UFC 217 Reebok Fighter Payouts: Three Former Champions Top List
UFC 217 is in the books, and now it’s time for Reebok to pay the fighters their sponsorship money.
The event took place on Saturday, November 4th in New York at Madison Square Garden. The main card aired on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET while the preliminary card aired on FOX Sports 1 at 8 p.m. ET and the promotion’s streaming service, UFC Fight Pass, at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre for the UFC middleweight title served as the main event, which saw GSP win the belt by submission. Cody Garbrandt vs. T.J. Dillashaw for the UFC bantamweight title served as the co-main event that ended up seeing Dillashaw TKO his arch rival. Rounding out this stacked five bout main card was Joanna Jedrzejczyk being upstaged by Rose Namajunas in a strawweight title bout, Stephen Thompson picking up a decision over Jorge Masvidal in a welterweight bout, and Johny Hendricks losing to Paulo Borrachinha in a middleweight bout.
The full payouts include:
Michael Bisping: $40,000
Georges St-Pierre: $30,000
Cody Garbrandt: $40,000
T.J. Dillashaw: $30,000
Joanna Jedrzejczyk: $40,000
Rose Namajunas: $30,000
Stephen Thompson: $10,000
Jorge Masvidal: $15,000
Paulo Costa: $2,500
Johny Hendricks: $20,000
James Vick: $5,000
Joseph Duffy: $5,000
Ovince Saint Preux: $15,000
Corey Anderson: $5,000
Mark Godbeer: $2,500
Walt Harris: $5,000
Randy Brown: $5,000
Mickey Gall: $2,500
Curtis Blaydes: $2,500
Aleksei Oleinik: $5,000
Ricardo Ramos: $2,500
Aiemann Zahabi: $2,500