UFC: Conor McGregor aims to be billionaire by 35, will ‘probably’ fight until 40
- The 31-year-old McGregor wants to ‘hit a billy’ in four years after successful fighting and business earnings
- Irishman anticipates his biggest MMA payday from weekend UFC 246 fight with Donald Cerrone
Conor McGregor has already set his 2020 “season” target of fighting three times, but he has a longer-term goal: to be a billionaire within four years.
“I’m gonna hit a billy by 35 years of age. I’ll be a billionaire by the time I’m 35,” McGregor (professional MMA record 21-4) told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani ahead of his UFC 246 bout with Donald Cerrone.
“I’m coming for that [Forbes] list. I was up there. I saw Floyd [Mayweather] was on the top of the decade and fair play to him. He’s just not so good at the management.”
McGregor, a former UFC double champion and the promotion’s biggest pay-per-view draw, said he is not close to reaching 10 figures but will do so with the help of fighting and his personal whiskey and clothing businesses.
“I’m still a good way away but I’ll get there. I’m not fighting for [money], but fighting definitely helps there … I’m not even scratching the surface on what I should really probably be getting paid. The back-end is coming through, though. It is what it is,” he said.
The 31-year-old Irishman was also open to fighting for several more years and insists it can be done if he remains an active fighter and businessman.
“Yes … I don’t know … probably,” McGregor replied when asked if would fight until the age of 40. “I’m gonna have a solid couple of years, though, I know that. I’ll be rocking ’til ... 35.”
McGregor, whose last MMA bout was a title fight loss to lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2018, added that he is on a one-fight deal with the UFC but anticipates a hefty payday for the Cerrone bout.
“I’m confident it’s going to be a nice pay cheque. Probably [the most ever] in my mixed martial arts career, yeah. I’d say I’m estimating a good 80 million because like I said, we’ve got Australia, Canada, England and Ireland, it should be a good one.”
