UFC Fight Night 101 Athlete Outfitting pay: Fighters with highest payouts all suffer losses

MELBOURNE, Australia – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 101 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $110,000.

UFC Fight Night 101 took place at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It aired on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

Leading the way was longtime octagon veteran Chris Camozzi (22-12 MMA, 9-9 UFC), who competed in the 18th fight of his UFC tenure and was paid $15,000 in a unanimous decision loss to Daniel Kelly (12-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in the featured preliminary bout.

The full UFC Fight Night 101 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

Robert Whittaker: $5,000
def. Derek Brunson: $10,000

Andrew Holbrook: $2,500
def. Jake Matthews: $5,000

Omari Akhmedov: $5,000
def. Kyle Noke: $10,000

Alex Volkanovski: $2,500
def. Yusuke Kasuya: $2,500

Tyson Pedro: $2,500
def. Khalil Rountree: $2,500

Danielle Taylor: $2,500
def. Seo Hee Ham: $2,500

Daniel Kelly: $5,000
def. Chris Camozzi: $15,000

Damien Brown: $2,500
def. Jon Tuck: $5,000

Jonathan Meunier: $2,500
def. Richard Walsh: $5,000

Ben Nguyen: $2,500
def. Geana Herrera: $2,500

Jason Knight: $2,500
def. Dan Hooker: $5,000

Marlon Vera: $2,500
def. Ning Guangyou: $2,500

Jenel Lausa: $2,500
def. Yao Zhikui: $2,500

Under the 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.

Full 2016 UFC-Reebok sponsorship payouts:

• “UFC Fight Night 101: Whittaker vs. Brunson” – $110,000
• “UFC Fight Night 100: Bader vs. Nogueira 2” – $120,000
• “UFC Fight Night 99: Mousasi vs. Hall 2” – $115,000
• “UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor” – $392,500
• “UFC Fight Night 98: Dos Anjos vs. Ferguson” – $147,500
• “UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson 2” – $202,500
• “UFC Fight Night 96: Lineker vs. Dodson” – $115,000
• “UFC Fight Night 95: Cyborg vs. Lansberg” – $137,500
• “UFC Fight Night 94: Poirier vs. Johnson” – $125,000
• “UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem” – $215,000
• “UFC Fight Night 93: Arlovski vs. Barnett” – $110,000
• “UFC on FOX 21: Maia vs. Condit” – $147,500
• “UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2” – $207,500
• “UFC Fight Night 92: Rodriguez vs. Caceres” – $137,500
• “UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley” – $205,000
• “UFC on FOX 20: Holm vs. Shevchenko” – $92,500
• “UFC Fight Night 91: McDonald vs. Lineker” – $125,000
• “UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes” – $350,000
• The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale – $175,000
• “UFC Fight Night 90: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez” – $167,500
• “UFC Fight Night 89: MacDonald vs. Thompson” – $120,000
• “UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2” – $297,500
• “UFC Fight Night 88: Almeida vs. Garbrandt” – $162,500
• “UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic” – $240,000
• “UFC Fight Night 87: Overeem vs. Arlovski” – $117,500
• “UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux” – $222,500
• “UFC on FOX 19: Teixeira vs. Evans” – $120,000
• “UFC Fight Night 86: Rothwell vs. Dos Santos” – $107,500
• “UFC Fight Night 85: Hunt vs. Mir” – $110,000
• “UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz” – $220,000
• “UFC Fight Night 84: Silva vs. Bisping” – $120,000
• “UFC Fight Night 83: Cowboy vs. Cowboy” – $125,000
• “UFC Fight Night 82: Hendricks vs. Thompson” – $145,000
• “UFC on FOX 18: Johnson vs. Bader” – $137,500
• “UFC Fight Night 81: Dillashaw vs. Cruz” – $230,000
• “UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit” – $172,500

Year-to-date total: $6,268,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $9,453,000

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