It's been a crazy few weeks regarding the story that former UFC champion Conor McGregor could end up boxing social media star Logan Paul in 2025.
While 'Notorious' continues to push the narrative that he's in for a truly huge payday, there are plenty of martial arts experts pushing back on the narrative as a whole.
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Chael Sonnen is doubling down on McGregor vs. Paul being a “scam.”
After initially claiming that there were 'tentative agreements' for a boxing match against Logan Paul in India, things are slowly starting to fall apart for Conor McGregor.
This, after the former two-time UFC champion shared another fake post from a self-proclaimed troll account on social media, claiming the fight could earn each fighter around $250 million and would take place in Mumbai, India.
UFC legend Chael Sonnen first stated via his YouTube channel that “not a single word was true” about the rumored fight and during a conversation with UFC star Bo Nickal, he doubled down on that opinion.
“What a scam – the whole thing is wrong… First of all, it's not Saudi Arabia, it's India; for an Indian billionaire who wants to bring tourism to the country [when] India is the most populous country in the world, like it's just fake.
“But let me tell you one thing a rich man hates: if you are a very rich man, it hurts him and keeps him awake at night because he doesn't want his fame – a man who is rich , wants to take credit for it.
“And the reason I'm telling you this is the way Conor tells this story: there's a rich billionaire who's going to write a check for $250 million – first of all, no one cuts a check for $250 million when the market rate is $8 is. million.”
That number comes from when the UFC offered then-light heavyweight champion Jon Jones approximately $8 million to fight then-heavyweight king Francis Ngannou. Jones is now reportedly demanding more than $30 million to take on Aspinall.
“One of the big lies in sports that was told and repeated was the alleged Floyd Mayweather payouts – none of which were true… And that includes the Conor McGregor fight where they both got $125 million, that's not true – but one simple follow-up question would kill that dead man in his tracks is “Who wrote the check?”
Sonnen's argument, humorous as it may be, is quite simple; if there is a lender willing to put down more than ten times market value, there would be a clear paper trail from contract to contractor.
“When guys write big checks like that, they find a way to make sure the media knows they wrote it, they get someone to film it, it's a big deal, and one of the dumbest lies yet to be told become.
“But Conor now needs $250 million to box a non-boxer, in a weight class that doesn't exist, in a promotion they have yet to identify for a man who apparently has no name.”
“The whole thing is ridiculous,” continued Sonnen, who then lamented the fact that the possible rematch in MMA between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou has been dismissed as nonsensical while this story is making headlines.
“Tyson Fury says he wants to do MMA and he's being laughed at. People expect that [it’s true if] there's a headline about Conor and below that there's one about Tyson Fury – but Tyson Fury's is actually possible.
“I believe he would actually fight Francis Ngannou if someone came up with the money. I believe he would probably back out at the last minute, but I think there's a discussion that needs to be had… That story was completely dismissed because of the Conor vs. Logan story, both of whom are under contract with TKO – Logan on the WWE side and Conor on the UFC side.
“The whole story is absurd.”
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