Fertitta confirms McGregor was guaranteed $10 million
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This was a great public relations move by the UFC to release his proposed pay. Now people are thinking "how could Conor not fight for that kind of money." The UFC is trying to remove the blame that may be put on them about fighters pay and the way they treat fighters.
The real question is how can a organization that prides it's self on not having individuals(besides Dana), pay 1 fighter so much more than everybody else when he is just coming off a loss and not fighting for one of there precious titles.
The reason he is worth so much is because of his promoting power, Which shows that even after all these years one fighter is able to promote themselves better then all of the UFC machine behind others but yet the UFC keeps a huge portion of the money for doing very little.
I am guessing that there's a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff going on that we will not know for a long time is causing this breakdown between McGregor and a UFC.
The real question is how can a organization that prides it's self on not having individuals(besides Dana), pay 1 fighter so much more than everybody else when he is just coming off a loss and not fighting for one of there precious titles.
The reason he is worth so much is because of his promoting power, Which shows that even after all these years one fighter is able to promote themselves better then all of the UFC machine behind others but yet the UFC keeps a huge portion of the money for doing very little.
I am guessing that there's a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff going on that we will not know for a long time is causing this breakdown between McGregor and a UFC.
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So it isn't about the money then?
Conor made a stupid business decision........
how do u make 10 million coming off a loss ? He brings huge viewership numbers that's how.. It has noting to do with winning or losing .
Yup. U can win all day but if nobody wants to watch u, u'll be fired as soon as u lose... (Shields, Fitch, rest of the wrestlefuckers)
I can't imagine that Conor walked away from $10mm guaranteed. I think Lorenzo was talking out of his ass to make himself look good...
I think Conor is VERY worried that another loss could derail the gravy train but walking away from that kind of money is hard to believe since they might rescind the offer and he'll have to sit out his contract or fight Diaz for less than $10mm and possibly lose anyway.
I think Conor is VERY worried that another loss could derail the gravy train but walking away from that kind of money is hard to believe since they might rescind the offer and he'll have to sit out his contract or fight Diaz for less than $10mm and possibly lose anyway.
Congrats on missing my point.
My point was to point out that everyone else gets a pay cut coming off a loss.
Next up; your response will be "McGregor isn't everyone else."
Feel free to guess my response...
Ill have a go. I guess your response will have at least one point.
Amirite?
No they don't. They get increases after winning, but usually their money stays the same from one loss to the next fight. Unless they are on the last few fights of their contract and renegotiate extremely badly.
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But when you're not some rando on a forum and bring in 400+ million to the company, 10 mil is not what Conor is worth.
I have an anonymous source.
I did see that, in fact my potent powers of intuition picked up on it last night.See what I did there@Sweets ?
It's interesting the quote says media obligations plural. My understanding was it was just the initial press conference that he refused.
Why is there this misconception that Dana is holding up the fight or making the decisions. It's hard to call the shots when he only owns 10% of the company. This has to be all Fertitas Billion doing all the talking.
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Perhaps, but an indirect consequence of this fiasco is much more media coverage on conor than ever before. Even Forbes did an article on it. He may very well get paid much more for his next fight due to all this attention, whether it is more guaranteed money, or more ppv buys, or both. He certainly isn't losing $100m by not being on ufc 200, he's just not being paid that money in july.
Ask Weidman or Nate Diaz what happened to their guaranteed pay after a loss....or you could google it...
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