UFC-Rotterdam Athlete Outfitting pay: Stefan Struve tops payout scale despite loss

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 113 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $90,000.

UFC Fight Night 115 took place at Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The card streamed on UFC Fight Pass.

Leading the way was headliner Stefan Struve (28-9 MMA, 12-7 UFC), who received $15,000 for his 19th UFC appearance, which was a third-round TKO loss to Alexander Volkov (29-6 MMA, 3-0 UFC).

The full UFC Fight Night 115 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

Alexander Volkov: $2,500
def. Stefan Struve: $15,000

Siyar Bahadurzada: $2,500
def. Rob Wilkinson: $2,500

Marion Reneau: $5,000
def. Talita Oliveira: $2,500

Leon Edwards: $5,000
def. Bryan Barberena: $5,000

Darren Till: $2,500
def. Bojan Velickovic: $2,500

Mairbek Taisumov: $5,000
def. Felipe Silva: $2,500

Michel Prazeres: $5,000
def. Mads Burnell: $2,500

Rustam Khabilov: $5,000
def. Desmond Green: $2,500

Aleksandar Rakic: $2,500
def. Francimar Barroso: $5,000

Zabit Magomedsharipov: $2,500
def. Mike Santiago: $2,500

Abdul-Kerim Edilov: $2,500
def. Bojan Mihajlovic: $2,500

Thibault Gouti: $2,500
def. Andrew Holbrook: $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:

• “UFC Fight Night 115: Struve vs. Volkov” – $90,000
• “UFC Fight Night 114: Pettis vs. Moreno” – $117,500
• “UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2” – $327,500
• “UFC on FOX 25: Weidman vs. Gastelum” – $140,000
• “UFC Fight Night 113: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio” – $77,500
• “UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker” – $182,500
• “The Ultimate Fighter 25 Finale: Johnson vs. Gaethje” – $122,500
• “UFC Fight Night 112: Chiesa vs. Lee” – $182,500
• “UFC Fight Night 111: Holm vs. Correia” – $152,500
• “UFC Fight Night 110: Lewis vs. Hunt” – $110,000
• “UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway” – $212,500
• “UFC Fight Night 109: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira” – $112,500
• “UFC 211: Miocic vs. Dos Santos 2” – $265,000
• “UFC Fight Night 108: Swanson vs. Lobov” – $200,000
• “UFC on FOX 24: Johnson vs. Reis” – $200,000
• “UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2” – $205,000
• “UFC Fight Night 107: Manuwa vs. Anderson” – $95,000
• “UFC Fight Night 106: Belfort vs. Gastelum” – $190,000
• “UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2” – $175,000
• “UFC Fight Night 105: Lewis vs. Browne” – $122,500
• “UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie” – $215,000
• “UFC Fight Night 104: Bermudez vs. Korean Zombie” – $90,000
• “UFC on FOX 23: Shevchenko vs. Pena” – $155,000
• “UFC Fight Night 103: Rodriguez vs. Penn” – $125,000

Year-to-date total: $3,865,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $14,188,000

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 115, check out the UFC Events section of the site.