UFC News: Michael Chandler “Getting Paid 10X” More to Fight Conor McGregor – “Need 10 to Break Even With This Cheque “

Michael Chandler is in limbo yet again. But there may be a pot of gold in his near future, according to Conor McGregor. The 38-year-old last fought in 2022 and has virtually put his career on hold, waiting to fight McGregor. The duo appeared on last year’s season of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ and were slated to face each other in late 2024. However, the bout was pushed back to sometime this year.

After months of uncertainty, the UFC finally announced that McGregor and Chandler would face each other in the main event of UFC 303 on June 29. Alas, that date too has fallen through after ‘Mac’ withdrew due to injury. And now Chandler is out in the cold yet again, uncertain when (or even if) he will fight MMA’s biggest-ever star. However, there are apparently very good reasons for the former Bellator champion to wait for ‘Notorious’ yet again if Conor McGregor’s claims in his latest tweets are true.

Many fans feel Michael Chandler should move on from McGregor and resume his UFC career. With the clock rapidly ticking down on the 38-year-old’s UFC career, many think the former Bellator champion should not risk losing any more time and money in the hopes of fighting ‘Mac’.

However, in a series of tweets, McGregor has claimed that the Missouri native is being paid ten times more to fight him than he gets for his fights. The Irishman suggested that it would not be worth it for Chandler to fight someone else since he would be missing out on a massive payday.

“Chandler is getting paid 10x of what his contract states for other fights. Meaning he would need to fight 10 fights to make what he would make in this one. I’m The One,” McGregor tweeted. “For those saying he could have fought 2 or 3 times by now etc. He’d need 10 to break even with this cheque,” he added in another tweet.

This raises the question, how much Chandler is likely to get from a fight with McGregor, the highest-paid star in the history of the sport.

How much will Michael Chandler make to fight Conor McGregor?

UFC salaries are notoriously difficult to ascertain with any amount of certainty since the promotion does not release any pay-related details pertaining to its fighters (except for events in California since the sanctioning body there requires promotions to disclose fighter pay). However, according to the outlet ‘MMASalaries.com’, Chandler’s last paycheck for his UFC 281 clash (which he lost) against Dustin Poirier was $554k ($500k base pay+ 50k performance bonus).

Before that, for his fantastic UFC 274 performance against Tony Ferguson, he received a over a million dollars with $500k base pay plus a $500k win bonus. This means (assuming McGregor is right) that his show money for a McGregor clash is likely to be in the ballpark of $5 million. Not to mention the win bonus if he indeed does manage to defeat the Irishman.

In addition, since he will be headlining the card, he is likely to get a share of the pay-per-view revenue. Of course, these are only estimates and the actual amounts may vary. But what could be said for sure is that Chandler will be paid more than any other fight of his career, as is nearly everyone who has fought Conor McGregor of late.

What are your thoughts on McGregor’s tweets?