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LAS VEGAS – Conor McGregor is back and so are the big paydays.
McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) returns to rematch Max Holloway (27-9 MMA, 23-9 UFC) in Saturday's UFC 329 welterweight main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Paramount+).
McGregor coined his infamous phrase "Red panty night," and Holloway admitted his pay for this fight is "beautiful."
"I'll always campaign for the fighters getting their worth, and I'm very happy with it," McGregor said during Wednesday's UFC 329 pre-fight news conference. "It's a steady rise. If you ask Max, I'm sure it's probably five times his highest pay. So the boys and the girls are getting there, and I will always campaign for that, and I'll always be happy that I have helped spearhead that.
"As an owner of Bareknuckle Fighting Championship, it kind of puts me in a pickle. I always vouch for the fighters, but I also have a stake in the company. So there has to be some sort of balance. But still, I am a fighter at heart, I know what it takes in this business, and I know without the fighters, there is none of this – not an iota of it. So I'm happy that the money is rising in the fight business, and that we're thriving, and I'm happy to be back, and give it that extra little fuel to its rocket, and off it goes."
It's been five years since McGregor last competed, but he vows to make his presence just as undeniable.
"Shake up the game," McGregor said. "Shake up the business for sure. Prove myself, to myself, I am who I say I am. I am that I am."
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Conor McGregor happy to give fighter pay 'extra little fuel to its rocket'
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McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) returns to rematch Max Holloway (27-9 MMA, 23-9 UFC) in Saturday's UFC 329 welterweight main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Paramount+).
McGregor coined his infamous phrase "Red panty night," and Holloway admitted his pay for this fight is "beautiful."
"I'll always campaign for the fighters getting their worth, and I'm very happy with it," McGregor said during Wednesday's UFC 329 pre-fight news conference. "It's a steady rise. If you ask Max, I'm sure it's probably five times his highest pay. So the boys and the girls are getting there, and I will always campaign for that, and I'll always be happy that I have helped spearhead that.
"As an owner of Bareknuckle Fighting Championship, it kind of puts me in a pickle. I always vouch for the fighters, but I also have a stake in the company. So there has to be some sort of balance. But still, I am a fighter at heart, I know what it takes in this business, and I know without the fighters, there is none of this – not an iota of it. So I'm happy that the money is rising in the fight business, and that we're thriving, and I'm happy to be back, and give it that extra little fuel to its rocket, and off it goes."
It's been five years since McGregor last competed, but he vows to make his presence just as undeniable.
"Shake up the game," McGregor said. "Shake up the business for sure. Prove myself, to myself, I am who I say I am. I am that I am."
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Conor McGregor happy to give fighter pay 'extra little fuel to its rocket'
Continue reading...
