UFC 208 Athlete Outfitting pay: Total payout reaches $215K – for now

NEW YORK – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 208 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $215,000.

UFC 208 took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, and the main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Leading the way were the two participants in the main event. Germaine de Randamie (7-3 MMA, 4-1 UFC) and Holly Holm (10-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) each earned $30,000 for competing in the inaugural UFC women’s featherweight championship bout, which de Randamie won by unanimous decision.

Also of note, three fighters were pulled from the card for various reasons within 36 hours of the event. The payout totals for those fighters have yet to be determined and thus are not included below.

The full UFC 208 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

Germaine de Randamie: $30,000
def. Holly Holm: $30,000

Anderson Silva: $20,000
def. Derek Brunson: $10,000

Ronaldo Souza: $10,000
def. Tim Boetsch: $20,000

Glover Teixeira: $10,000
def. Jared Cannonier: $2,500

Dustin Poirier: $15,000
def. Jim Miller: $20,000

Belal Muhammad: $2,500
def. Randy Brown: $2,500

Wilson Reis: $5,000
def. Ulka Sasaki: $2,500

Islam Makhachev: $2,500
def. Nik Lentz: $15,000

Rick Glenn: $2,500
def. Phillipe Nover: $5,000

Ryan LaFlare: $5,000
def. Roan Carneiro: $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:

Year-to-date total: $585,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $10,908,000

For complete coverage of UFC 208, check out the UFC Events section of the site.