Alvarez shuts down McGregor cold: Real men don’t go on welfare

On April 6, 2013, Conor McGregor made his UFC debut, knocking out Marcus Brimage in 67 seconds, which earned him the Knockout of the Night, which came to $60,000 at that event.

I’m just happy I won $60K, said McGregor in the Octagon afterwards to Kenny Florian. I’m just thinking on what I’m going to spend it on. I’ll buy myself a car anyway. A nice car, maybe some suits or something. Custom made suits, I don’t know.

Just last week I was collecting the social welfare, you know what I mean? I was in there saying to them like, ‘I don’t know what going to happen. I’m signed to the UFC. I don’t know what….blah, blah, blah.’

But now I supposed I’m gonna have to tell them to f*** off!

I didn’t have money before this… I was collecting 188 Euro ($245) a week off the social welfare. And now here I am, with like 60 Gs bonus and then my own pay. I don’t know what the f***s going on to be honest, right?

Three and half years later McGregor has made Forbes highest-paid athletes list and has a mansion and fleet of high-end cars. He showed up to pre-fight press conference dressed as a pimp in a Gucci mink that cost $30,000. That is two and a half years of his former welfare payments.

And McGregor is not shy to let the world, and his opponent on Saturday night, know how well he is doing.

Speak the truth,” began McGregor, as transcribed by FOX Sports. “You saw the documents that Lorenzo put together to give to the new owners … 75 per cent of the earning power is me. That’s in writing. Let’s call a spade a spade here.”

… I’m the reason. It’s nobody else. UFC 202, UFC 196, 194, 189, all record breakers, all smashed previous records. Even this one, the gate, the attendance, of course the pay-per-view, what do you think that is about?

There’s one common denominator and that’s me. You take me out and there’s 150,000 buys and that is fact. I ain’t bragging here, I’m just stating fact.

Alvarez then shut Conor McGregor down like he had been knocked out.

You were on welfare bra,” said Alvarez. “You ain’t no man, you took welfare. Don’t you talk about money. You took money from single moms, single moms go on welfare. Don’t talk about money. Keep your mouth shut when you talk about money.

UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez fights featherweight champ Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 205 on Saturday night, live from Madison Square Garden. They are both going to make a lot of money.