Athlete Outfitting Pay for UFC 204
On Saturday night, the UFC took over beautiful Manchester, England with UFC 204.
In the evening’s headliner, we saw middleweight champion Michael Bisping take a contentious decision from retiring challenger Dan Henderson. In the co-main event, meanwhile, we watched on as Gegard Mousasi took out a fading legend in Brazil’s Vitor Belfort.
Elsewhere on the main card, we saw dominant wins from English light heavyweight Jimi Manuwa, towering Dutchman Stefan Struve, and featherweight prospect Mirsad Bektic. The undercard, finally featured some of the top talent from England, larger Europe, and the world over.
At the moment, fighter purses for this memorable event have not yet been disclosed. We do, however, know how much each of the card’s 22 fighters took home through the UFC’s oft-criticized uniform deal with sports apparel giant, Reebok.
Athlete outfitting pay is determined by the number of fights a fighter has had in the UFC, and during the Zuffa-owned eras of Strikeforce (April 2011 and later) and WEC (January 2007 and later). Champions, however, receive $40,000 regardless of Zuffa experience, while title challengers get $30,000.
In the case of UFC 204, Reebok payout totalled $202,500. The biggest slice of that pie went to the champ Bisping, who took home $40,000, the biggest possible payout under the UFC’s partnership with Reebok. Henderson, meanwhile, took home $30,000 as a title challenger.
Vitor Belfort, Stefan Struve and Brad Pickett also took home sizeable Reebok checks on the strength of their long careers inside the Octagon.
Here’s a full rundown of the Reebok outfitting payouts for UFC 204 (via MMAJunkie.com).
Michael Bisping: $40,000
Dan Henderson: $30,000
Gegard Mousasi: $10,000
Vitor Belfort: $20,000
Jimi Manuwa: $5,000
Ovince Saint Preux: $10,000
Stefan Struve: $15,000
Daniel Omielanczuk: $5,000
Mirsad Bektic: $2,500
Russell Doane: $5,000
Iuri Alcantara: $10,000
Brad Pickett: $15,000
Damian Stasiak: $2,500
Davey Grant: $2,500
Leon Edwards: $5,000
Albert Tumenov: $5,000
Marc Diakiese: $2,500
Lukasz Sajewski: $2,500
Mike Perry: $2,500
Danny Roberts: $2,500
Leonardo Santos: $5,000
Adriano Martins: $5,000
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