UFC Fight Night 96 Athlete Outfitting pay: Veteran Nate Marquardt leads way with $20K payout

PORTLAND, Ore. – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 96 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $115,000.

UFC Fight Night 96 took place at Moda Center in Portland, Ore., and the main card aired on FS1 following prelims on FS2 and UFC Fight Pass.

Leading the way was veteran Nate Marquardt (35-16-2 MMA, 13-9 UFC).On top of being one of the big winners on the card with a “Performance of the Night” knockout of Tamndam McCrory (14-5 MMA, 4-5 UFC), N”The Great” received $20,000 for his 24th UFC/Strikeforce appearance.

Beyond that, 15 of the 24 athletes to compete registered on the lowest tier of the payout scale, meaning a payment of $2,500 each.

The full UFC Fight Night UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

John Lineker (12th fight): $10,000
def. John Dodson (10th fight): $5,000

Alex Oliveira (7th fight): $5,000
def. Will Brooks (2nd fight): $2,500

Zak Ottow (1st fight): $2,500
def. Josh Burkman (16th fight): $15,000

Brandon Moreno (1st fight): $2,500
def. Louis Smolka (7th fight): $5,000

Luis Henrique da Silva (2nd fight): $2,500
def. Joachim Christensen (1st fight): $2,500

Andre Fili (7th fight): $5,000
def. Hacran Dias (7th fight): $5,000

Shamil Abdurakhimov (3rd fight): $2,500
def. Walt Harris (5th fight): $2,500

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (3rd fight): $2,500
def. Keita Nakamura (7th fight): $5,000

Nate Marquardt (24th fight): $20,000
def. Tamdan McCrory (9th fight): $5,000

Ion Cutelaba (2nd fight): $2,500
def. Jonathan Wilson (3rd fight): $2,500

Curtis Blaydes (2nd fight): $2,500
def. Cody East (2nd fight): $2,500

Ketlan Vieira (1st fight): $2,500
def. Kelly Faszholz (2nd fight): $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 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: $5,180,500
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $8,365,500

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