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UFC Fight Night 103 Athlete Outfitting pay: B.J. Penn and Joe Lauzon earn largest payouts

PHOENIX – Fighters from Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 103 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $125,000.

UFC Fight Night 103 took place at Talking Stick Arena in Phoenix. The card aired on FS1 following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass.

Leading the way was UFC Hall of Famer B.J. Penn (16-11-2 MMA, 12-10-2 UFC), who returned to the octagon for the first time in more than two years and was brutally beaten down by Yair Rodriguez (10-1 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in the featherweight headliner. “The Prodigy” made his 24th UFC appearance at the event, putting him on the top payout scale outside of champions and title challengers at $20,000.

Co-headliner Joe Lauzon (27-12 MMA, 14-9 UFC) was also paid $20,000 for his 23rd UFC bout, which saw him take a controversial split decision over fellow lightweight Marcin Held (22-6 MMA, 0-2 UFC).

The full UFC Fight Night 103 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

Yair Rodriguez: $5,000
def. B.J. Penn: $20,000

Joe Lauzon: $20,000
def. Marcin Held: $2,500

Ben Saunders: $10,000
def. Court McGee: $10,000

Sergio Pettis: $5,000
def. John Moraga: $5,000

Drakkar Klose: $2,500
def. Devin Powell: $2,500

Augusto Mendes: $2,500
def. Frankie Saenz: $5,000

Aleksei Oleinik: $2,500
def. Viktor Pesta: $2,500

Tony Martin: $5,000
def. Alex White: $2,500

Nina Ansaroff: $2,500
def. Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger: $2,500

Walt Harris: $5,000
def. Chase Sherman: $2,500

Joachim Christensen: $2,500
def. Bojan Mihajlovic: $2,500

Cyril Asker: $2,500
def. Dmitrii Smoliakov: $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 2017 UFC-Reebok sponsorship payouts:

Year-to-date total: $125,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $10,448,000

For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 103, check out the UFC Events section of the site.

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