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Conor McGregor has a net worth of $200 million. Born Conor Anthony McGregor on July 14, 1988, in Dublin, Ireland, he is a former two-division UFC champion, professional boxer, and businessman who became the highest-earning combat sports athlete in history through a combination of pay-per-view fight purses, a landmark boxing match against Floyd Mayweather Jr., and the sale of his Proper No. Twelve Irish whiskey brand. As of March 2026, he became eligible to return to UFC competition following the conclusion of an 18-month anti-doping suspension.
Updated March 2026: According to ESPN, McGregor’s 18-month suspension from the UFC’s anti-doping program concluded on March 20, 2026, making him eligible to compete for the first time since his leg injury at UFC 264 in July 2021. The suspension, issued by Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD), was for three missed testing appointments in 2024, per the UFC’s official announcement. Additionally, in December 2025, McGregor married his longtime partner Dee Devlin in a ceremony at Vatican City, per People.
Conor Anthony McGregor was born on July 14, 1988, in Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland, to Tony and Margaret McGregor. He has two older sisters. The family later moved to Lucan, a suburb of west Dublin. As a child and teenager, McGregor played youth association football for Lourdes Celtic and began boxing at age 12 at Crumlin Boxing Club. He attended Gaelscoil Scoil Mológa for primary school and Gaelcholáiste Coláiste de hÍde for secondary education, before beginning a plumbing apprenticeship that he abandoned to pursue professional fighting.
He began training mixed martial arts at Straight Blast Gym (SBG) Ireland in Dublin under coach John Kavanagh, who became his long-term head coach and remains a central figure in his career. His amateur MMA record was 8–2 before he turned professional.
McGregor turned professional in MMA in 2008. By 2012, he had captured dual championships in the Cage Warriors Fighting Championship (featherweight and lightweight). In April 2013, he made his UFC debut, winning by technical knockout. His rise through the UFC was accelerated by his striking power, his promotional acumen, and his capacity to generate pay-per-view buys at a scale previously unseen in the sport.
In December 2015, he knocked out José Aldo in 13 seconds to win the UFC Featherweight Championship, at the time the fastest KO in UFC title-fight history. In November 2016, he defeated Eddie Alvarez to claim the UFC Lightweight Championship, becoming the first fighter in UFC history to hold two divisional titles simultaneously. In August 2017, he faced undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a boxing match under Showtime pay-per-view distribution. The bout generated over 4.3 million domestic pay-per-view buys and McGregor earned a reported $100 million+ from his fighter purse and back-end participation, making it the most lucrative night of his career, per reporting from the BBC.
In 2019, McGregor co-founded Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey with businessman Ken Austin. The brand scaled rapidly, and in April 2021, McGregor sold his majority stake in a transaction that valued his share at approximately $150 million, according to industry reporting. He also launched Forged Irish Stout in 2023 and has invested in pub properties in Ireland. His BKFC (Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship) ownership stake represents another combat sports business venture.
McGregor’s UFC career includes wins over Nate Diaz, Eddie Alvarez, Donald Cerrone, and Marcus Davis, and losses in rematches with Diaz and Khabib Nurmagomedov. He suffered a severe leg fracture at UFC 264 in July 2021 and has not competed in the octagon since. His anti-doping suspension ran from September 20, 2024, through March 20, 2026, per the UFC’s official CSAD announcement. CSAD noted mitigating factors including McGregor’s injury status and his cooperation with the investigation in reducing the standard 24-month sanction to 18 months.
McGregor’s wealth is concentrated in three major events alongside ongoing business income:
McGregor met Dee Devlin in 2008, and they became engaged in August 2020 on a yacht in Corsica. The couple married on December 12, 2025, in a ceremony at the Church of Santo Stefano degli Abissini in Vatican City, as confirmed by People and New York Post. Together they have four children: Conor Jr. (born 2017), Croía (born 2019), Rían (born 2021), and Mack (born 2023).
McGregor is a practicing Catholic. He follows Celtic FC, Manchester United, and Paris Saint-Germain, and trains at SBG Ireland and Mjölnir MMA in Iceland. In March 2025, he announced a campaign for President of Ireland, which he suspended in September 2025. In November 2024, a Dublin civil jury found him liable for sexual assault in a case brought by Nikita Hand relating to a 2018 incident; McGregor denied the allegations and appealed. The Irish Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal in 2025 and ordered him to pay nearly €250,000 in damages, per the BBC.
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Conor McGregor’s net worth is estimated at $200 million in 2026. His wealth was built through approximately $115 million in UFC earnings, a reported $100+ million from his 2017 boxing match against Floyd Mayweather, and a $150 million payout from the 2021 sale of his Proper No. Twelve whiskey stake. Prior earnings estimates have been corroborated by Forbes and BBC Sport.
McGregor’s 18-month anti-doping suspension from UFC’s Combat Sports Anti-Doping program ended on March 20, 2026, making him eligible to compete for the first time since his leg injury at UFC 264 in July 2021. The suspension was issued for three missed testing appointments — classified as whereabouts failures — in mid-to-late 2024, per the UFC’s official announcement and confirmed by ESPN.
Yes. Conor McGregor and Dee Devlin, who had been together since 2008 and engaged since 2020, married on December 12, 2025, in a ceremony at the Church of Santo Stefano degli Abissini in Vatican City. The couple has four children together: Conor Jr., Croía, Rían, and Mack, per People.