The Notorious Mysterious Conor McGregor.
The Dubliner left his fans scratching their heads with the vaguest of vague tweets this morning.
7 is cute these days.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) July 30, 2015
@TheNotoriousMMA Well this is cryptic — Joshua Williams (@Shmiglyx) July 30, 2015
@TheNotoriousMMA u wot m8?
— Ian Sheridan (@Aristotle1986) July 30, 2015
@TheNotoriousMMA huh! — DoneDadaNada (@donedadanada) July 30, 2015
@TheNotoriousMMA what’s up conor
— Dante DeCologero (@DantDeCologero) July 30, 2015
@TheNotoriousMMA ??? — Tadhg Hegarty (@tadhghegarty) July 30, 2015
We were left baffled too and after scratching off a number of possibilities as to what on earth the interim featherweight champion could be talking about – including a reference to S Club 7, being a huge fan of Cristiano Ronaldo and mocking the number of UFC fights that Jose Aldo has under his belt, we think it comes down to money.
McGregor reportedly made $500,000 for fighting Chad Mendes at UFC 189 but would have come out with much more with his performance bonus and sponsorship money.
@TheNotoriousMMA can I have some money?
— Dean Kelly (@luisdeano) July 30, 2015
As his fans clamoured to make sense of the riddle, the Dubliner eased the confusion with another five word puzzle, this one slightly less perplexing.
8 figures a knock, thanks.
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) July 30, 2015
After much deliberation around the office, we’ve arrived at the conclusion that this suggests that McGregor is expecting the UFC to start offering him $10,000,000 from here on out which would be an unprecedented purse.
Dana White has revealed in the past that the highest ever single payout to a fighter was $5 million but now that the UFC are making more money than ever, it doesn’t seem like the most far-fetched notion to see McGregor receive eight figures.
