Gallery Photos: Conor McGregor through the years Former two-division UFC champ Conor McGregor is down on Forbes’ list of highest paid athletes after rocketing up to the No. 4 spot on the 2018 list. At No. 21 in 2019 for the 2018 year, McGregor still out-earns nearly 80 percent of the field, including boxing stars Deontay Wilder, Manny Pacquiao and Gennady Golovkin. Forbes claims McGregor, 30, earned $32 million in purses and pay-per-view bonuses and $15 million in endorsements. The figures likely are derived from a delay in tallying pay-per-view money from his 2018 submission loss to lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229
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Forbes: Conor McGregor No. 21 highest paid athlete with earnings of $32 million in 2018 – MMA Junkie