Conor McGregor is the 12th best paid celebrity in the world, according to an article by Forbes. The 'Notorious' has earned a reported €84 million in the past 12 months, but it still wasn't enough to eclipse his rival Floyd Mayweather, who tops the list with €243 million earned since last August.
Coming in second in the list was actor George Clooney, with Kylie Jenner in third. Judy Judy is in the Champions League places, while Dwayne Johnson makes up the top five.
McGregor comes in just behind Bruno Mars and Cristiano Ronaldo, and ahead of the likes of Neymar and Ellen Degeneres.
Here is a list of Forbes' top 20 highest paid celebrities:
- Floyd Mayweather
- George Clooney
- Kylie Jenner
- Judge Judy Sheindlin
- Dwayne Johnson
- U2
- Coldplay
- Lionel Messi
- Ed Sheeran
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Bruno Mars
- Conor McGregor
- Neymar
- Howard Stern
- Ellen Degeneres
- James Patterson
- LeBron James
- Rush Limbaugh
- Katy Perry
- Robert Downey Jnr.
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Meanwhile McGregor's girlfriend Dee Devlin has revealed she is pregnant with the couple's second child. The 31-year-old made the announcement on her hubby's 30th birthday in an Instagram post:
Happy 30th birthday babe! Thank you for being you! Love you to bits from me, Conor jr and the bump.
As for McGregor's future opponents, the Dubliner has been heavily linked with a lightweight bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov and recently teased that his Russian training camp is coming along well should a bout be arranged between the pair:
The 30-year-old recently appeared alongside Vladimir Putin at the World Cup final, and has expressed his interest in fighting in Russia before, with Nurmagomedov the ideal candidate.
