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Reebok uniform payouts for the latest UFC event are out and as usual it’s the grizzled veterans making the most money.
The UFC / Reebok partnership soldiers on and on, and over the weekend fighters on the promotions’ San Antonio event on ESPN pocketed a nice $209,500 in ‘promotional compliance’ money.
That cash is still generally referred to as Reebok Bucks, the money you get from acting as a walking billboard for Reebok through fight week and inside the cage. Now it’s been rebranded as UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, basically so the UFC can keep your money if you show up in non-kosher clothing or behave in a way counter to the UFC athlete code of conduct.
But let’s move on past the ugly details of the program onto the actual money bit. As always, let us tell you that money is set based on the number of fights a fighter has had with the UFC (or former promotions swallowed up by the UFC like WEC or Strikeforce). 1-3 bouts nets you $3500 per appearance, 4-5 bouts is $4000, 6-10 bouts is $5000, 11-15 bouts earns you $10,000; 16-20 bouts gets $15,000; and 21 bouts or more gets $20,000. Not applicable on this card: champions earning $40,000 and title challengers getting $30,000.
Here’s the breakdown:
Leon Edwards: $10,000
def. Rafael dos Anjos: $20,000
Walt Harris: $10,000
def. Aleksei Oleinik: $5,000
Greg Hardy: $3,500
def. Juan Adams: $3,500
Dan Hooker: $10,000
def. James Vick: $10,000
Alexander Hernandez: $4,000
def. Francisco Trinaldo: $15,000
Andrei Arlovski: $20,000
def. Ben Rothwell: $10,000
Alex Caceres: $20,000
def. Steven Peterson: $4,000
Raquel Pennington: $10,000
def. Irene Aldana: $5,000
Klidson Abreu: $3,500
def. Sam Alvey: $15,000
Jennifer Maia: $3,500
def. Roxanne Modafferi: $5,000
Ray Borg: $5,000
def. Gabriel Silva: $3,500
Mario Bautista: $3,500
def. Jin Soo Son: $3,500
Felipe Colares: $3,500
def. Domingo Pilarte: $3,500
Amongst the fighters to top out pay wise: Rafael dos Anjos, Andrei Arlovski, and Alex Caceres. Sam Alvey and Francisco Trinaldo are also doing pretty well, hitting the $15,000 bracket.
The UFC / Reebok deal is set to run through to 2021.