One of the greatest UFC Fights took place just this weekend. It is when Conan McGregor knocked out the Brazilian fighter Jose Aldo 13 seconds into the first round of their fight. This being said, McGregor was able to cash in a HUGE amount for his victory.
As per the Celebrity Net Worth, the Featherweight Champion was paid $500,000 just by showing up, while Jose Aldo was offered $400,000. Though it may already be a huge amount, this was only for showing up on the octagon as the amount does not include his revenue shares from Pay-Per-View , merchandise, and the ticket sales.
As per the website, the champion would get a cut of "$1 per PPV buy if the event breaks 100,000 buys. He earns $3 per PPV buy if it breaks 500,000 buys. $5 per PPV buy if it breaks 1 million." This being said, the pay-per view purchases was able to reach its 1 million mark during their fight. Taking a look at the previous numbers, McGregor can earn up to $12 million just for the weekend's fight.
As per Realty Today, during one of his interviews, the Irish fighter stated that he wanted to earn $100 million :
"I'm waiting on my next multi, nine-figure contract, which is en route, I just let everyone up there know, I let the bosses know and everybody there know what I bring and my worth. I'm still here the highest-paid. Let's compare contracts. Because the contract that I'm talking now is nine figures, nine figures I'm talking. Nobody in the game has talked nine figures. That's $100 million plus. That's my contract, so, that's where I'm at and I've done it the way I've done it. Either learn from it or don't."
He then added:
"When you're bringing in $60 million revenue on a fight where the main event guy has pulled out two weeks before, you think anyone else can do that? This next one, we are estimating a gate of $10 million for the gate alone. This is going to bring in $90 to $100 million this card here. So you're damn right I'll get it. I came at them with fact, numbers and I didn't go round about. I looked them dead in the eye with straight facts. When someone comes at you with clear facts, there's only one thing you can do and that's respect it. You got to respect good business, if you don't respect good business, then that's on you. I am very confident we will come to a deal and it will be in the nine-figure mark, and rightfully so."
