Rafael dos Anjos reveals UFC/Reebok fine was $10k

[Wild]

UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos is a little lighter in the wallet.

Ahead of his Dec. 19 title defense to Donald Cerrone at UFC on FOX 17, Dos Anjos was seen wearing an Evolve MMA shirt before stepping on the scales to weigh in. Word came this week that Dos Anjos had been docked a "significant" amount by the UFC for violating the promotion's Athlete Outfitting Policy.

Speaking with MMAFighting.com on Wednesday, Dos Anjos revealed that sum to be $10,000.

As a champion, Dos Anjos earned $40,000 as per the UFC's outfitting agreement with Reebok. Cerrone made $30,000 as a title challenger.

LINK: Rafael dos Anjos fined $10,000 for wearing sponsor shirt at UFC on FOX 17 weigh-ins

 

[Jonny Quest]

Get rid of Reebok, pay them the difference back on their investment and chalk it up to a stupid move. Those generic Reebok shit kits bore the fuck out of me and steal money and individuality from the fighters. Fuck you Reebok and Zuffa.

 

[jason73]

now he gets a 20k fine for revealing the reebok fine is 10k

 

[Virtually Identical]

Outside of the fact of what a shitty deal it is when I see clips from the pre-reebok days they just look better. It wasn't a move that resulted in a better appearance or aesthetic. The look now is just so blah. It says nothing. I don't think it elevates the "sport" in any way.

 

[Gibberish]

He comes out richer in the end assuming Evolve made it worthwhile for him, they will get plenty of publicity from this.

 

[KWingJitsu]

Fuck Redbook. Fuck them in their ass.

 

[mysticmac]

He comes out richer in the end assuming Evolve made it worthwhile for him, they will get plenty of publicity from this.

Yep, I gotta think they paid him more than 10k.

 

[BackOffWarchild]

Yep, I gotta think they paid him more than 10k.

Not possible.

According to Uncle Dana, the Reebok deal keeps fighters like RDA from taking a bunch of shitty, small sponsorship deals with companies that won't even pay him, and replaces it with a single, large check that allows him to train free from the "trouble" of getting his own sponsors.

Based on all the information shared by our honest friends at Zuffa, RDA likely lost $9.900 on the Evolve deal (including fine).

 

[jason73]

Even if a fighter had half a dozen low tier sponsors back in the day they would have done better than 2500 bucks.i miss the days of general fasteners and pretorian.the Reebok deal stole the soul out of the sport.it is so bland and uninspiring

 

[Yossarian]

But... but...Condom Depot...

 

[mysticmac]

But... but...Condom Depot...

Paid more than the fine.

 

[Papi Chingon]

Paid more than the fine.

And people actually wear condom depot products.

 

[LurkenLikaGherkin]

The whole Reebok thing is kind of a funny (if you're not one of the fighters taking it up the ass) throwback to the early days, when White/Fertittas were trying to get "mainstream acceptance" and did things like having Bruce Buffer read the names of "celebrities in attendance" off a card in the center of the ring, thinking that was how it was supposed to be done. That was funny/disturbing as hell.

They are still those guys, on a much bigger scale.