With UFC On FOX 20 officially in the books, it’s time to find out how much money fighters who competed on Saturday’s fight card earned via UFC’s mandatory Reebok sponsorship deals.
Below are the payouts that the fighters earned strictly from the UFC/Reebok outfitting deal for the fights from Chicago, Illinois this past Saturday, July 23, 2016. Figures are courtesy of MMAJunkie.com.
Note: These are not the usual fighter salaries we post after each event, but instead the amount of money fighters earned strictly from the new Reebok sponsorship deal.
UFC On FOX 20 Main Card (FOX)
– Valentina Shevchenko: $2,500 def. Holly Holm: $2,500
– Edson Barboza: $15,000 def. Gilbert Melendez: $5,000
– Francis Ngannou: $2,500 def. Bojan Mihajlovic: $2,500
– Felice Herrig: $2,500 def. Kailin Curran: $2,500UFC On FOX 20 Preliminary Card (FS1)
– Eddie Wineland: $10,000 def. Frankie Saenz: $2,500
– Darren Elkins: $10,000 def. Godofredo Pepey: $5,000
– Kamaru Usman: $2,500 def. Alexander Yakovlev: $2,500
– Michel Prazeres: $5,000 def. J.C. Cottrell: $2,500UFC On FOX 20 Preliminary Card (Fight Pass)
– Alex Oliveira: $5,000 def. James Moontasri: $2,500
– Jason Knight: $2,500 def. Jim Alers: $2,500
– Luis Henrique: $2,500 def. Dmitrii Smoliakov: $2,500TOTAL: $92,500
How do Reebok and the UFC decide how much fighters earn through the new Reebok sponsorship deal? How do they reach the figures that will be paid out to the fighters? Click ahead to page two for a full breakdown that explains what it takes to make a certain amount of money through this new, mandatory sponsorship deal between UFC and Reebok.