{"id":202518,"date":"2016-08-30T08:12:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T15:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=202518"},"modified":"2016-08-30T08:12:50","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T15:12:50","slug":"overeem-thinks-conor-mcgregor-floyd-mayweather-lying-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/alistair-overeem\/overeem-thinks-conor-mcgregor-floyd-mayweather-lying-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"Overeem Thinks Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather Are Lying About Their Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of UFC 202, much has been made of Conor McGregor&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-results\/ufc-202-results\/ufc-202-fighter-salaries-mcgregor-diaz-take-home-80-total-payout\/\">record-breaking payday<\/a> of $3 million. Of course, that payday doesn&#8217;t hold a candle to some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/mayweather-expected-make-180-mill\/\">recent purses<\/a> of boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather, who has piled up hundreds of millions over his last few fights.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the paltry paydays of many other fighters, it&#8217;s not surprising there&#8217;s a bit of jealousy when McGregor and Mayweather&#8217;s massive paydays are discussed. In the case of upcoming UFC heavyweight title challenger Alistair Overeem, however, it&#8217;s not a case of jealousy, but complete disbelief.<\/p>\n<p>During a UFC 203\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2016\/8\/30\/12700096\/alistair-overeem-thinks-conor-mcgregor-floyd-mayweather-are-lying\">Monday media lunch<\/a> in Los Angeles, Overeem had this to say of McGregor and Mayweather&#8217;s payouts:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;My answer to that, to Mayweather and to Conor, is &#8216;let me see some bank statements&#8217;.\u00a0You can talk, you can say it, you can put it out there in tweets, but let me see a bank statement that says UFC wired x amount of money, because it&#8217;s always going to be this way. People lie. It&#8217;s the 21st century. 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