Mayweather vs McGregor Money - per Forbes

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mmadotcomisufcdotcom

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He makes more in UFC fights. There is no way he is switching sports and diminishing his name for a guaranteed loss for for less than he is paid in the UFC. Conor gets his 60% of the $75m, then whatever is worked out for his pic points. He can retire and get fat off of this loss with no shits given. Dana even said at the end of one of the mayweather pressers that they are working on renegotiating conors contract so he comes back to the UFC after this fight instead of retiring. Right now Connor is making in the ball park of $15m (before taxes and fees) after salary and ppv points, and after this big payday and all the exposure he is getting, the ufc realizes he could either walk or make them a boatload of money (even if it is short-term) after this fight. No idea what they up his pay to, but I'd imagine it needs to be substantial since now Conor sees a ridiculous once in a lifetime check and knows that he is a large percentage of the reason for it.
Please provide proof he makes more than 10mil in his UFC fights.

I do not think he does. You do think he does. I have no proof, other than UFC history, do you have anything better than a random sniper from an article claiming to be in the know?
 

Papi Chingon

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Please provide proof he makes more than 10mil in his UFC fights.

I do not think he does. You do think he does. I have no proof, other than UFC history, do you have anything better than a random sniper from an article claiming to be in the know?
I don't know what you're looking for. Do I have conors tax returns? No. Conor himself said he was pushing $40m for 2016 (3 fights) and claims he was paid $25m for Diaz #2 (Conor McGregor's Claims On Fight Earnings At UFC 205 Press Conference Don't Add Up). Is he full of shit? Perhaps, but there is the source you're looking for if you need a true horses mouth. If youre looking for a source that is not jeremy botter (who claims conor gets $16m-$18m), or some other person claimi g to be "in the know", I've got nothing. My estimation is just my own logic after reading various articles with my bullshit filter on. Take a look at high figures and low figures and the truth is somewhere in between. I certainly don't think Conor is claiming double what he actually earns.
 

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This fight is an absolute joke and I'd really be surprised if it does 2.5 million buys. I fir one will not be watching this ridiculous spectacle.
 

Robbie Hart

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This fight is an absolute joke and I'd really be surprised if it does 2.5 million buys. I fir one will not be watching this ridiculous spectacle.
i agree.........................he who pays is a sucker
 

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Hmm, well, boxing people don't know Conor, but they know Mayweather and they know this is in all probability his last fight. So I think a decent percentage of the buys will be from boxing fans. The problem is the price IMO. This will be one of those PPV's that will get tons of views but not a proportionate amount of buys because people will be hosting big parties with lots of chip-ins. It should pull in a ton of MMA fan buys. I agree 4.4M sounds unrealistic but it should get 2, which would place it in the top 5. Now, if Conor wins somehow, that sets up a rematch and that would just about automatically break the PPV record.

Which do you think is more unlikely, Conor winning or the fight getting 4.4M + PPV buys? I think there is a better chance of the fight setting the PPV record than Conor winning. That's if there are no shenanigans...I wouldn't be surprised if Floyd carried Conor (scoring a close decision which will then be "disputed") in order to set up a rematch.
I am too cynical to not agree with the possibility of Floyd carrying him to try and set up a rematch but I'd be afraid of his power so doing that means taking a chance and Floyd, if anything, is EXTREMELY risk adverse....

I think it is far less likely that Conor wins. He is a flat-footed, no head-moving boxer who relies on excellent accuracy and a lot of confidence. He does not have a boxing level chin. Hell Anderson Silva barely does. So I think Floyd may actually just Hatton him right into the turnbuckle. Conor will get $50mm and probably never fight ever again in mma or boxing. But while I think Conor has zero chance to winning I think this fight has about 2% chance for getting even 2mm buys. Don't know if I am ready to put money down on that yet but I feel close....
 

WoodenPupa

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I am too cynical to not agree with the possibility of Floyd carrying him to try and set up a rematch but I'd be afraid of his power so doing that means taking a chance and Floyd, if anything, is EXTREMELY risk adverse....

