{"id":265173,"date":"2021-05-15T18:45:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T18:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=265173"},"modified":"2021-08-12T19:24:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T19:24:17","slug":"how-conor-mcgregor-tops-the-list-of-forbes-highest-paid-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/how-conor-mcgregor-tops-the-list-of-forbes-highest-paid-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"How Conor MCGregor Tops The List of Forbes Highest Paid Athletes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Conor McGregor is the world&#8217;s highest-paid athlete.<\/h1>\n<p>Conor McGregor hit punches and sell whiskey. Absolutely, the athlete will beat you in UFC and in real life. Leaving Lionel Messi, Ronaldo, <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/player-details\/20000571\/L.LeBron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LeBron James<\/a> behind, the MMA fighter made $180 million in the past year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_265191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-265191\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-265191\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11220249\/a-46.png\" alt=\"Conor McGregor\" width=\"459\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11220249\/a-46.png 459w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11220249\/a-46-245x300.png 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-265191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Instagram@thenotoriousmma<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is really a dream come true thing for McGregor. What do you think where did the money came from?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Baby we did it!! Uimhir a Haon \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea\u2764\ufe0f<br \/>Thank you Forbes for recognizing my role as an entrepreneur! <br \/>It was a dream to lead this list with so many successful athletes! <br \/>Onwards and upwards we go \ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DS8lb03Xi9\">pic.twitter.com\/DS8lb03Xi9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/1392945522651041793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Conor McGregor made $150 mn from selling his stake of Proper 12 Whiskey Brand.<\/h2>\n<p>The notorious MMA star made it possible in the time of the pandemic. When Sports is also largely affected by Covid19 yet Conor McGregor made it to the top of Forbes list. Combining the earnings of the top 10 names the whopping amount is $1.05 Billion. It is like the pandemic never affected these people. It looks like he slapped other stars right in the face.\u00a0 When you know UFC is not that big as Soccer or <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/home\">NBA<\/a> but then too McGregor did it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t think the people of Ireland actually realise what <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheNotoriousMMA<\/a> has achieved. The highest paid athlete in the world as recognised by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Forbes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Forbes<\/a>  and it\u2019s an Irishman. Incredible achievement. Certainly changed the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ufc<\/a> and for the benefit of all the fighters. Kudos \ud83d\udc4a<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Conor.mortimer \u26bd\ufe0f (@Conmort) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Conmort\/status\/1393265998313164801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The thing that is more shocking is out of $180 mn 150+ are not from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ultimate_Fighting_Championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC<\/a>. Yes! that&#8217;s where endorsement and brands worked out. I know that Conor McGregor is on the seventh sky now. He finally achieved what he has been eyeing for years. I also think there has been an unsaid feud between McGregor and Ronaldo. Just eye to eye where the MMA fighter said that the #1 spot is mine and I will take it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Number 1 of course. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uj0mpKviL5\">https:\/\/t.co\/uj0mpKviL5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheNotoriousMMA\/status\/1391530476075200513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One more thing to notice is the difference between 1st and rest. After Conor <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conor_McGregor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McGregor<\/a>, the second is Lionel Messi with $130 mn. I mean look at the huge gap, McGregor stands true to his 2016 prediction that he is going to catch Ronaldo on the Forbes list one. Literally, a man of his words. I only thought that Lionel Messi and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cristianoronaldo.com\/#cr7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> are the athletes who can buy some small country with their earnings and then there is Conor McGregor.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Top Finishes: Conor McGregor\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3mPPMCa8Nxw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor is the world&#8217;s highest-paid athlete. Conor McGregor hit punches and sell whiskey. Absolutely, the athlete will beat you in UFC and in real life. Leaving Lionel Messi, Ronaldo, LeBron James behind, the MMA fighter made $180 million in the past year. This is really a dream come true thing for McGregor. What do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":265194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}