Conor McGregor Appears On Forbes’ Highest Paid Athletes List
Reigning UFC featherweight champion the “Notorious” Conor McGregor has never been afraid to talk about his money, and he clearly makes quite a bit of it.
In fact, the Irish knockout artist recently earned a spot on Forbes 100 Highest Paid Athletes list for 2016. McGregor was the only mixed martial artist to appear on the prestigious list, coming in at No. 85 with an estimated amount of $22 million dollars taken in.
Check out a breakdown of McGregor’s massive earnings over the last year below (Via MMAMania.com):
“UFC star Conor McGregor fought three times over the past 12 months, including headlining two of the three best-selling UFC fights ever on pay-per-view. UFC 194 where McGregor knocked out Jose Aldo in 13 seconds had 1.2 million buys. McGregor lost to Nate Diaz at UFC 196 (their rematch will be at UFC 202 in August) which sold a massive 1.5 million units. His cut of PPV revenue pushed McGregor’s earnings in the Octagon to million. The Irishman also banked an estimated $4 million outside the Octagon through appearances and endorsement partners Reebok, Fanatics, Monster Energy, BSN, Bud Light, Rolls Royce and Electronic Arts.”
McGregor will indeed look to avenge the only loss of his Octagon career when he meets Nate Diaz in their highly-anticipated welterweight rematch in the main event of August’s UFC 202 from The T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Will the Irishman be able to make up for his submission loss against Diaz last March, or will he suffer another disappointing setback?
