 4.5m PPVs at $90/$100 and McGregor didn't embarrass himself in performance.

If you honestly think that McGregor can't convert 1 million homes at $65 (for a fight that can get some hype behind it) that's on you. The gate in NYC, on the McGregor name alone, should get close to $10m, and that's before you count the outside revenues.

floyd vs conor was view as a circus act from a lot of fans but at least that match up have some hype behind it. floyd was the best in boxing, conor was the best in mma.

conor vs paulie will be another circus act, but what kinda hype does this match up have?? sparring drama? LOL!!

[Scipio2009]

it was against floyd!!! conor was the top ufc star fighting the suppose best in boxing. conor didnt embarrass himself? so you gonna act like you didnt see all those meme of floyd hitting the booger out of conor? LOL

and you're comparing that to conor vs paulie. who the fook has heard of paulie? even boxing fans dont give a damm about paulie. how many ppv has paulie sold?????

im not saying conor is not capable of generating $1mil, he can very well do it, just NOT against paulie. get real dude LOL.

Conor McGregor is a proven draw in the UFC, and Conor just performed well in front of arguably the biggest audience against the most proven draw in boxing.

It's The Conor McGregor Show, colored by a big talking personality with respect in boxing and attachment to the event from being a known New Yorker.

Not that complicated

[Nicoya415]

He wont surpass floyd in the forbes list....but one thing is certain he will be wealthier than floyd in 3 years or so when floyd goes broke...facts

How is that facts lol do you know how much money Floyd has for you to say its facts? Its more like a wish of yours hater.