UFC Fight Night 110 Athlete Outfitting pay: Ross Pearson receives top payout in KO loss

AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 110 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $110,000.

UFC Fight Night 110 took place at Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. The card aired on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

Despite coming out on the wrong end of one of the year’s most memorable knockouts courtesy of Dan Hooker, Ross Pearson (19-14 MMA, 11-11 UFC) was the payout leader. “The Real Deal” received a maximum non-title payout of $20,000 for his 23rd octagon appearance.

The full UFC Fight Night 110 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

Mark Hunt: $10,000
def. Derrick Lewis: $10,000

Derek Brunson: $10,000
def. Daniel Kelly: $5,000

Dan Hooker: $5,000
def. Ross Pearson: $20,000

Ion Cutelaba: $2,500
def. Luis Henrique da Silva: $2,500

Ben Nguyen: $2,500
def. Tim Elliott: $5,000

Alex Volkanovski: $2,500
def. Mizuto Hirota: $2,500

Vinc Pichel: $2,500
def. Damien Brown: $2,500

Luke Jumeau: $2,500
def. Dominique Steele: $2,500

John Moraga: $10,000
def. Ashkan Mokhtarian: $2,500

Zak Ottow: $2,500
def. Kiichi Kunimoto: $2,500

J.J. Aldrich: $2,500
def. Chanmi Jeon: $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 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: $2,472,500
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $12,795,500

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 110, check out the UFC Events section of the site.