UFC 223 Athlete Outfitting pay: Rose Namajunas tops more than $200k payout

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 223 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $220,500.

UFC 223 took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1.

Leading the way was UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas (8-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC), who earned a maximum $40,000 payout for a champion in her co-main event title defense.

The full UFC 223 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

Khabib Nurmagomedov: $30,000
def. Al Iaquinta: $30,000

Rose Namajunas: $40,000
def. Joanna Jedrzejczyk: $30,000

Renato Moicano: $5,000
def. Calvin Kattar: $3,500

Zabit Magomedsharipov: $3,500
def. Kyle Bochniak: $5,000

Chris Gruetzemacher: $5,000
def. Joe Lauzon: $20,000

Karolina Kowalkiewicz: $5,000
def. Felice Herrig: $5,000

Olivier Aubin-Mercier: $5,000
def. Evan Dunham: $15,000

Ashlee Evans-Smith: $5,000
def. Bec Rawlings: $5,000

Devin Clark: $5,000
def. Mike Rodriguez: $3,500

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 1-3 bouts receive $3,500 per appearance; 4-10 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 2018 UFC-Reebok sponsorship payouts:

• “UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta” – $220,500
• “UFC Fight Night 127: Werdum vs. Volkov” – $96,500
• “UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya” – $243,000
• “UFC on FOX 28: Emmett vs. Stephens” – $175,500
• “UFC Fight Night 126: Cowboy vs. Medeiros” – $165,000
• “UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold” – $171,000
• “UFC Fight Night 125: Machida vs. Anders” – $151,500
• “UFC on FOX 27: Jacare vs. Brunson 2” – $146,000
• “UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou” – $249,500
• “UFC Fight Night 124: Stephens vs. Choi” – $135,000

Year-to-date total: $1,753,500
2017 total: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $18,371,500

For complete coverage of UFC 223, check out the UFC Events section of the site.