UFC 205 Athlete Outfitting pay: Champs McGregor, Woodley, Jedrzejczyk lead record-setting payout

NEW YORK – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 205 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling a record $392,500.

UFC 205 took place at Madison Square Garden in New York, and the main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Leading the way were the three UFC champions (and now one former champion) who competed on the card. Headliners Conor McGregor (21-3 MMA, 9-1 UFC) and Eddie Alvarez (28-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC), as well as co-headliner Tyron Woodley (16-2-1 MMA, 6-2-1 UFC) and main-card competitor Joanna Jedrzejczyk (13-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) earned maximum $40,000 payouts.

The total payout edged the previous record ($350,000) set by UFC 200 in July.

The full UFC 205 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

Conor McGregor: $40,000
def. Eddie Alvarez: $40,000

Tyron Woodley: $40,000
vs. Stephen Thompson: $30,000

Joanna Jedrzejczyk: $40,000
def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz: $30,000

Yoel Romero: $5,000
def. Chris Weidman: $10,000

Raquel Pennington: $5,000
def. Miesha Tate: $10,000

Frankie Edgar: $20,000
def. Jeremy Stephens: $20,000

Khabib Nurmagomedov: $5,000
def. Michael Johnson: $15,000

Vicente Luque: $2,500
def. Belal Muhammad: $2,500

Jim Miller: $20,000
def. Thiago Alves: $20,000

Tim Boetsch: $15,000
def. Rafael Natal: $15,000

Liz Carmouche: $5,000
def. Katlyn Chookagian: $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 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: $5,923,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $9,108,000

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