Conor McGregor next fight will be for the lightweight belt when he will be facing champion Rafael Dos Anjos in March at UFC 197.
If McGregor wins, he would be the first ever dual-division champion, with two belts from two different weight classes sat the same time.
FOX Sports Australia analysed the latest UFC PPV numbers and they believe that McGregor made at best 8M$ for the Aldo fight and believe that the Irishman could beat that crazy number for the Dos Anjos fight:
McGregor’s earnings have become enormous as his UFC star has risen. For starters, he has a $US500,000 contracted fight salary. He also got a $50,000 performance of the night bonus for the Aldo KO, plus a $40,000 sponsorship bonus.
But his PPV cut is what is truly making him rich.
Forbes broke down McGregor’s KO of Aldo, with the estimate that he gets $3-$5 per PPV buy. They projected these figures against a low buy of 1 million and a high of 1.5 million: meaning he made between $3 million and $4.5 million from PPV on a 1 million buy, or $5 million and $7.5 million on a 1.5 million buy. Using both the highest dollar and highest buy figures, McGregor would have made $622,000 per second in beating Aldo.
Best case scenario based on these figures, McGregor made more than $8 million beating Aldo. He will surely get more views for this fight given its historic nature, even though dos Anjos is a lower-profile champion whose Cerrone fight was not even a PPV event.
The 1.6 million record is within reach – particularly with McGregor’s supreme skill for loudly promoting his fights. At $5 a pop, 1.6 million buys equals $8 million straight up.
