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Conor McGregor lands in Forbes’ top 100 highest-paid celebrities for 2019

Conor McGregor only fought once in the past year but the UFC superstar is still one of the highest-earning celebrities in the world.

On Wednesday, Forbes released their list of the top 100 highest-paid celebrities for 2019 with McGregor landing at No. 65 overall.

Forbes estimated that McGregor raked in $47 million as of July 2019 thanks in large part to his most recent fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov that reportedly earned him north of $30 million in revenue from the biggest pay-per-view in UFC history.

The card sold more than 2 million pay-per-view buys and while McGregor’s disclosed payday was only $3 million, he reaped the benefit of being paid on the back end as a partner with the pay-per-view.