UFC Fight Night 98 Athlete Outfitting pay: Veterans dos Anjos, Sanchez score top payouts

MEXICO CITY – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 98 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $147,500.

UFC Fight Night 98 took place at Mexico City Arena in Mexico, and the card aired on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

Leading the way were former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos (25-9 MMA, 14-7 UFC), as well as former 155-pound title challenger Diego Sanchez (27-9 MMA, 16-9 UFC), who both racked in $20,000 for their respective main and co-main event matchups.

The full UFC Fight Night 98 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

Tony Ferguson: $10,000
def. Rafael dos Anjos: $20,000

Diego Sanchez: $20,000
def. Marcin Held: $2,500

Ricardo Lamas: $15,000
def. Charles Oliveira: $15,000

Martin Bravo: $2,500
def. Claudio Puelles: $2,500

Beneil Dariush: $5,000
def. Rashid Magomedov: $2,500

Alexa Grasso: $2,500
def. Heather Clark: $2,500

Martin Bravo: $2,500
def. Claudio Puelles: $2,500

Erik Perez: $5,000
def. Felipe Arantes: $5,000

Joe Soto: $2,500
def. Marco Beltran: $2,500

Max Griffin: $2,500
def. Erick Montano: $2,500

Douglas Silva de Andrade: $2,500
def. Henry Briones: $2,500

Sam Alvey: $5,000
def. Alex Nicholson: $2,500

Polo Reyes: $2,500
def. Jason Novelli: $2,500

Enrique Barzola: $2,500
def. Chris Avila: $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 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: $5,530,500
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $8,715,500

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