NEW YORK – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 217 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $315,000.
UFC 217 took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and the main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.
Leading the way were the three fighters who entered – but did not exit – the event as champions. Michael Bisping (30-8 MMA, 20-8 UFC), Cody Garbrandt (11-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) and Joanna Jedrzejczyk (14-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) all received a maximum program payout of $40,000 as reigning champions coming into the card.
Those three title fights pushed the UFC 217 payout total to the second-highest mark of an event in 2017 and pushed the year’s total north of $5 million.
The full UFC 217 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:
Michael Bisping: $40,000
Georges St-Pierre: $30,000
Cody Garbrandt: $40,000
T.J. Dillashaw: $30,000
Joanna Jedrzejczyk: $40,000
Rose Namajunas: $30,000
Stephen Thompson: $10,000
Jorge Masvidal: $15,000
Paulo Costa: $2,500
def. Johny Hendricks: $20,000
James Vick: $5,000
def. Joseph Duffy: $5,000
Ovince Saint Preux: $15,000
def. Corey Anderson: $5,000
Mark Godbeer: $2,500
def. Walt Harris: $5,000
Randy Brown: $5,000
def. Mickey Gall: $2,500
Curtis Blaydes: $2,500
def. Aleksei Oleinik: $5,000
Ricardo Ramos: $2,500
def. Aiemann Zahabi: $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 2017 UFC-Reebok sponsorship payouts:
Year-to-date total: $5,077,500
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $15,400,500
For complete coverage of UFC 217, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
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