Regardless of the outcome of the fight on Saturday night, UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor will be setting a new UFC record for his Welterweight rematch against Nate Diaz at UFC 202.
Marc Ramondi of MMAFighting.com is reporting that “The Notorious” one will earn a $3 million guaranteed salary for his 170-pound rematch against Nate Diaz at the UFC 202 pay-per-view event on Saturday night.
Prior to last month’s historic UFC 200 event, McGregor held the record for the largest guaranteed fight purse paid to a fighter in the UFC with a $1 million payday reported to the Nevada Athletic Commission for his first fight with Nate Diaz at UFC 196 back in March.
At UFC 200, WWE Superstar and former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar broke the record for largest guaranteed purse with a reported $2.5 million purse for his one-time-only Octagon return against Mark Hunt.
In typical Conor McGregor fashion, the Irish mega-star will bump Lesnar down to second place and reclaim the distinction in his very first fight since setting the original record when he attempts to avenge the loss he suffered to Diaz at tonight’s UFC 202 pay-per-view.
For his part, Diaz will be earning a reported $2 million purse for the fight, which is expected to break the all-time pay-per-view record this weekend.
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