Conor McGregor makes bold prediction, claims he outsold UFC 100

Conor McGregor It is the biggest popularity phenomenon in the history of MMA. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

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Even though he has been away from the octagons since July 2021, Conor McGregor continues to find ways to capture the attention of sports fans around the world. With its speculated return for 2025, the 'notorious' man said he had documentary evidence of having occupied nine of the ten largest package sales pay-per-view of UFC history.

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This Tuesday (22), on his official X account (former Twitter), the first double champion in UFC history corrected the information, also stating his intention to occupy all the top positions in the sales ranking of the largest MMA organization in the world.

“Seven out of ten highest PPVs, no! I have eight of the highest! I outsold UFC 100! I have the documentation to prove it. At the end of my contract, I will own all of the top ten,” McGregor said.

7 out of 10 highest ppv's, NO! I have 8 of the highest! I oversold UFC 100! I have the documentation to prove it. By end of my contract I will hold the entire top 10.

Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) October 22, 2024

Held in July 2009, UFC 100 brought the rematch between Brock Lesnar e Frank mir as the main fight of the night, in addition to stars such as George St-Pierre and Dan Henderson, selling over 1 million packs. At the time, the biggest Ultimate brand.

If the information provided by the fighter is true, the Irishman would need to surpass the sales of just one event (UFC 251: Usman vs Masvidal) to occupy the top 10 biggest pay per view of the organization's history.

Check out the ranking of the biggest pay per view from the history of UFC

UFC 229: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor. (2.4 million).

UFC 202: Nate diaz vs Conor McGregor 2 (1.6 million).

UFC 257: Dustin poirier vs Conor McGregor. 2 (1.6 million).

UFC 264: Dustin poirier vs Conor McGregor. 3 (1.5 million).

UFC 246: Conor McGregor vs Donald Cerrone. (1.35 million).

UFC 196 Conor McGregor vs Nate diaz. (1.32 million).

UFC 205: Eddie Alvarez vs Conor McGregor. (1.3 million).

UFC 251: Kamaru Usman vs Jorge masvidal. (1.3 million).

UFC 100: Frank mir vs Brock Lesnar 2. (1.3 million).

UFC 194: Jose aldo vs Conor McGregor. (1.2 million).

K. Nurmagomedov (left) submitted C. McGregor (right) in 2018. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram @ufcbrasil