If UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor sees it his way, he will fight boxing great Floyd Mayweather in boxing match and then return to the octagon.
But when he returns to the UFC, McGregor wants things to be a little different. And the thing is a big thing, more money.
“I want to negotiate what I’m worth,” McGregor told GQ Style. ‘I want to put my analytics forward, man to man, and be like, ‘This is what I’m owed now. Pay me.’ And then we can talk. … I mean, certainly hell of a fatter check. Maybe potentially, down the road, an equity, interest or something. I’m just letting them know I want something else.”
He makes a valid case as McGregor’s last four fights against Jose Aldo, Nate Diaz (twice) and Eddie Alvarez have drawn over one million PPV buys. He set the all-time gate record at Madison Square Garden with $17.7 million for his UFC 205 fight against Alvarez. and routinely in the top ten record gates in Las Vegas.
Should he or shouldn’t he get the money from the UFC? That is the million dollar question.
