UFC 195 Athlete Outfitting pay: New year kicks off with $172,500 payout

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 195 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $172,500.

Leading the way were UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler (27-10 MMA, 12-4 UFC), who scored the champion’s pay of $40,000, while challenger Carlos Condit (30-9 MMA, 7-5 UFC) netted $30,000 for his efforts in the five-round “Fight of the Night.”

UFC 195 took place Saturday at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena. Lawler scored a hard fought decision win over Condit in the pay-per-view main event.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski (25-11 MMA, 14-5 UFC) picked up $15,000 for his appearance in the night’s co-feature, though he suffered a disappointing first-round TKO loss to Stipe Miocic (14-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC), who it appears will now fight for the UFC heavyweight title in his next appearance.

The full UFC 195 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

Robbie Lawler: $40,000
def. Carlos Condit: $30,000

Stipe Miocic: $5,000
def. Andrei Arlovski: $15,000

Albert Tumenov: $5,000
def. Lorenz Larkin: $10,000

Brian Ortega: $2,500
def. Diego Brandao: $5,000

Abel Trujillo: $5,000
def. Tony Sims: $2,500

Michael McDonald: $5,000
def. Masanori Kanehara: $2,500

Justine Kish: $2,500
def. Nina Ansaroff: $2,500

Drew Dober: $2,500
def. Scott Holtzman: $2,500

Alex Morono: $2,500
def. Kyle Noke: $5,000

Dustin Poirier: $15,000
def. Joseph Duffy: $2,500

Michinori Tanaka: $2,500
def. Joe Soto: $2,500

Sheldon Westcott: $2,500
def. Edgar Garcia: $2,500

Under the new UFC Athlete Outfitting program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Reebok’s multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2011 and later). Fighters with 1-5 bouts receive $2,500 per appearance; 6-10 bouts get $5,000; 11-15 bouts earn $10,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $15,000; and 21 bouts and more get $20,000. Additionally, champions earn $40,000 while title challengers get $30,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive, in perpetuity royalty, payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

The Athlete Outfitting pay is supplemental to the fighters’ usual fight purses.

Full 2016 UFC-Reebok sponsorship payouts:

• “UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit” – $172,500

Year-to-date total: $172,500

2015 total: $3,182,500
Program-to-date total: $3,355,000

For complete coverage of UFC 195, check out the UFC Events section of the site.