{"id":205965,"date":"2016-10-02T13:53:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T20:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=205965"},"modified":"2016-10-02T13:53:08","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T20:53:08","slug":"throwback-that-time-conor-mcgregor-couldnt-afford-a-250-walkout-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/throwback-that-time-conor-mcgregor-couldnt-afford-a-250-walkout-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback! That Time Conor McGregor Couldn’t Afford a $250 Walkout Song"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the main event of August’s UFC 202, Conor McGregor defeated Nate Diaz<\/a> by majority decision, avenging an early 2016 loss to the same man in the process. Yet McGregor would leave Las Vegas with a whole hell of a lot more than his vengeance.<\/p>\n

While McGregor’s disclosed purse was $3 million<\/a> \u2013 hardly a meagre amount on its own \u2013 it’s estimated that he walked away from the fight something in the area of $15 million dollars richer<\/a>. Considering\u00a0he’s been paid fortunes for several of his previous fights, and is\u00a0seemingly always making money through various endeavours on the side<\/a>, it’s safe to say that McGregor is doing quite well for himself. So well, in fact, that he estimates he’ll close out 2016 $40 million dollars richer<\/a> than he was when the year started.<\/p>\n

\"Conor<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course, Conor McGregor hasn’t always had a bursting bank account. As his fans know, he comes from some very humble begins.\u00a0In fact, it wasn’t all that he was receiving welfare checks in Dublin, Ireland, moonlighting as a plumber’s apprentice, struggling to keep himself afloat as an up-and-coming fighter. In those days, his financial situation was so bleak that he couldn’t even afford to buy himself the walkout song he wanted.<\/p>\n

This morning, composer and producer Mikey Rukus took to Twitter to post a screen capture of a conversation he had with McGregor many years ago. In the conversation, McGregor tells the producer that he simply can’t afford to pay $250 USD for a walkout song. He then attempts to haggle with the producer, telling him the song will be heard by thousands of ears worldwide.<\/p>\n

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Conor came from humble beginnings, there was a time where he couldnt afford a walkout song. Who knew then hed become UFCs biggest star. pic.twitter.com\/DzpDlogQuq<\/a><\/p>\n

— RUKUS (@MikeyRukus) October 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n