Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor Salaries Revealed
The disclosed purses for tomorrow’s (Sat., August 26, 2017) Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor boxing match – which many are calling the biggest combat sports bout of all time – have been released.
According to figures obtained from the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) by MMA Fighting, Mayweather will pull in a disclosed $100 million, while McGregor will make $30 million for the rightly-dubbed ‘Money Fight.’ That is base pay that does not factor in the massive pay-per-view (PPV) revenue both fighters will earn on the back end.
With PPV and other pay factored in, those figures have been speculated to be up to $350 million for Mayweather and more than $100 million for McGregor.
That number signals a new day for MMA fighters – even if it is only earned by its biggest-ever star in terms of overall dollars made – as a competitor making that much for a fight, even if it is outside of the cage, would have been unheard of even a few short years ago.
Whether or not McGregor returns to the UFC and the octagon, especially if he can pull off the seemingly impossible and defeat Mayweather, remains to be seen. It’s also a fair question to wonder if the UFC’s new owners will pay him the monetary amounts to stick around for long. Based on his performance tomorrow, however, they may have no choice.
