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LinusCaldwell
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I know ima catch hell for this but fukk fedor
he's undeniably one of the goats but after not signing with the ufc he had 3 losses, retired then NOW he wants to come back? if I was dana I'd tell him to fukk off
speaking of scumbag dana
this what happens when mendes doesn't win Dana out chea shtting on fighters. He's so happy he could careless
joeychizzle
光復香港，時代革命
he just rolling in the ppv buys and gate
mcgregor made 3-4 mill off ppv points alone
, plus that 500k show purse.. i don't know even if previous champs made this 
mendes' last fight with lamas was 48k to show, 48k to win. that means his come up from lamas to mcgregor was 10x his last
UFC is pushing their goldenboy so fukkin hard. goddamn it's almost comical.
i ain't even religious but i'm PRAYING Aldo destroys him, just for the fukkery that would happen!!
the post fight interviews and post fight conferences would be pure gold:moshaq:
I wonder if mcgregor will cry
Willy Waffle
Willy Da Waffleman
he just rolling in the ppv buys and gate
mcgregor made 3-4 mill off ppv points alone
mendes' last fight with lamas was 48k to show, 48k to win. that means his come up from lamas to mcgregor was 10x his last
UFC is pushing their goldenboy so fukkin hard. goddamn it's almost comical.
i ain't even religious but i'm PRAYING Aldo destroys him, just for the fukkery that would happen!!
the post fight interviews and post fight conferences would be pure gold:moshaq:
I wonder if mcgregor will cry
i thought you were bullshyting until i just read this article. that boy got paid
to conor if he got a bunch of irish men to pay $95 for them bullshyt reebok shirts with his name on it.they think that 189 may have pulled more buys then 100
The breakdown of Conor McGregor's €5m UFC 189 pay out
Fergus Ryan Twitter
Published 14/07/2015 | 07:00
Conor McGregor, left, punches Chad Mendes during their interim featherweight title mixed martial arts bout at UFC 189
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This week’s MMA column focuses on the business side of UFC 189. In particular we’ll take a look at estimating what sort of a pay day UFC 189 was for Conor McGregor.
UFC 189 was a resounding success for both the UFC and Conor McGregor.
For the company, UFC 189 was the second highest attended event in UFC history. Only UFC 129 in Toronto saw more paying fans through the gate, which drew a $12m gate with over 55,000 in attendance. UFC 189 drew a gate of $7.2m from the 16,019 fans attending.
It was the biggest UFC event ever held in the US and in the MGM Grand.
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‘The Notorious’ not only won the interim featherweight title, he capitalised on the monetary aspect of the fight game with relentless promotion of UFC 189.
Conor McGregor celebrates after defeating Chad Mendes
While most fighters would have been relaxing between training sessions McGregor took down time as an opportunity to hype his fight and monetize his product. He was an ever present at any media event related to UFC 189.
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Here are the various ways the Dubliner got paid for his dramatic UFC 189 victory.
The UFC
His disclosed pay for the fight was $500,000 and he also received a ‘Performance of the Night’ bonus of $50,000. The UFC are a private company so they only have to disclose the official pay for fighters.
From time to time, fighters are given ‘locker room’ bonuses if they missed out on a ‘Fight/Performance of the Night’ or if they fought a good fight or were in some way deemed to have added value to the event.
It's unlikely Conor got a locker room bonus given the size of his official pay and his other financial arrangements.
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Pay-Per-View
The UFC makes most of its money off Pay-Per-View revenue from the US market.
Conor McGregor reacts after defeating Chad Mendes during their interim featherweight title mixed martial arts bout at UFC 189 on Saturday, July 11, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
These are typically the numbered events, for example UFC 189. ‘Fight Night’ events like The Ultimate Fighter Finale or smaller events like UFC Dublin are broadcast on local TV in various regions, the Fox network in the US or through the UFC’s digital platform Fight Pass. The PPV cost for viewers in the US is approximately $50 or $60 for high definition per event.
Headlining fighters are typically offered a cut of the PPV revenue as an incentive to promote the event. Once the event passes a certain hurdle the fighter is then rewarded. The revenue share increases for fighters as the PPV numbers increase.
For example, to benefit from PPV revenue the event would have been in excess of 100,000 buys. Once this hurdle is cleared that entitles the fighter to $1 of each fee paid. The more successful the event, the more the fighter can make. For example, if the event has over 500,000 buys the fighter may get $3 of each fee.
These are not official figures but based on previously reported pay structures, purely illustrative to show how the PPV cut works.
The biggest PPV event so far was UFC 100, which had 1.6 million buys. At the post fight press conference UFC president Dana White indicated UFC 189 may be bigger than UFC 100.
