Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned to the hurt business last night (Sat., Nov. 25, 2017) for UFC Fight Night 122, which took place inside Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China.
The UFC Fight Pass event featured a Middleweight showdown which saw Kelvin Gastelum knockout Michael Bisping in the very first round of their headlining Middleweight bout, and now it’s time to see who got the biggest piece of the sponsorship pie.
Despite coming up on he losing end, Bisping walked way with the biggest sponsorship check, earning a coll $20,000 from Reebok in defeat. As for Gastelum, he earned a cool $10,000 from the sports apparel giant.
Let’s see how all of the payouts break down courtesy of MMA Junkie:
Kelvin Gastelum: $10,000 def. Michael Bisping: $20,000
Li Jingliang: $5,000 def. Zak Ottow: $2,500
Wang Guan: $2,500 def. Alex Caceres: $15,000
Alex Garcia: $5,000 def. Muslim Salikhov: $2,500
Zabit Magomedsharipov: $2,500 def. Sheymon Moraes: $2,500
Kenan Song: $2,500 def. Bobby Nash: $2,500
Yan Xiaonan: $2,500 def. Kailin Curran: $5,000
Song Yadong: $2,500 def. Bharat Kandare: $2,500
Shamil Abdurakhimov: $2,500 def. Chase Sherman: $2,500
Gina Mazany: $2,500 def. Yanan Wu: $2,500
Rolando Dy: $2,500 def. Wuliji Buren: $2,500
Cyril Asker: $2,500 def. Hu Yaozong: $2,500
TOTAL: $105,000
According to the revamped payout structure (see it), the more fights you have combined with UFC and the now-defunct World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) and Strikeforce promotions, the more coin you have for your combat sports piggy bank.
And the less fights you have under the ZUFFA banner… well, the less you get. If you have a problem with the structure, take it up with UFC, not Reebok.
According to the report, fighters will also receive royalty and payments up to 20-30 percent of any UFC-related merchandise sold that bears his or her likeness. That’s a great way for the Internet “morons” to help the cause.