"There’s no cheque for $250 million" - Chael Sonnen makes feelings known as he rubbishes reports of Conor McGregor vs. Logan Paul fight in India

Ex-UFC fighter and analyst Chael Sonnen mocked the rumors surrounding a potential fight between Conor McGregor and Logan Paul. Recently, a post on X, from a handle pretending to be boxing journalist Michael Benson, claimed that McGregor and Paul were scheduled to fight for a $250 million purse each at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

According to the report, the fight would be funded by the Ambani family and would be a part of the Indian Government's "Visit India" campaign. McGregor reposted the details on Instagram, further fueling fans' hopes for this mega-fight. However, Sonnen rubbished the claims in a recent video, stating:

“Not a single word is true. You’ve got to understand, Conor is not boxing [Logan] Paul, there is not a billionaire in India that is looking to bring people over and change tourism."

He added:

“That is something exclusively done by a government and that government does it in one place which is in the Middle East. And third, there’s no cheque for $250 million dollars so he kind of went right down the list of joking. He's kidding. You're not supposed to believe in any of that to be true.”

Check out Chael Sonnen's comments here (2:04):

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Chael Sonnen explains why he thinks there is no truth in Conor McGregor vs. Logan Paul mega-fight in India

Conor McGregor is the only stakeholder who has publicly spoken about the alleged mega-fight against Logan Paul. Paul's close associate and podcast co-host, Mike Majlak, along with his brother Jake Paul's promotion, have dismissed McGregor's claims that negotiations for the fight are underway.

Additionally, representatives of the Ambani family have not responded to the rumors either. In the aforementioned YouTube video, Chael Sonnen implied that the billionaire family's silence suggests that the fight rumors are not true:

"If there was somebody who's handing out $250 million checks, he's not going to an Irishman under contract with the UFC, an American under contract with the WWE, bringing them to India and going to walk around as Rich India dude. He's going to give you his name, every chance that he has. That is the commodity he's getting in exchange for the ridiculous sum of money." [3:12]

He added:

"Just so you understand, there was no truth, there was no India, no new boxing league. There was no Conor and Paul. There was no $250 million. There was no part of the story that was true."

In addition to other inconsistencies in the fight details, it's important to note that the Government of India does not have any official campaign titled "Visit India."