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28th September 2016
09:01am BST

"He got it done by signing his last contract. He didn't even negotiate new money for himself. Imagine that? "Look at everybody up here. They're all dressed like me, they're all trying to talk like me, they're all trying to be me. "Everyone in the game wants this fight. This is the lottery fight. And this man took it on his last contract. Imagine that? Imagine getting the biggest fight in the history of the game and [the UFC] say 'Shut your mouth kid. You're getting paid what you got paid in your last fight and you're lucky you're even getting that'. [Imitating Alvarez] 'Uh... yessir' and he signed it.""I was okay with the money," Alvarez retorted. "I was going to negotiate it because it's easy money." McGregor received a straight-up payment of $3m to fight Nate Diaz at UFC 202. He receives a share of the pay-per-view points under his current contract so, depending on event performance, receives anything between $12m and $15m per fight. He proclaimed:
"By the time 2016 closes out, I’ll be closing in on $40 million. It’s been a 40 million year for me."By stark contrast, Alvarez earned just $150,000 for his Fight Night win over former champion Rafael Dos Anjos back in July. There was no win bonus written into that fight contract but the Philadelphia native at least got an extra $50,000 for Performance of the Night. UFC 205 will be champion versus champion but McGregor [$12-15m] versus Alvarez [$150k] are worlds apart in terms of pay. Catch up on the first episode of Football Friday Live...
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