Conor McGregor wants the world to know that one of his pay-per-view shows outsold UFC 100.
‘Notorious’ is the UFC PPV king and his name is attached to most of the company’s top 10 best-selling events of all time.
However, he insists that one of his fights actually did better than people believe.
On Tuesday evening, he took to social media to tell everyone before claiming he has ‘the documentation’ to support his statement.
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Conor McGregor insists he outsold UFC 100
UFC 100 featured memorable performances from Brock Lesnar, Georges St-Pierre, and Dan Henderson.
It was the promotion’s biggest card to date when it took place in July 2009.
A young Jon Jones was on the undercard of the event that set a UFC PPV record after it was purchased well over 1million times – but reports vary about the final number, with some claiming it finished at 1.3million buys and others suggesting it sold as many as 1.6million.
However, Conor McGregor is convinced that UFC 205 did better than UFC 100.
It’s often reported that his fight with Eddie Alvarez in November 2016 did the same buys as the first century-celebrating UFC card, but MMA’s biggest star insists his event did better.
McGregor tweeted on Tuesday evening: “7 out of 10 highest ppv’s, NO!
“I have 8 of the highest! I outsold UFC 100! I have the documentation to prove it. By end of my contract I will hold the entire top 10.”
Top 10 best-selling UFC pay-per-view shows ranked
1. UFC 229: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor. 2.4m buys.
2. UFC 202: Nate Diaz vs Conor McGregor 2: 1.6m buys.
3. UFC 257: Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor. 2: 1.6m buys.
4. UFC 264: Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor. 3: 1.5m buys.
5. UFC 246: Conor McGregor vs Donald Cerrone. 1.35m buys.
6. UFC 196: Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz. 1.32m buys.
7. UFC 205: Eddie Alvarez vs Conor McGregor. 1.3m buys.
8. UFC 251: Kamaru Usman vs Jorge Masvidal. 1.3m buys.
9. UFC 100: Frank Mir vs Brock Lesnar 2. 1.3m buys.
10. UFC 194: Jose Aldo vs Conor McGregor. 1.2m buys.
According to Front Office Sports, these are the top 10 best-selling UFC pay-per-view events of all time, and McGregor features in eight of them as he recently claimed.
Conor McGregor is working on a bare-knuckle boxing video game
The Irishman didn’t dwell on his past successes by trying to make the world believe he’d outsold UFC 100.
Earlier this year, McGregor acquired a stake in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship [BKFC], and ever since he’s been championing the promotion any way he can.
Now, he claims there’s a BKFC video game on the way that he claims will outdo the UFC’s collaborations with EA Sports and the recently released ‘Undisputed’ boxing game.
McGregor wrote on X: “I am currently working on a video game!
“Fast pace action with nasty cuts and blood splatter and the sound of bare knuckles on skull impact never heard nor seen before in a video game. Stay tuned!”