For the first time in five years (and one day), Conor McGregor steps back into the octagon on Saturday night at UFC 329 when he takes on Max Holloway. The two MMA experts fought much earlier in their respective careers, back on a UFC Fight Night card in August 2013, which McGregor won by unanimous decision. Now they’re poised to headline a stacked card at UFC 329, and the Las Vegas event’s purse strings should make everyone involved a lot richer.
As fight fans know, official prize money and purses will not be announced until after UFC 329. This also applies to the bonuses for the card; There will be more payouts for the fighters. However, we have some information about McGregor’s guaranteed purse before we even get into bonuses and revenue sharing from PPV purchases.
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How much money will Conor McGregor make at UFC 329?
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Although the official figure has not been announced, McGregor is reportedly set to earn more than $15 million for returning to the octagon against Holloway. This came after the former double champion’s long-time manager, Audie Attar, told MMA insider Ariel Helwani that the Irishman would achieve “more than anyone in the UFC, including Zuffa Boxing.” This quote is important considering Conor Benn took home $15 million from the Zuffa Boxing event on Netflix.
We won’t know the official figure until the bonuses are announced, but it’s fair to say McGregor is getting a historic payday.
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Max Holloway purse: Expected earnings for UFC 329
For fighting McGregor for the second time in his career, Max Holloway won’t receive quite the same prize money or purse, but will still take home a great number. Holloway reportedly earned between $2 million and $4 million for his fight against Charles Oliveira earlier this year. Given that Dana White has already said that UFC 329 set a record for the largest gate receipt in the promotion’s history, we can expect Holloway to earn between $3 million and $4 million, if not more, for his fight against McGregor.
Full UFC 329 fight card headlined McGregor vs. Holloway 2
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Conor McGregor vs Max Holloway
Benoit Saint Denis vs Paddy Pimblett
Cory Sandhagen vs. Mario Bautista
Brandon Royval versus the lonely Kavanaugh
King Green vs. Terrance McKinney
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Robert Whittaker vs. Nikita Krylov
Gable Steveson vs. Elisha Ellison
Cody Garbrandt vs. Adrian Yaez
Luke Riley vs. Kai Kamaka III
Early preliminary map
Tracy Cortez vs. Wang Cong
Damian Pinas against Csar Almeida
Farid Basharat vs. John Garza
Ryan Gandry vs. Zachary Reese
Alessandro Costa vs. Cody Durden
We don’t currently have any information on the prize money or cash amounts for the rest of the card, but it stands to reason that the big names elsewhere on the card, most notably Paddy Pimblett and even trailblazer Gable Steveson, will be getting a nice bit of change for their work at UFC 329. Additionally, there will be Fight of the Night bonuses and the like, which will also be paid out based on performance.
One thing is for sure: for MMA fans, this is a fight card not to be missed. McGregor always turns heads, but once again he’s the headliner of a great night in the UFC, from top to bottom.
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