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Published 20:58 1 Sept 2017 BST
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"At least $20 million, $30 million. Come on! "UFC’s making a whole lot of money, a whole lot of money and they’re pocketing it. They’re giving more to McGregor, so it’s not fair because it takes two in that ring to draw a crowd - I mean, a good two fighters. "It’s just like Mayweather when he fought [Andre] Berto. It was not even sold out at all. It was embarrassing. It’s because that guy couldn’t draw a crowd. "See, that’s what I’m saying, it’s the fighters that draw the crowd, and Nathan and McGregor, a third one would be outstanding. Everyone knows that. So he needs to get paid at least $30 million easy."Diaz earned $500,000 [disclosed pay] for his victory over McGregor at UFC 196. He lost the rematch at UFC 202 but received $2m for the fight. With a percentage of the pay-per-view taken into account, the Stockton native was thought to have made close to $10m when his disclosed purse is added in. McGregor-Diaz III would, in our opinion, take in over two million PPV buys so Diaz looking for $20m to form one half of the main card is not too ambitious. Perhaps Perez should have started with $30m, though, and held firm for as long as possible.
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