UFC Fight Night 104 Athlete Outfitting pay: Card ties third lowest single-event total

HOUSTON – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 104 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $90,000.

UFC Fight Night 104 took place at Toyota Center in Houston. The card aired on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

On a card short of longtime octagon veterans, only two fighters were paid above the second tier. Dennis Bermudez (16-6 MMA, 9-4 UFC) and Ovince Saint Preux (19-10 MMA, 7-5 UFC), who were both defeated in their main-card bouts, led the card with $10,000 paydays.

The full UFC Fight Night 104 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

Chan Sung Jung: $5,000
def. Dennis Bermudez: $10,000

Felice Herrig: $2,500
def. Alexa Grasso: $2,500

James Vick: $5,000
def. Abel Trujillo: $5,000

Volkan Oezdemir: $2,500
def. Ovince Saint Preux: $10,000

Marcel Fortuna: $2,500
def. Anthony Hamilton: $5,000

Jessica Andrade: $5,000
def. Angela Hill: $2,500

Curtis Blaydes: $2,500
def. Adam Milstead: $2,500

Chas Skelly: $5,000
def. Chris Gruetzemacher: $2,500

Ricardo Lucas Ramos: $2,500
def. Michinori Tanaka: $2,500

Tecia Torres: $2,500
def. Bec Rawlings: $2,500

Niko Price: $2,500
def. Alex Morono: $2,500

Khalil Rountree: $2,500
def. Daniel Jolly: $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:

Year-to-date total: $370,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $10,693,000

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 104, check out the UFC Events section of the site.