UFC 219 Athlete Outfitting pay: Total 2017 payout ends a tad under $6.3 million

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 219 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $172,500.

UFC 219 took place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and the main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Leading the way was UFC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg (19-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC), who faced Holly Holm (11-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC) in the main event. The Brazilian earned a maximum payout of $40,000 for a titleholder.

The full UFC 219 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

Cris Cyborg: $40,000
Holly Holm: $30,000

Khabib Nurmagomedov: $5,000
def. Edson Barboza: $15,000

Dan Hooker: $5,000
def. Marc Diakiese: $2,500

Carla Esparza: $5,000
def. Cynthia Calvillo: $2,500

Neil Magny: $15,000
def. Carlos Condit: $15,000

Michal Oleksiejczuk: $2,500
def. Khalil Rountree: $5,000

Myles Jury: $5,000
def. Rick Glenn: $2,500

Marvin Vettori: $2,500
vs. Omari Akhmedov: $5,000

Matheus Nicolau: $2,500
def. Louis Smolka: $5,000

Tim Elliott: $5,000
def. Mark De La Rosa: $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 219: Cyborg vs. Holm” – $172,500
• “UFC on FOX 26: Lawler vs. dos Anjos” – $157,500
• “UFC Fight Night 123: Swanson vs. Ortega” – $117,500
• “UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2” – $185,000
• “The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale” – $112,500
• “UFC Fight Night 122: Bisping vs. Gastelum” – $105,000
• “UFC Fight Night 121: Werdum vs. Tybura” – $122,500
• “UFC Fight Night 120: Poirier vs. Pettis” – $245,000
• “UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre” – $315,000
• “UFC Fight Night 119: Brunson vs. Machida” – $170,000
• “UFC Fight Night 118: Cerrone vs. Till” – $100,000
• “UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee” – $242,500
• “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: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $16,618,000

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