#12 Conor McGregor
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Conor Anthony McGregor is an Irish professional mixed martial artist and boxer. He is the former Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight and lightweight champion. He has also competed as a welterweight in mixed martial arts, and light middleweight in boxing. To put it simply he’s super strong and super terrifying.
$85 Million for a fight!
He is arguably the UFC’s no.1 star and he has not stepped foot in the ring professionally since November 2016, but Conor McGregor earned his biggest payday to date thanks to a 2017 boxing match with Floyd Mayweather, who is no.1 on our list. McGregor earned an approximate of $85 million for the fight, which is more than quadruple his previous most significant paycheck.
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