UFC Fight Night 99 Athlete Outfitting pay: 5th fight of 2016 brings Ross Pearson to top tier

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 99 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $112,500.

UFC Fight Night 99 took place at SSE Arena Belfast in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The entire event streamed on UFC Fight Pass.

Leading the way was “The Ultimate Fighter 8” winner Ross Pearson (19-13 MMA, 11-10 UFC), who made $20,000 for his 22nd octagon appearance in the co-main event. “The Real Deal” suffered a split-decision loss to Steven Ray (20-6 MMA, 4-1 UFC), marking his third consecutive octagon defeat.

The full UFC Fight Night 99 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

Gegard Mousasi: $10,000
def. Uriah Hall: $10,000

Stevie Ray: $2,500
def. Ross Pearson: $20,000

Alexander Volkov: $2,500
def. Timothy Johnson: $2,500

Artem Lobov: $2,500
def. Teruto Ishihara: $2,500

Jack Marshman: $2,500
def. Magnus Cedenblad: $5,000

Kyoji Horiguchi: $5,000
def. Ali Bagautinov: $5,000

Kevin Lee: $5,000
def. Magomed Mustafaev: $2,500

Amanda Cooper: $2,500
def. Anna Elmose: $2,500

Justin Ledet: $2,500
def. Mark Godbeer: $2,500

Zak Cummings: $5,000
def. Alexander Yakovlev: $5,000

Marion Reneau: $2,500
def. Milana Dudieva: $2,500

Brett Johns: $2,500
def. Kwan Ho Kwak: $2,500

Abdul Razak Alhassan: $2,500
def. Charlie Ward: $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 99: Mousasi vs. Hall 2” – $112,500
• “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: $6,035,500
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $9,220,500

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 99, check out the UFC Events section of the site.