Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor each made around $100 million from their 2017 fight, which sold over four million pay-per-view buys. The two fighters recognized each other as perfect opponents and used public trash talk to generate enough interest that the UFC couldn't block the crossover bout.
Floyd and Conor, probably the two smartest businessmen ever to come through combat sports. And they kind of knew, okay, this is the right dance partner. And then it actually happened.
Early days, it would be shot down by UFC. And I think that the banter is really what allowed it to happen. Because once they started going back and forth and you could actually see the level of engagement and interest from a market perspective, it was hard to deny it. And ultimately it was a huge success. I mean, over 4 million buys.
What was reported, I think, was 30 to Conor and 100 to Floyd. Was that what was reported? Reported.
Connor was just under 100. Floyd's side, it's very reasonable to think that he could have pulled in 100.
