‘I’m coming’ – Conor McGregor teases huge nine-figure payday for fighting Logan Paul in India
Conor McGregor will make $250,000,000 for fighting Logan Paul, according to the Irishman himself. McGregor revealed in December that he was in ‘preliminary agreements’ to face Paul in a boxing exhibition match in India. McGregor went 10 rounds with Floyd Mayweather in 2017 – his only pro boxing bout The Irishman has confirmed he will fight Paul for $250,000,000@TheNotoriousMMA on X He then stoked flames further by posting an Indian flag and heart emoji last week in response to an article that he had agreed to a $500m fight with Paul at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. The report from Fight Book MMA suggested both men will earn an ‘unprecedented’ $250m each as part of India’s ‘Visit India’ tourism campaign in a mega-fight. Now, McGregor seems to have confirmed that this will be the amount he is paid for fighting the YouTuber-turned-WWE superstar Paul. “$250,000,000 I’m coming,” McGregor wrote on X on Sunday morning, with an Indian flag and image of Paul in his WWE attire attached. McGregor, 36, hasn’t competed in his primary sport, MMA, since breaking his leg against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021. He was due to make his highly anticipated comeback fight in June 2024 against Michael Chandler in the main event of UFC 303. However, their fight was cancelled after McGregor suffered a toe injury in sparring and a rescheduled date was never agreed upon. His return to the octagon was then further complicated in November after he was found liable for sexual assault in a High Court civil case in Dublin. The claimant, Nikita Hand, won her case against the former two-division UFC champion, and was awarded €248,603.60 (£206,556.03) in damages. McGregor has fought just once inside the squared circle in what was one of the biggest crossover combat sports events of all time. Paul has become a huge WWE star since debuting with the company in 2022Getty He challenged the undefeated superstar Floyd Mayweather, who was 49-0 at the time and went 50-0 after, to a boxing match, with both men set to split a $410m cash prize for the bout. Mayweather pocketed the lion’s share of money, taking home around $280m, while McGregor banked roughly $130m. At the time, it was the highest amount of money ever put up for a fight, but if McGregor’s words are to be believed, he could surpass that for fighting Paul. Paul has had a significantly less prolific boxing career than his brother Jake Pauk, who fought Mike Tyson in front of 72,300 people in Texas and 60 million households on Netflix in November. However, the WWE Superstar has also boxed Mayweather before, having gone right rounds with him in June 2021, with no official winner confirmed. The 29-year-old fought his former rival but now current business partner KSI twice between 2018 and 2019 in a period that marked the beginning of the ever-growing YouTube boxing scene. Paul also has experience fighting MayweatherAmanda Westcott/SHOWTIME The latter, which he lost via split-decision after being deducted two points for hitting KSI while down, is Paul’s only professional boxing fight to date.
Conor McGregor will make $250,000,000 for fighting Logan Paul, according to the Irishman himself.
McGregor revealed in December that he was in ‘preliminary agreements’ to face Paul in a boxing exhibition match in India.
He then stoked flames further by posting an Indian flag and heart emoji last week in response to an article that he had agreed to a $500m fight with Paul at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.
The report from Fight Book MMA suggested both men will earn an ‘unprecedented’ $250m each as part of India’s ‘Visit India’ tourism campaign in a mega-fight.
Now, McGregor seems to have confirmed that this will be the amount he is paid for fighting the YouTuber-turned-WWE superstar Paul.
“$250,000,000 I’m coming,” McGregor wrote on X on Sunday morning, with an Indian flag and image of Paul in his WWE attire attached.
McGregor, 36, hasn’t competed in his primary sport, MMA, since breaking his leg against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021.
He was due to make his highly anticipated comeback fight in June 2024 against Michael Chandler in the main event of UFC 303.
However, their fight was cancelled after McGregor suffered a toe injury in sparring and a rescheduled date was never agreed upon.
His return to the octagon was then further complicated in November after he was found liable for sexual assault in a High Court civil case in Dublin.
The claimant, Nikita Hand, won her case against the former two-division UFC champion, and was awarded €248,603.60 (£206,556.03) in damages.
McGregor has fought just once inside the squared circle in what was one of the biggest crossover combat sports events of all time.
He challenged the undefeated superstar Floyd Mayweather, who was 49-0 at the time and went 50-0 after, to a boxing match, with both men set to split a $410m cash prize for the bout.
Mayweather pocketed the lion’s share of money, taking home around $280m, while McGregor banked roughly $130m.
At the time, it was the highest amount of money ever put up for a fight, but if McGregor’s words are to be believed, he could surpass that for fighting Paul.
Paul has had a significantly less prolific boxing career than his brother Jake Pauk, who fought Mike Tyson in front of 72,300 people in Texas and 60 million households on Netflix in November.
However, the WWE Superstar has also boxed Mayweather before, having gone right rounds with him in June 2021, with no official winner confirmed.
The 29-year-old fought his former rival but now current business partner KSI twice between 2018 and 2019 in a period that marked the beginning of the ever-growing YouTube boxing scene.
The latter, which he lost via split-decision after being deducted two points for hitting KSI while down, is Paul’s only professional boxing fight to date.
