Conor McGregor is making more incredible claims as he pivots from running for president of Ireland to headlining the UFC’s big America 250 event at the White House.
The Irish sports star hasn’t done much other than talk of a massive comeback since breaking his leg badly against Dustin Poirier in 2021. Now he’s doing more of that, but do we believe him after five years of disappointment?
“The Champ Champ returns!” McGregor tweeted over video showing his training. “Just over 8 months to UFC White House.
I look forward to seeing my body shape up. My shot selection refining. My masterpiece to be painted.”
“I have so much aggression built up that I must release,” he added in another tweet. “I will throw harder and more venomous than I have ever thrown before. I have been punching way incredibly harder in my most recent preparative efforts and I delight in the thought of doing it live again. My shots whistle through the air like rockets!”
“It’s why, and how, I hold every fiscal record in the entire book of fighting. See you soon, kids!”
His next message claimed he’d be making the most money by far any fighter has ever made fighting for the UFC … up there with the biggest boxing paydays in history as well.
“$100 million to fight at the White House along with 100 U.S ‘Golden Visas’ for myself and family and friends,” he said. “I look very forward to entertaining the fighting world once again. A pleasure I never take for granted!”
While McGregor is one of the few fighters to actually deserve $100 million — his fight against Khabib alone generated nearly $200 million in pay-per-view and gate receipts — we can’t imagine a world where the UFC pays him $100 million. The promotion’s main priority for the past several years has been to keep fighter pay down, and it was a shock when they agreed (with a Saudi assist) to pay Jon Jones $30 million to fight Tom Aspinall. This is over three times that unprecedented amount.
“The Notorious” has a better chance of getting 100 ‘Golden Visas,’ Donald Trump’s $5 million a pop permanent U.S. residency card, and we say that to underscore how unlikely it is that UFC will pay him this much.
After five years of watching the Mac maneuver himself within range of a comeback and then out again, it just looks like another example of McGregor setting up conditions where he gets to talk about returning but never does.
