Conor Anthony McGregor widely known as ‘The Notorious’ is one of the most famous and heavily paid personality of the UFC. Conor is also a winner of UFC Featherweight Champion and has titles of different weight class under his name.
His professional boxing debut with Floyd Mayweather has made him very popular in the news.
Conor also stated in one of his tweets on 25th March 2019 that he wants to retire from MMA fighting and focus on his business ventures which included Proper 12 which is a whiskey brand. However on retirement Conor may get a sum of $235 million.
McGregor also own a sponsorship deal with Reebok which brings in $5 million per year. He also has deals with The Mac Life, fashion brand August and other successful brands.
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Conor McGregor Career Highlights
Focusing on the best career highlights of Conor’s career are:
- In April 2006 McGregor for the very first time started showing interest in MMA.
- His developed interest in MMA opened his doors for his further career in MMA. In 2007 Conor was ready for his first fight.
- However, his first professional MMA fight took place on March 2009.
- After a 5 year long career in fighting in 2013 finally Conor made his UFC debut.
- On December 2015 Conor won the Fastest UFC Knockout in Championship Match against Jose Aldo.
- In August 2017 Conor made his first Professional Boxing Debut.
Conor McGregor Net Worth
Talking about Conor’s wealth the estimated net worth of Conor is expected to be around $120 million. The net worth also includes the sum of $100 million Conor received from his fight against Floyd Mayweather in August 2017 and $50 million from his fight against Khabib in October 2018.
Additional income of $47 million comes from Conor’s salary, purses and endorsements. Coming to the income earned from his fights in UFC ,Conor has received a heavy sum. By defeating Chad Mendes at UFC 189 Conor earned an amount of $5 million.
His fight with Jose Aldo is considered as one of the most popular fight as he defeated him in only 13 seconds. He earned a sum of $12 million from his fight. With his fight against Nate Diaz at UFC 196 he earned a sum of minimum $10 million to $15 million.
At UFC 202 his fight with again Nate Diaz McGregor earned $25 million. Followed by in the year 2016 an estimated sum of $7 million was earned by him in his fight with Eddie Alvarez. The rough earning of Conor from only UFC fights is said to be around $115 million.
McGregor was guaranteed an amount of $5 million for the fight which is a record for the UFC against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone that was to be held on 18th January 2020.Cerrone was promised $2 million to appear for the fight.
In an interview Conor stated that if Pay per View Sales goes up expected earnings from the fight against Cerrone could be around $80 million.
Furthermore, he also has investments in companies like Burger King, Anheuser-Busch which brings in an income of $14 million. His 8 fight deal with the UFC signed on 20th September 2018 is not yet revealed but its worth would be around $200 million.
Conor McGregor Career
Conor started his career at the age of 18 in mixed martial arts and made his first MMA debut. After winning his first fight against Kieran Campbell Conor was immediately hired by Irish Cage of Truth Promotions.
Hence this marked the beginning of Conor’s fighting career. He is also the winner of 2011 Featherweight Championship and 2012 Lightweight Championship.
Therefore Conor, is the only European martial artist to win both the titles. After fighting professionally for continuous 5 years Conor signed a deal with UFC(Ultimate Fighting Championship) won his UFC debut in the year 2013 against Marcus Brimage.
Conor has won titles in multiple weight classes and stands among top three fighters of UFC. McGregor is the richest MMA in the world after he was paid a huge amount in the year 2017 against Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather.
Conor McGregor Early Life
Conor Anthony McGregor also popularly known as Conor McGregor was born in Crumlin Ireland on 14th July,19. He was keenly interested in sports as a kid and soccer was one of his favorite sport. He started training in a boxing club at the age of 12.
At the age of 17 Conor through an apprenticeship which made his way to Tom an UFC fighter. Tom Egan and Conor McGregor soon started training together. Conor was initially trained in boxing and soon after that was trained under the leadership of John Kavanagh.
Kavanagh and his team in Ireland has a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Conor also has an experience in other fighting styles such as Kickboxing, Tae Kwon Do and Karate.
During Conor’s first MMA debut match at the age of 18 he defeated TKO in the very first round. According to sources Conor was completely bankrupt a week before his MMA debut.
By February 2013 UFC had signed Conor to a multi fight contract. McGregor versatility in different forms of fighting has helped him to succeed and rise into the category of top 10. Fast straight arm jab is considered to be his most effective move.
Conor McGregor Personal Life
McGregor married his girlfriend Dee Devlin in the year 2008. On 5th May 2017 the couple were blessed with their first child Conor McGregor Jr and in the year 2019 with their second child Croia McGregor.
Conor is also a trainer at the gym Mjolnir in Reykjavik with his fellow UFC fighter Gunnar Nelson. In an interview Conor has stated that he does not believes in any pre-fight rituals as he considers it be a form of fear or anxiety.
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Conclusion
As one of the highest paid UFC fighter is certainly a no easy task. Conor has worked really hard to achieve perfection in MMA. Nevertheless with a huge sum of money in his bank account Conor claims that he is still not satisfied and aims to earn in billions .
Conor’s perfection in MMA is a prove that one should have an absolute obsession for what we love. Its important to put in all our hard work so that particular obsession becomes our strength. The power of Visualization is the key to success it prepares you mentally to focus on things you want to achieve.