Andrei Arlovski marks $430K in sponsorship pay with his UFC Vegas 63 fight.
With his 22nd fight since the UFC started the sponsored outfitting program with Reebok back in 2015 Arlovski has earned $430k from the program. Arlovski has the most fights under the sponsorship program and second behind Amanda Nunes ($434K / 13 fights) in total sponsorship pay.
UFC Vegas 63 unofficial sponsorship payout total is $171,500 paid to 22 fighters. UFC fighter are paid for following the UFC's promotional guidelines including wearing sponsored promotional attire during fight week. UFC's current sponsorship deal is with Venum that started in April 2021 and was recently renewed.
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Arnold Allen 3rd Tier / $6,000 Max Griffin 4th Tier / $11,000 Jared Vanderaa 3rd Tier / $6,000 Josh Fremd 1st Tier / $4,000 Dustin Jacoby 3rd Tier / $6,000 Phil Hawes 3rd Tier / $6,000 Andrei Arlovski 6th Tier / $21,000 Joseph Holmes 1st Tier / $4,000 Chase Hooper 3rd Tier / $6,000 Carlos Mota 1st Tier / $4,000 Christian Rodriguez 1st Tier / $4,000 |
Calvin Kattar 4th Tier / $11,000 Tim Means 6th Tier / $21,000 Waldo Cortes-Acosta 1st Tier / $4,000 Tresean Gore 1st Tier / $4,000 Khalil Rountree 4th Tier / $11,000 Roman Dolidze 3rd Tier / $6,000 Marcos Rogério de Lima 5th Tier / $16,000 Jun Yong Park 3rd Tier / $6,000 Steve Garcia 2nd Tier / $4,500 Cody Durden 3rd Tier / $6,000 Joshua Weems 1st Tier / $4,000 |
To date the current sponsorship deal has paid $13,454,000 to 1638 fighters. Sponsorship pay is broken into 6 tiers based on the number of fights under a Zuffa owned promotion, there is also an additional 2 tiers for Champions and Challengers fighting in championship fights. These tier and their specifics are broken down in the table below.
Champion Tier Championship Fight / $42,000 Challenger Tier Championship Fight / $32,000 6th Tier 21+ Fights / $21,000 5th Tier 16 to 20 Fights / $16,000 4th Tier 11 to 15 Fights / $11,000 3rd Tier 6 to 10 Fights / $6,000 2nd Tier 4 to 5 Fights / $4,500 1st Tier 1 to 3 Fights / $4,000 |
The sponsorship deal started with Reebok in 2015 and has paid out $53,544,500 to date.
The above data and calculations are unofficial numbers. Find out more at WorkShyIndividual.
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