Before the bout, the Irishman had shared his huge wager as he tipped his old UFC rival Nate Diaz to beat Jorge Masvidal.
He wrote on x: “I’ve decided to put $500,000 on Diaz to win tonight’s boxing match.
“Range, form, experience, solely hands being used, I can’t see Masvidal causing any problems to Nate in a boxing ring whatsoever.
“They are both little play around dips***s in a fight, play around bollox, but I feel Nate does him in EASY here for real. $500k gets me back $1,625,000 all in.”
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Well ‘Mystic Mac’ was correct as the Stockon native won via majority-decision to bank McGregor the huge sum.
In the post fight press conference Diaz was told about his old foe’s winning bet and responded in typical fashion.
McGregor was due to return to the Octagon last month but pulled out due to injury.
