Conor McGregor May End Up Owning A Piece Of The UFC After The Mayweather Fight

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Conor McGregor already claims to own boxing and MMA, but could he ever become an actual owner of the UFC? It wasn’t too long ago that McGregor sat up at a post-fight press conference podium with two belts in front of him, demanding new owners WME-IMG give him a piece of the pie.

“If you want me to be truly on on board, then I need to be all-in on this proper,” he said. “As an owner, and have an equity stake in the company. That’s what I’m looking for.”

At the time, it didn’t seem like the suits at the top of the company were too eager to give him that. But now, on the eve of this massive financial windfall for both McGregor and the UFC, it sounds like they’re coming around.

“I have a feeling we’re going to have that conversation,” White told MMAjunkie. “And I don’t mind it. I welcome that conversation. He deserves it. It’s never been done, but anything is possible. There’s a lot of people who feel like they’re worth this, and they’re worth that – we know what this kid’s worth.”

McGregor didn’t specifically demand ownership in the UFC again over fight week, but alluded to it when asked.

“It’s all about levels. You go from one level to the next level to the next level,” he said at Wednesday’s final press conference. “I’ve been continually climbing up the ranks, from fighting on the prelims to on the main card to the main event to the world title, to multiple world titles. To co-promoting. We’re climbing levels and I’m in a great partnership with the people I’m involved with and let’s see where it goes. But the sky is most certainly the limit.”

It probably helps that McGregor has enough money to ride off into the sunset if he’s not happy, and the option to box again if Saturday’s fight with Floyd Mayweather doesn’t end in total embarassment for the UFC champion.

“The fight business is the fight business. Rule sets, I can go into any rule set,” McGregor declared. “That’s what a true martial artist can do. I’m skilled in many forms of fighting. Truly, truly skilled in many, many forms. After I get victory on Saturday night, I’ll most certainly be looking to compete in both sports.”

“I’m an active fighter. I enjoy it. I don’t stop thinking about fighting. So most certainly when this one is done I’ll have about 20 seconds where I’ll be like, I’ll relish in victory. But then like, who’s next? So that’s just how I’ve always been, and I’ve just turned 29 years of age, I’m still very young in my career. I’ll be looking to compete all over the place.”

With so many options, the UFC will have to sweeten the deal on any future bout agreements they hope to sign with McGregor. Fortunately, it sounds like they’re prepared to give him whatever he wants to keep the money train rolling.

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