UFC 329 this past Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas set a record gate with the return of Conor McGregor. White indicated that the event was a sellout and drew a gate of $26.4 million. The previous record for the UFC was a $22 million gate for UFC 306 which was the event at […]
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UFC 329 bonuses
UFC 329 took place Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The promotion handed out 12 additional paychecks for the event. The easiest of bonuses came when Max Holloway received $25K for a very early stoppage of his main event bout with Conor McGregor. Just seconds into the long-awaited return of McGregor, he […]
Does Conor McGregor still have the aura?
UFC 239 marks the return (we think) of Conor McGregor to the Octagon. It’s been almost 5 years since McGregor stepped into the Octagon. His last fight, he broke his leg against Dustin Poirier followed by one of the worst post-Octagon interview ever. The recovery was documented in a Netflix series looking at his recovery. […]
Conor McGregor returns July 11th
Dana White announced last night on his IG Live feed to announce the UFC 329 card including the return of Conor McGregor as he faces Max Holloway. The announcement came during the start of the Francis Ngannou-Phillipe Lins fight on the Netflix-MVP card. McGregor will face Holloway in a rematch of their 2013 fight in […]
Conor McGregor issued CSAD suspension
Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD), the drug test regulator for the UFC has issued an 18-month ban for violating the promotion’s anti-doping policy. McGregor violated the whereabouts policy as he had not reported to drug collections. McGregor missed three sample collections within a 12-month period in 2024. McGregor did not provide accurate whereabouts information at all […]