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Reebok pay for UFC Fight Night 134 totals $149,500

The UFC’s Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay compensates fighters for wearing Reebok apparel during fight week, media obligations, and compliance with the league fighter code of conduct.

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Kirik Jenness
July 23, 2018 · 1 min read
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Colloquially known as ‘Reebok pay’ or ‘Reebok money’ the UFC’s Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay compensates fighters for wearing Reebok apparel during fight week, media obligations, and compliance with the league fighter code of conduct. It was formerly known as the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy. Fighters receive from $3,500 to $20,000 in a tiered structure based on number of fights, plus $30,000 for title challengers, and $40,000 for the champion. 

Of the 26 fighters on the card, eleven received the minimum $3,500 payout. Stefan Stuve led the group with the maximum of $20,000, which is reserved for fighters with 21 or more fights in the UFC or Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 on) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce fights (April 2011 on). These are the payouts:

Mauricio Rua: $15,000
Anthony Smith: $10,000

Glover Teixeira: $10,000
Corey Anderson: $10,000

Abu Azaitar: $3,500
def. Vitor Miranda: $5,000

Marcin Tybura: $5,000
def. Stefan Struve: $20,000

Danny Roberts: $5,000
def. David Zawada: $3,500

Nasrat Haqparast: $3,500
def. Marc Diakiese: $5,000

Damir Hadzovic: $4,000
def. Nick Hein: $5,000

Bartosz Fabinski: $3,500
def. Emil Meek: $3,500

Nad Narimani: $3,500
def. Khalid Taha: $3,500

Aleksandar Rakic: $3,500
def. Justin Ledet: $4,000

Manny Bermudez: $3,500
def. Davey Grant: $4,000

Darko Stosic: $3,500
def. Jeremy Kimball: $4,000

Liu Pingyuan: $3,500
def. Damian Stasiak: $5,000

Fighters also receive 20-30% of merchandise that bears their likeness.

H/T Mike Bohn, MMAjunkie

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