Remember that fight between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather back in August? The one which the boxer won to take his undefeated professional winning streak to 50-0, and for which McGregor pocketed a cool £75 million ($98m)?
While most of us would probably be happy with a single payday of merely a tenth of that sum - actually, who are we kidding? We'd take a hundredth - McGregor still wants more. Money, that is. Even though he recently revealed in an interview with the BBC that he earns £500,000 ($653,759) a month when he isn't fighting.
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McGregor didn't go into specifics about where that money comes from, but he seemed incredibly keen on becoming even richer than he already is. Currently, the 29 year-old Irishman is the highest paid athlete in mixed martial arts, but he wants to be the highest paid athlete in all sports and becoming a billionaire.
"You know, I just dream of hitting that 'billy' mark, if I'm being honest," he said. "I'm cruising towards the billion-dollar mark... right now, what's next for me is in June to July of next year, will be the next Forbes 100 list, the highest-paid athletes list.
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"(Cristiano) Ronaldo was No.1 last year, I was No.24 I believe, with $34m (£26m) in revenue.
"Next year, if it stands as is, Floyd (Mayweather) will be No.1, I'll be No.2 and Ronaldo will be No.3.
"If I fight one or two more times I will overtake him, so that's what I am looking to get, right, that's what my goal is right now. Number one highest-paid athlete Forbes 2018 and then make my way towards the billion dollar mark and then continue to go."
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While that might sound slightly greedy, McGregor does actually seem to care about the well-being of other people. At least, that seems to be what he said.
When asked about whether he'd consider getting into politics, he replied: "I like to help people and do my thing from where I'm at. It's already like I am a politician, whatever I say, whatever I do, it's everywhere. If I do good, it blows up everywhere, if I do bad it blows up everywhere.
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"I must use my power and my position to do good, I'm not going to seek a title, what would be the purpose of me going into politics, would it be revenue?
"What does a politician earn; £100,000 ($130,757) a year? I'm talking half a million a month. I'm happy where I am, I am the president in my own way."
Words: Mischa Pearlman
Topics: Conor Mcgregor, Celebrity, Boxing, Money, Rich, UFC, MMA, Floyd Mayweather