Fertitta confirms McGregor was guaranteed $10 million

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Veteran referee ‘Big’ John McCarthy had a conversation with UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta at UFC 197 last weekend, and it seems as though Fertitta was shocked that Conor McGregor refused the media duties based on the amount of money that he would be earning if he were to fight at UFC 200.

“I talked to Lorenzo Fertitta at UFC 197” McCarthy stated on his podcast. “Lorenzo said, I never though that when a fighter was garunteed $10 million I would have a problem”.

When Fertitta bought the UFC off Bob Meyrowitz on 2001 for $2 million, he stated that his goal was to pay a fighter $1 million.

“Back in 2001 when Fertitta bought the UFC off Bob Meyrowitz, myself and Lorenzo were standing in the Mark Etess Arena which is in the Trump Taj Mahal hotel in Atlantic City and he told me at the time that he [Fertitta] wanted to be the promoter to pay fighters $1 million to fight."

LINK: Fertitta on McGregor: "I never thought when I had a guy who was guaranteed $10 million, that I'd have a problem." | MMA Mad
 
tang

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zero fucks was given on that day by Conor. ZERO... not even for 10mil guaranteed. ZERO...
 
KWingJitsu

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I'm pleased and disgusted at the same time.
pleased for Conor, disgusted that other worthy fighters are getting chump change instead of similar pay days.

How do you make 10 mill coming off a loss? Lol.

This only enhances my suspicion that something else is behind this decision to not show up for a 3 month out press conference. ...
 
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$10 million is not a lot of money when you're talking Conor McGregor, and I do realize that for the average person that is an ungodly amount. I write that as a Diaz fan who was looking forward to the rematch so I could see what Nate could do with a full training camp, but let's be real. Lorenzo could've been paying headliners $1 million a fight a long time ago if the bros and Dana didn't pocket 80-85% of the profits. There's a reason that high level boxers (Mayweather not included) make so much money, and yet the promoters are still filthy rich only taking a fraction of what the UFC does. I don't want the UFC to fail by the way, but you don't see 27 year old all pros in the NFL getting paid 56k/56k or whatever they're paying Rory, and were paying Nate up until that last fight.
 
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KWingJitsu said:
I'm pleased and disgusted at the same time.
pleased for Conor, disgusted that other worthy fighters are getting chump change instead of similar pay days.

How do you make 10 mill coming off a loss? Lol.

This only enhances my suspicion that something else is behind this decision to not show up for a 3 month out press conference. ...
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You make that much by being one of two people responsible for over half the entire years worth of ppv buys.
 
MoomBah

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10 mil...Conor outdraws Manny Pacquiao and he was guaranteed 20 to fight Bradley in his last fight.

Still a lot of cheese though...fighting twice a year and he'd be making top nfl athlete money.
 
canofsticks

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That's a lot of money to be gambling with by having a pissing contest with your bosses...
 
tang

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This shows Conor's true color as a fighter. He's making everyone know that he's a Fighter first and a true competitor. Even in that text about how fighting is what got him to where he is. He didn't handle that loss to Diaz well and to him, 10million is not worth another loss. My respect for Conor has gone up a notch after this. I really hope Conor wins somehow vs the UFC brass. WAR CONOR~!!! I SUPPORT YOU NO MATTER WHAT! (...except when u fight the Diaz, nick or nate, sorry. Loyalty comes first for me)
 
BeardOfKnowledge

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Tang said:
This shows Conor's true color as a fighter. He's making everyone know that he's a Fighter first and a true competitor.
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Is that why since he's been pulled from the card, he hasn't been training?
 
BeardOfKnowledge

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Tang said:
he doesn't have a fight coming up so why would he train ?
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Because he's a professional fighter and is supposed to be able to take a fight at a moment's notice? Because he barks out slogans like "Stay ready so I don't have to get ready"?

Your notion of "Because he's a true fighter" doesn't hold a lot of weight when he takes his ball and goes home because he isn't allowed to get his way.
 
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JohnyHendricksBeard said:
Because he's a professional fighter and is supposed to be able to take a fight at a moment's notice? Because he barks out slogans like "Stay ready so I don't have to get ready"?

Your notion of "Because he's a true fighter" doesn't hold a lot of weight when he takes his ball and goes home because he isn't allowed to get his way.
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hm i see. I was talking along the lines of he puts fighting and beating nate as a priority than making millions, but you are right if what you say is true. how do you know though?
 
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