Conor McGregor has the receipts to show he’s still one of MMA’s top draws – but is he at the very top? McGregor (22-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC), a former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion, made the unprecedented move of sharing purported official UFC documents showing the pay-per-view buy rate for his January fight with Donald Cerrone at UFC 246. Although it was reported through the media that the event, which took place Jan. 19 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and saw McGregor win by knockout in 40 seconds , had topped 1 million buys, the numbers shared by McGregor shows it cleared that benchmark by a good margin. According to the document McGregor posted to his social media Monday, UFC 246 pulled in 1,353,429 buys (via Twitter ): Congrats to the @ufc on a well fought 2020! The only sporting company on the planet to come through the entire year! Incredible! I am honoured to secure their highest PPV of the year with McGregor Vs Cerrone.
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