I think it is far less likely that Conor wins. He is a flat-footed, no head-moving boxer who relies on excellent accuracy and a lot of confidence. He does not have a boxing level chin. Hell Anderson Silva barely does. So I think Floyd may actually just Hatton him right into the turnbuckle. Conor will get $50mm and probably never fight ever again in mma or boxing. But while I think Conor has zero chance to winning I think this fight has about 2% chance for getting even 2mm buys. Don't know if I am ready to put money down on that yet but I feel close....
Good point about Floyd. Yes, he is the master of risk-avoidance. In another life he would have been a hedge fund manager. Agreed on the chin and head-movement...those should get him in trouble. I think that Conor is going to try to bait Floyd into taking the lead, since Conor himself is a counter-striker, but the problem is that Floyd will happily oblige once he completely figures out Conor, which should take 2 rounds at most. Conor is going to get demoralized and tired from swinging at air and wasting movement, after which he will be a sitting duck. I think TKO for Floyd by round 5, and that may include 2 rounds of Floyd sticking his tongue out, dancing, barking at McGregor and fucking around.

I'd be fairly surprised if it didn't do 2M buys. I'm not sure what the metrics are pointing to at present though.
 

Andrewsimar Palhardass

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Literally like at least 80% of the money from total ppvs, depending how much it sells... if they sell a million ppvs that's $100million, so 4million ppvs = 400million dollars = floyds cut. Can't be expected to do much more than 4 million so idk how Floyd will make that much money unless no one else gets paid
Do you think that the PPV is the only thing that decides fighter/promoter payouts?
 

The EZ Life

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Do you think that the PPV is the only thing that decides fighter/promoter payouts?
wheres the majority of $ come from? PPV if I'm not mistaken. Don't forget all the money they sink into this event promoting it, which needs to be made back.

other sources are tickets, food/beer, hotels, etc...so you use that money to pay everyone (production, network, promoters, etc) their $$ minus the headlining fighters. Maybe you have some left over, maybe you don't. but anyway so if 5 million PPVs sell that generates 500million and if Floyd gets $400 million, that's $80 out of every $100 going to him.



I don't study the business of PPVs so maybe I am missing out on something big here, but Floyd is clearly being treated like a King by everyone except conor
 

Andrewsimar Palhardass

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wheres the majority of $ come from? PPV if I'm not mistaken. Don't forget all the money they sink into this event promoting it, which needs to be made back.

other sources are tickets, food/beer, hotels, etc...so you use that money to pay everyone (production, network, promoters, etc) their $$ minus the headlining fighters. Maybe you have some left over, maybe you don't. but anyway so if 5 million PPVs sell that generates 500million and if Floyd gets $400 million, that's $80 out of every $100 going to him.
Those promoters you mentioned they gotta pay? That's the fighters too.
 

The EZ Life

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There's more pools of money than what you're insinuating.
Yes and 400 million is a giant chunk of it.. which is all I said.

Tell me how much money the entire event will generate for the promoter of the event, not the whole city... and then do 400 million divided by that and tell me if I'm wrong
 
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casinos are gonna be the big winners IMO

they are playing this well....playing both sides if you will

wouldn't be suprised if they have a hand in the pre fight script of antics and releases about sparring/legal trouble and whatever is next to draw the attention and discussion....This thing is being planned out to a T by some great minds(hint not Money or Conor)...this thing is a set-up knock em down money maker for all involved
 

WoodenPupa

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casinos are gonna be the big winners IMO

they are playing this well....playing both sides if you will

wouldn't be suprised if they have a hand in the pre fight script of antics and releases about sparring/legal trouble and whatever is next to draw the attention and discussion....This thing is being planned out to a T by some great minds(hint not Money or Conor)...this thing is a set-up knock em down money maker for all involved
It's basically WWE. Or even better, something from the old carny days. Like when some guy from the audience challenges the burly wrestler in the ring, and the crowd starts throwing down bets. This is a total throwback sports entertainment fight---maybe not very different from what you'd find in Pride from time to time.

What some people are forgetting is that a lot of pro boxers are supporting this fight on its entertainment aspect. Some, like Bernard Hopkins, are disgusted with it, but for the most part there is strong support from the very community that is imagined to hold the event in scorn. The underdog urge is eternal!