Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned to action for UFC Fight Night 121: “Werdum vs Tybura,” which went down last Saturday night (Nov. 8, 2017) inside inside Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia, and now it’s time to see who went home with the biggest Reebok sponsorship pie.
Fabricio Werdum was among the biggest winners, as he took home a $15,000 sponsorship check from Reebok after defeating Marcin Tybura in the headlining act. Tim Mean and Nik Lentz also took home $15,000 from the sports apparel giant thanks to their years spent competing inside the Octagon.
Let’s see how all of the payouts break down courtesy of MMA Junkie:
Fabricio Werdum: $15,000 def. Marcin Tybura: $2,500
Jessica-Rose Clark: $2,50 def. Bec Rawlings: $5,000
Belal Muhammad: $5,000 def. Tim Means: $15,000
Jake Matthews: $5,000 def. Bojan Velickovic: $5,000
Elias Theodorou: $5,000 def. Daniel Kelly: $5,000
Alex Volkanovski: $2,500 def. Shane Young: $2,500
Ryan Benoit: $5,000 def. Ashkan Mokhtarian: $2,500
Nik Lentz: $15,000 def. Will Brooks: $2,500
Tai Tuivasa: $2,500 def. Rashad Coulter: $2,500
Frank Camacho: $2,500 def. Damien Brown: $2,500
Nadia Kassem: $2,500 def. Alex Chambers: $2,500
Eric Shelton: $2,500 def. Jenel Lausa: $2,500
Adam Wieczorek: $2,500 def. Anthony Hamilton: $5,000
TOTAL: $122,500
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.