By MMA Junkie Staff | May 15, 2016 8:45 am

CURITIBA, Brazil – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 198 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $240,000.

The total marked the largest payout of the year.

UFC 198 took place Saturday at Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FOX Sports 1 and UFC Fight Pass.

In the night’s main event, Stipe Miocic (15-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) scored a stunning, one-punch knockout of now-ex champ Fabricio Werdum (20-6-1 MMA, 8-3 UFC) to claim the heavyweight title.

A handful of fighters topped out at the maximum non-title payout of $20,000, including Vitor Belfort (25-11 MMA, 14-7 UFC), who suffered a first-round TKO loss to Ronaldo Souza (22-4 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in the UFC 198’s co-feature.

Demian Maia (23-6 MMA, 17-6 UFC) submitted fellow top contender and veteran welterweight Matt Brown (20-14 MMA, 13-8 UFC) in the final prelim. Each fighter collected $20,000.

The full UFC 198 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

Stipe Miocic: $30,000

def. Fabricio Werdum: $40,000

Ronaldo Souza: $10,000

def. Vitor Belfort: $20,000

Cristiane Justino: $2,500

def. Leslie Smith: $2,500

Mauricio Rua: $15,000

def. Corey Anderson: $5,000

Bryan Barberena: $2,500

def. Warlley Alves: $2,500

Demian Maia: $20,000

def. Matt Brown: $20,000

Thiago “Marreta” Santos: $5,000

def. Nate Marquardt: $20,000

Francisco Trinaldo: $10,000

def. Yancy Medeiros: $5,000

John Lineker: $5,000

def. Rob Font: $2,500

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: $5,000

def. Patrick Cummins: $5,000

Luan Chagas: $2,500

drew with Sergio Moraes: $5,000

Renato Moicano: $2,500

def. Zubaira Tukhugov: $2,500

Under the UFC Athlete Outfitting program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Reebok’s multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2011 and later). Fighters with 1-5 bouts receive $2,500 per appearance; 6-10 bouts get $5,000; 11-15 bouts earn $10,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $15,000; and 21 bouts and more get $20,000. Additionally, champions earn $40,000 while title challengers get $30,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2016 UFC-Reebok sponsorship payouts:

Year-to-date total: $2,290,000

2015 total: $3,185,000

Program-to-date total: $5,475,000

For more on UFC 198, check out the UFC Events section of the site.