History! Conor McGregor TKOs UFC accountants, banks ‘historical number’ for UFC 329 return

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 13: Conor McGregor looks on as money rains down during the Floyd Mayweather Jr. v Conor McGregor World Press Tour event at Barclays Center on July 13, 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Lawrie/Getty Images) | Getty Images Prize fighter.

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) two-division champion, Conor McGregor, finally returns to action in a rematch against Max Holloway at UFC 329 this weekend (Sat., July 11, 2026) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.Among the many storylines surrounding McGregor’s highly anticipated return, one of the biggest questions has been obvious:How much is “The Notorious” getting paid?

That question became even more interesting because UFC’s new Paramount+ era has changed the business completely. With Paramount+ now serving as UFC’s exclusive home, there are no more traditional pay-per-views, which were previously used to help gauge McGregor’s value and give the Irish superstar a very easy way to make even more money.Without that old pay-per-view structure, UFC CEO Dana White recently explained that the promotion had to come up with a new formula for McGregor’s deal.

“There’s a formula to it, McGregor’s going to do just fine,” White said. “Based on, if you take the average of his pay-per-view buys and what they do, there’s an equation for that … I mean we’ve done it with a lot more guys than just McGregor.”

Ahead of McGregor’s return this week, his longtime manager Audie Attar discussed what it was like negotiating with UFC in this new era and revealed that McGregor once again made promotional history.“Look, we’ve been negotiating with the UFC for over 15 years now, so it hasn’t always been an easy path, but we’ve always done good business,” Attar told Ariel Helwani today. “I don’t need them to like me, but they’re going to respect the business.

It definitely was challenging in terms of, ‘How do we do this in this new era without PPV?’”Attar also made it clear that despite McGregor’s