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SAITAMA – Fighters from Friday’s UFC Fight Night 117 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $107,500.
UFC Fight Night 117 took place at Saitama Super Arena in Japan. The card aired on FXX.
Leading the way were the two event headliners. Ovince Saint Preux (20-10 MMA, 8-5 UFC) and Yushin Okami (34-11 MMA, 13-6 UFC) each received $15,000 for their main event bout, which Saint Preux won by first-round submission.
The full UFC Fight Night 117 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:
Ovince Saint Preux: $15,000
def. Yushin Okami: $15,000
Jessica Andrade: $10,000
def. Claudia Gadelha: $5,000
”Maestro” Dong Hyun Kim: $2,500
def. Takanori Gomi: $10,000
Gokhan Saki: $2,500
def. Henrique da Silva: $5,000
Teruto Ishihara: $5,000
def. Ronaldo Dy: $2,500
Jussier Formiga: $5,000
def. Ulka Sasaki: $5,000
Keita Nakamura: $5,000
def. Alex Morono: $2,500
Syuri Kondo: $2,500
def. Chan-Mi Jeon: $2,500
Shinsho Anzai: $2,500
def. Luke Jumeau: $2,500
Daichi Abe: $2,500
def. Hyun Gyu Lim: $5,000
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 117: Saint Preux vs. Okami” – $107,500
- “UFC Fight Night 116: Rockhold vs. Branch” – $92,500
- “UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2” – $185,000
- “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: $4,250,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $14,573,000
For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 117, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
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