UFC on FOX 24 Athlete Outfitting pay: Champ Demetrious Johnson nets 20 percent of overall payout

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on FOX 24 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $200,000.

UFC on FOX 24 took place at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., and the card aired on FOX following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

Leading the way was UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson (26-2-1 MMA, 14-1-1 UFC), who received the maximum payout of $40,000 since he’s a titleholder. “Mighty Mouse” earned his 10th consecutive title defense in the headliner, where he submitted Wilson Reis (22-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in the third round.

The full UFC on FOX 24 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

Demetrious Johnson: $40,000
def. Wilson Reis: $30,000

Rose Namajunas: $5,000
def. Michelle Waterson: $2,500

Robert Whittaker: $10,000
def. Ronaldo Souza: $10,000

Renato Carneiro: $2,500
def. Jeremy Stephens: $20,000

Alexander Volkov: $2,500
def. Roy Nelson: $15,000

Tom Duquesnoy: $2,500
def. Patrick Williams: $2,500

Rashid Magomedov: $5,000
def. Bobby Green: $10,000

Tim Elliott: $5,000
def. Louis Smolka: $5,000

Aljamain Sterling: $5,000
def. Augusto Mendes: $2,500

Devin Clark: $2,500
def. Jake Collier: $2,500

Anthony Smith: $5,000
def. Andrew Sanchez: $2,500

Zak Cummins: $5,000
def. Nathan Coy: $2,500

Ketlen Vieira: $2,500
def. Ashlee Evans-Smith: $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 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: $1,572,500
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $11,895,500

For complete coverage of UFC on FOX 24, check out the UFC Events section of the site.