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Something like that.Getting him back at this point it’s probably going to cost something like a $20 million guarantee plus a shit load of PPV. Yikes.
I'm betting a bit more even.
Something like that.Getting him back at this point it’s probably going to cost something like a $20 million guarantee plus a shit load of PPV. Yikes.
Well, but that is the way negotiations work- he starts out at an astronomical number, then they bargain from there. They have always paid their best fighters way more than the others, and the gap in popularity between Conor and everyone else is way bigger than has been the case in UFC history. He is their only guaranteed massive draw. They need him way more than he needs them.
They knew when he got his Floyd money, he'd never fight for UFC money again and they let him do it anyway.
It became no longer cost effective for them to pay Conor' price to have him fight anymore.....cuts too much into profit margin.
And they've already reaped any residual benefit of his meteoric cross over rise in popularity.
They'd have to fall on miserable times financially in order for it to be worth it to them to have to pay the huge investment it would be for him to fight again.
I figured he would want 2 more fights. He's probably blowing a good 30 mill and that should recoup that.
I don't like how he did the ufc the way he did. I figured they had stipulations that he had to return to the ufc at a set amount before they gave him the blessing to do the floyd fight but I guess not.
Yeah if someone could line me up with a fighter I know I can beat just for the rush and attention. Shit I sound like mayweather now.If u were worth 100+ million dollars would u want to fight?
As I was saying in the post you quoted, he starts the negotiations astronomically high, above expectations, then bargains from there. He may never have even expected that to happen- remember, we don't know things he doesn't. He is well aware of what his value is, and will make every attempt to squeeze what he can out of them when he fights. That's just good business practice.If he is holding out to be basically their partner that is just not something they were ever going to give him. This is something he has talked about in the past.
Hard to find motivation to put yourself through training and the actual fight/fight promotion when you're worth a couple hundred million getting money from so many other sources.
As I was saying in the post you quoted, he starts the negotiations astronomically high, above expectations, then bargains from there. He may never have even expected that to happen- remember, we don't know things he doesn't. He is well aware of what his value is, and will make every attempt to squeeze what he can out of them when he fights. That's just good business practice.
I don't think CONOR wants Conor to fight again.