Earlier today, the details of what fighters will receive per bout for wearing offcial UFC Reebok Gear was released and the response is overwhelmingly negative. Basically it runs down as:
- 1 to 5 bouts: $2,500
- 6 to 10 bouts: $5,000
- 11 to 15 bouts: $10,000
- 16 to 20 bouts: $15,000
- 21 bouts and above: $20,000
- Title Challenger: $30,000
- Champion $40,000
Why not include Bellator, WSOF, CFFC? Just because they're not owned by Zuffa, does that not make them professional fights? If you're going to completely take away all other previous sponsors from being allowed in the octagon, fighters should at least be compensated for their rise into the UFC. Some fighters will be losing thousands of dollars on this new deal and now their previous fights won't even count towards their sponsor money.
This will undoubtedly help other fighting promotions like Bellator because now they can advertise that fighters' sponsor pay isn't capped. This argument will for sure be appealing to relatively new fighters, and ones that have large corporate sponsors like Monster and Xbox. Reactions from UFC Fighters via Twitter:
Wow 2500$ for my next fight for reebok sponsorship. ....i mad twice that off 1 sponsor my last fight!!!! Sucks!
— Roger Narvaez (@Silverback316) May 6, 2015
Congrats @Reebok, you got the deal of the century. Unfortunately, it was at the cost of the fighters. Hope the bad press is worth it. @ufc
— Matt Mitrione (@mattmitrione) May 6, 2015
I've made six figures in sponsorship in each of my last 6 fights 😕 https://t.co/gotToaSDJh
— Brendan Schaub (@BrendanSchaub) May 6, 2015
UFC 187 will be the 1 of biggest fight match so don't miss it.
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