How much will Conor McGregor make from Dustin Poirier trilogy fight at UFC 264?
Sign up to our FREE newsletter Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Yes please! Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice  Conor McGregor is set to pocket $20million from his trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier - even if he loses. The Notorious has long been the highest earner on the UFC roster despite his relative inactivity over the last four years. And his bank account will swell once again after this weekend with the UFC 264 predicted to rank among the highest-grossing in the promotion's history. Although no purse figures have yet been released, McGregor can expect to bank a similar guaranteed sum as he did for his second fight with Poirier six months ago, reports The Mirror. On that occasion, the Dubliner earned $5m plus his share of the pay-per-view revenue which was expected to take his total pay cheque past $20m. And if the pay-per-view sales top two million, McGregor could earn close to his record pay-day of $30m, especially with crowds returning to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Poirier will earn significantly less than McGregor but can expect an increase on his $1m guaranteed purse from the rematch which he won by second-round stoppage in Abu Dhabi. (Image: INPHO/Tom Hogan)  And the former interim lightweight champion revealed he turned down a shot at recently-crowned 155lb ruler Charles Oliveira so as to make more money from fighting McGregor. "I dont how much you want to get into the actual contractual stuff with this, but me fighting for the belt, I wouldnt have gotten pay-per-view (points)," he told ESPN. "I wouldve gotten a base salary of probably not even a third of my base salary for this fight. It just doesnt make sense. "Im a prizefighter. I dont want to put the UFC on blast or the numbers and the way we do deals and make it a big thing like that If Im gonna make five, six, seven, ten times the amount of money to fight Conor again like I said, Im a father and a husband and I have priorities." McGregor has come a long way since his first meeting with Poirier in 2014 for which his purse was 64,000. He also earned a 64,000 win bonus and a 42,000 performance bonus. The Dubliner's biggest-ever purse came away from the cage when he took on Floyd Mayweather on his professional boxing debut. McGregor earned around 100m as he was stopped in the 10th round by the ring legend and his net worth has continued to grow. He has invested well outside of the cage and recently sold his stake in his Proper No.12 whiskey company for a sum which could reach $700m. But despite his fame and fortune, McGregor insists he is as hungry as ever. We at the Irish Mirror have created a brand-new newsletter to keep you up to speed with what's going on in the world of rugby, football, GAA, horse racing, boxing and more. It couldn't be simpler to sign up - simply enter your email address here and we'll do the rest. You can also enter your email in the box at the top of this article. There's an 'unsubscribe' button at the bottom of every email we send out. "This is my bread and butter, this is what wakes me up in the morning with fire in my belly," he said. "Errors to correct, tactics to prepare for, I've had a great camp and a great focus on the opponent. "I'm back on the building site, I've a hard hat, a hi-vis and I've two hammers in my hands. "That's my mindset; I'm not relishing my past accomplishments; all the money in my bank, all the Forbes accomplishments, I don't care about that."