Faber offers McGregor financial advice
Urijah Faber: “I mean, don’t be rubbing it in other people’s face that you’re acting like you got a ton of money yet…What you think is a ton of money isn’t a ton of money.”
Urijah Faber just spent six weeks coaching against Conor McGregor on the Ultimate Fighter, but that doesn’t mean he is against giving the rising star some sound advice on spending (or not spending) his money:
Take the 16,000 square foot rental down to an 8,000 foot rental, you know? He’ll figure it out. He’s a smart enough guy…He’s going to learn a couple little lessons here and there. He’s pretty smart. He’s a decent guy.”
Faber doesn’t agree with the way McGregor flaunts his riches, however. Furthermore, Faber cautioned that what the Irishman — who just a few years ago was on welfare — believes are riches may not, in fact, be that much.
“I mean, don’t be rubbing it in other people’s face that you’re acting like you got a ton of money yet,” he said.
“What you think is a ton of money isn’t a ton of money.”
Faber is wise enough to know that a sudden surge in income doesn’t always mean lasting wealth. Countless professional athletes have lost hundreds of millions of dollars in a matter of a few years, after all.
“You can make a lot of money,” he concluded.
“But the key is how much you can hang on to.”
