The two fists had their first debt in September 2014 in a matching match of Featherweight at UFC 178, and the Ireland McGregor puncher won his opponent with a knock-out right in the opening half.
It was not until 6 years after the first encounter of these two punches, the two sides had a rematch. The fighter nicknamed the 'The Diamond' Dustin Poirier balanced the score 1-1 in the rematch earlier this year at UFC 257 with the TKO victory over Conor McGregor in the second half of the match.
On July 11, in Vietnam time, at the T-Mobile Arena Stadium in Las Vegas will take place a trilogy match between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier to finish resentment lasting 7 years between these two enemy budgets.
A very expected rematch like this can collect millions for the winner and even the loser. Earlier this year, McGregor revealed that this puncher earned up to $ 5 million after the defeat against Poirier. Meanwhile, Poirier has earned about $ 1 million, these figures excluding bonuses and some other income.
UFC is a billion -dollar industry center, boxers playing for UFC often earn large sums. However, there have been many scandals between UFC and fighters related to financial issues.
Normally, UFC will not reveal the amount of the martial artists earned before the match, but we can predict the amount of money that the boxers will earn on the boxers with the same competition.
Forbes, in May, honored McGregor as the highest paid athlete in the world in the past 12 months, it was estimated that McGregor had earned an additional $ 20 million. Maybe McGregor will earn a minimum of the same amount at UFC 264.
Similar to boxing, the more famous you are, the more people are interested, the more you make money for each match, even if you lose in that match. The more famous the match, the more people are interested and many viewers, the more money the boxer earns.
McGregor is one of the most suction magnets of UFC. 5 matches with the largest pay viewers in UFC's history are the presence of McGregor. That is why in the rematch between McGregor and Poirier, despite being a loser, McGregor still earns more money than his opponent.
Although UFC's reputation is increasing, the money also earns more and more, but the illegal salary of the boxers is still stood still. The former UFC fighter Cung Le, as well as some other UFC boxers, sued UFC and accused the organization operating exclusively.
According to some reports from the lawsuits, UFC boxers usually only receive 20% of the total revenue that UFC earns. This figure is very low compared to other professional sports. Including major tournaments such as NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL, athletes are paid about 50% of the total revenue of the tournament.
Conor McGregor is an exception, this puncher often earns more significantly than other boxers of UFC. Up to the present time, the largest amount that McGregor earned in a match was not a UFC match but a boxing match with the legend of the boxing village Floyd Mayweather.
This match was dubbed the “billion -dollar match”, McGregor earned himself about 85 million USD, and the legendary Mayweather earned about 275 million USD when the match ended.