{"id":422565,"date":"2026-01-19T04:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422565\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T04:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:34:11","slug":"conor-mcgregor-claims-ufc-contract-voided-by-7-7-billion-paramount-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422565\/","title":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor Claims UFC Contract &#8216;Voided&#8217; by $7.7 Billion Paramount Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/tag\/conor-mcgregor\" class=\"tag-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor McGregor<\/a> has declared his UFC contract is essentially void following the promotion&#8217;s massive media rights deal with Paramount, setting the stage for high-stakes negotiations next month.<\/p>\n<p>The former two-division champion made the revelation during a recent live stream, explaining that his existing contract was structured around pay-per-view sales \u2014 a model that no longer exists under UFC&#8217;s new broadcasting agreement.<\/p>\n<p>My contract, essentially, is void right now because there&#8217;s no more PPV, whereas my contract was based on PPV sales,&#8221; McGregor stated. &#8220;I&#8217;m the highest-generating PPV fighter of all time. The PPV system is done, I&#8217;m due a new contract.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor confirmed he will enter negotiations with the UFC in February, expressing interest in how talks will unfold given the promotion&#8217;s dramatically improved financial position.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve actually got a new deal with Paramount, it&#8217;s worth $7.7 billion. So the company has 4xed its profit,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We&#8217;re going into negotiations in February, and I&#8217;m very interested to see how it goes.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old Irishman, who holds a 22-6 professional record, hasn&#8217;t competed since suffering a broken leg against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021. He reportedly has two fights remaining on his current deal.<\/p>\n<p>McGregor has been vocal about returning at UFC White House on June 14, previously telling Sean Hannity the fight is a &#8220;done deal, signed, delivered.&#8221; A potential showdown with Michael Chandler remains the most likely matchup for the historic event.<\/p>\n<p>The contract situation highlights broader questions about fighter compensation in the post-PPV era, with several athletes reportedly restructuring their deals for higher guaranteed payouts under the new Paramount agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Conor McGregor has declared his UFC contract is essentially void following the promotion&#8217;s massive media rights deal with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,4736,786,785,14627,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-422565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-conor-mcgregor","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-paramount","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}