The most Conor has made from a UFC fight counting salary and percentage of PPV is around $10 million. Possibly even $15 million, but I doubt it.
If he fights Mayweather, the event at best might get twice the buys he got in his fights with Diaz, so that's 1.5 million buys times 2. So we're looking at 3 million buys and at most they might be able to charge %50 more for each PPV so that's roughly $75 instead of $50.
So 3 million times $75 million equals $225 million. Unlike his UFC fights, he will be the lesser paid of the two men in the fight. Realistically I don't see Conor getting more than half of what Mayweather will get. So that's one third of the $225 million minus expenses such as the amount the promoter makes, the amount other fighters on the card get and the cost of marketing the fight. So that's $75 million minus expenses.
In his second fight with Diaz they got about 1.5 million PPV buys for $50 each. That's 75 million total. Conor got paid maybe 4 times what Diaz got paid. So he got about 80% of the $75 million minus expenses. That's a revenue of $60 million before expenses.
So look at the two in comparison: Mayweather fight = $75 million in revenue after paying opponent but before paying any other expenses. Diaz fight = $60 million after paying opponent but before paying any other expenses.
So, according to these figures, McGregor stands to make about 25% more than remade for the Diaz fight. Yet numbers such as McGregor being paid 5 times or even 10 times the amount he's even been paid for a fight keep getting thrown around. After looking at these equations, where is the flaw in it? How does he somehow get 5 or 10 times as much as he's ever made in a fight, as opposed to the 25% more than he's ever been paid for a fight which is what I calculated?
If he fights Mayweather, the event at best might get twice the buys he got in his fights with Diaz, so that's 1.5 million buys times 2. So we're looking at 3 million buys and at most they might be able to charge %50 more for each PPV so that's roughly $75 instead of $50.
So 3 million times $75 million equals $225 million. Unlike his UFC fights, he will be the lesser paid of the two men in the fight. Realistically I don't see Conor getting more than half of what Mayweather will get. So that's one third of the $225 million minus expenses such as the amount the promoter makes, the amount other fighters on the card get and the cost of marketing the fight. So that's $75 million minus expenses.
In his second fight with Diaz they got about 1.5 million PPV buys for $50 each. That's 75 million total. Conor got paid maybe 4 times what Diaz got paid. So he got about 80% of the $75 million minus expenses. That's a revenue of $60 million before expenses.
So look at the two in comparison: Mayweather fight = $75 million in revenue after paying opponent but before paying any other expenses. Diaz fight = $60 million after paying opponent but before paying any other expenses.
So, according to these figures, McGregor stands to make about 25% more than remade for the Diaz fight. Yet numbers such as McGregor being paid 5 times or even 10 times the amount he's even been paid for a fight keep getting thrown around. After looking at these equations, where is the flaw in it? How does he somehow get 5 or 10 times as much as he's ever made in a fight, as opposed to the 25% more than he's ever been paid for a fight which is what I calculated?