The actual numbers may not be known for another few days.
Again, purely for illustration, if UFC 189 had 1.7 million buys and Conor received $3 per fee he would make approximately $5 million from his PPV cut alone.
Official Sponsors
Reebok recently signed a deal worth $70 million over six years. It gives all the fighters a guaranteed level of sponsor pay depending on how many fights they’ve had with the UFC or other promotions bought by the parent company, Zuffa.
As a title challenger, Conor is guaranteed to make $30,000, instead of the $5,000 he should have gotten for his sixth fight. In his next fight he will be guaranteed $40,000 as interim champion.
Reebok has arranged individual sponsorship deals with selected UFC athletes, McGregor being one. It was never revealed how much the individual arrangement was worth.
In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters receive royalties on any of their Reebok merchandise sold. It’s estimated this is worth 20-30 per cent of the sale price. McGregor’s replica UFC 189 apparel is currently retailing for $95.
Monster Energy are one of the few companies that are also allowed sponsor UFC athletes. You may have noticed Conor clutching a can of Monster energy drink in his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan.
A can was again strategically placed in front of him at the post-event press conference. It’s not known how much Monster are paying fighters
An overall estimate for Conor’s UFC 189 pay-day would be somewhere between €1-2m based on a conservative buy rate for the PPV.
However, considering all other metrics associated with the event were record breakers – weigh-in attendance, event attendance, social media activity, YouTube video plays, website traffic – it’s hard to imagine the PPV buy number won’t be big, most likely over one million buys.
Between disclosed UFC and Reebok pay, estimated PPV revenue share and undisclosed sponsorship deals its more likely Conor made somewhere in the region of $5 million for his work.
To put this in perspective Michael Bisping has received the most in disclosed pay across his 23 fight UFC career, totalling around €5 million.
In an interview in 2013, Dana White let slip the UFC paid one fighter $5 million for a single fight. It certainly hasn’t happened too often as the UFC was a loss making company up until 2007.
Regardless, the Conor McGregor machine is a powerful force with a lot of people and companies set to make good money from his efforts. It’s good to see the man himself is taking a nice slice of the action.
joeychizzle
光復香港，時代革命
i thought you were bullshyting until i just read this article. that boy got paid
they think that 189 may have pulled more buys then 100
if soccer players get mad money off the millions of fans buying their tees, conor must be getting a few thousand hyped up brehs to cop the $95 shyts
say 10,000 irish brehs cop them at 95 dollars, that's 950k
apparently fighters get max 30%, that's almost 300k. being honest, there's probably gonna be a load of dumbasses around the world copping this so he's probably making a few mills alone off the reebok compensation. that 40k tenure based payment probably ain't shyt to him
Amare's Right Hook
Southeast World Champion
Mir has 20 pounds on this guy. Foot lock City
if fedor doesnt come to the UFC then
we true mma fans want to see him on the highest platform.
Ehh, at the end of the day, it's business. I will admit, the UFC HW division desperately needs an infusion of talent, even a 39 year old Fedor would be a boon(you got guys like Pitbull and Hunt as top 10 HWs, you know you need some help)
OfTheCross
Veteran
if fedor doesnt come to the UFC then
we true mma fans want to see him on the highest platform.
Lol. nikka please. We just want to be entertained.
8====D
¡Vamos Spurs Vamos!
come on breh, you aint have to diss my breh arlovski. . .that man got me into mma
i want to see him versus a high level fighter like a velasquez or a stipe miocic, not no scrub ass kimbo slice or bellator fighter. . .if you only in it for entertainment, take your ass to WWE
OfTheCross
Veteran
come on breh, you aint have to diss my breh arlovski. . .that man got me into mma
You wanna see a 40 year old man coming out of retirement against prime athletes?
What's the fun in that?
Especially coming off the fact that he's lost his last 3 fights against top talent?
nikka please.
come on breh, you aint have to diss my breh arlovski. . .that man got me into mma
I love Pitbull, I wanted him to fight for the title, but you gotta get some fresh blood in the HW division... look at the UFC's top 10: Mir, Overeem, Hunt, Barnett, Arlovski; is it still 2008?
8====D
¡Vamos Spurs Vamos!
yeah nıgga. . .people want to see him against the big names, not no scrub ass fighters. . .plain and simple
You wanna see a 40 year old man coming out of retirement against prime athletes?
What's the fun in that?
Especially coming off the fact that he's lost his last 3 fights against top talent?
nikka please.
if he aint with it, then he need to keep his old ass in retirement. . .
8====D
¡Vamos Spurs Vamos!
And fighters are crying over making no money and the Reebok, be like Conor and start promoting your fights and guap up.