RIO DE JANEIRO – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 212 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $212,500.
UFC 212 took place at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, and the main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.
Leading the way were the two headliners. Max Holloway (18-3 MMA, 14-3 UFC) and Jose Aldo (26-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) each received a maximum title-fight payout of $40,000 for their featherweight championship unifier in the main event. Holloway won by third-round TKO.
The full UFC 212 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:
Max Holloway: $40,000
def. Jose Aldo: $40,000
Claudia Gadelha: $5,000
def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz: $2,500
Vitor Belfort: $20,000
def. Nate Marquardt: $20,000
Paulo Borrachinha: $2,500
def. Oluwale Bamgbose: $2,500
Yancy Medeiros: $5,000
def. Erick Silva: $10,000
Raphael Assuncao: $15,000
def. Marlon Moraes: $2,500
Antonio Carlos Junior: $5,000
def. Eric Spicely: $2,500
Johnny Eduardo: $5,000
def. Matthew Lopez: $2,500
Brian Kelleher: $2,500
def. Iuri Alcantara: $15,000
Viviane Pereira: $2,500
def. Jamie Moyle: $2,500
Luan Chagas: $2,500
def. Jim Wallhead: $2,500
Deiveson Alcantara: $2,500
def. Marco Beltran: $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 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: $2,362,500
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $12,685,500
For complete coverage of UFC 212, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
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