LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Thursday’s UFC Fight Night 90 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $167,500.
Veteran fighters Roy Nelson and Mike Pyle took home the evening’s largest non-title payouts.
Nelson (21-13 MMA, 8-9 UFC) earned $15,000 in a hard-fought split decision loss to Derrick Lewis (16-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC) in the night’s co-feature. Meanwhile, Pyle (27-12-1 MMA, 10-7 UFC) scored $15,000 for his second-round knockout loss to Alberto Mina (13-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) in the evening’s final preliminary bout.
UFC Fight Night 90 took place at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The entire card streamed on UFC Fight Pass.
In the main event, former Bellator lightweight champ Eddie Alvarez (28-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) became the first man to hold belts in both that promotion and the UFC after starching former champ Rafael dos Anjos (25-8 MMA, 14-6 UFC) in the opening round.
Entering the bout as the champ, dos Anjos picked up $40,000 while Alvarez earned $30,000 as the challenger.
The full UFC Fight Night 90 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:
Eddie Alvarez: $30,000
def. Rafael dos Anjos: $40,000
Derrick Lewis: $5,000
def. Roy Nelson: $15,000
Alan Jouban: $5,000
def. Belal Muhammad: $2,500
Joseph Duffy: $2,500
def. Mitch Clarke: $5,000
Alberto Mina: $2,500
def. Mike Pyle: $15,000
John Makdessi: $10,000
def. Mehdi Baghdad: $2,500
Anthony Birchak: $2,500
def. Dileno Lopes: $2,500
Pedro Munhoz: $2,500
def. Russell Doane: $2,500
Felipe Arantes: $5,000
def. Jerrod Sanders: $2,500
Gilbert Burns: $2,500
def. Lukasz Sajewski: $2,500
Marco Beltran: $2,500
def. Reginaldo Vieira: $2,500
Vicente Luque: $2,500
def. Alvaro Herrera: $2,500
Under the UFC Athlete Outfitting program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Reebok’s multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2011 and later). Fighters with 1-5 bouts receive $2,500 per appearance; 6-10 bouts get $5,000; 11-15 bouts earn $10,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $15,000; and 21 bouts and more get $20,000. Additionally, champions earn $40,000 while title challengers get $30,000.
In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.
Full 2016 UFC-Reebok sponsorship payouts:
- “UFC Fight Night 90: Dos Anjos vs. Alvarez” – $167,500
- “UFC Fight Night 89: MacDonald vs. Thompson” – $120,000
- “UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Bisping 2” – $297,500
- “UFC Fight Night 88: Almeida vs. Garbrandt” – $162,500
- “UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic” – $240,000
- “UFC Fight Night 87: Overeem vs. Arlovski” – $117,500
- “UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux” – $222,500
- “UFC on FOX 19: Teixeira vs. Evans” – $120,000
- “UFC Fight Night 86: Rothwell vs. Dos Santos” – $107,500
- “UFC Fight Night 85: Hunt vs. Mir” – $110,000
- “UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz” – $220,000
- “UFC Fight Night 84: Silva vs. Bisping” – $120,000
- “UFC Fight Night 83: Cowboy vs. Cowboy” – $125,000
- “UFC Fight Night 82: Hendricks vs. Thompson” – $145,000
- “UFC on FOX 18: Johnson vs. Bader” – $137,500
- “UFC Fight Night 81: Dillashaw vs. Cruz” – $230,000
- “UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit” – $172,500
Year-to-date total: $3,038,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $6,223,000
For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 90, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
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