CLEVELAND – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 203 event took home UFC Athlete Outfitting pay, a program that launched after the UFC’s deal with Reebok, totaling $215,000.

Leading the way was heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic (16-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) and the man he defeated in his first title defense, fellow headliner Alistair Overeem (41-15 MMA, 6-4 UFC). As champ, Miocic picked up $40,000, and as challenger, Overeem got $30,000.

They accounted for nearly a third of the total payout.

UFC 203 took place at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, and the main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

Outside of the champion-challenger pay grades, the next highest payout went to longtime WEC and UFC fighter Urijah Faber (33-10 MMA, 9-6 UFC), who suffered a decision loss to fast-rising bantamweight prospect Jimmie Rivera (20-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC). Faber, who has 15 UFC fights and 11 Zuffa-era WEC bouts. That earned him $20,000 – the max payout for a fighter not in a title bout.

The full UFC 203 UFC Athlete Outfitting payouts included:

Stipe Miocic: $40,000

def. Alistair Overeem: $30,000

Fabricio Werdum: $10,000

def. Travis Browne: $10,000

Mickey Gall: $2,500

def. Phil “CM Punk” Brooks: $2,500

Jimmie Rivera: $2,500

def. Urijah Faber: $20,000

Jessica Andrade: $5,000

def. Joanne Calderwood: $2,500

Bethe Correia: $5,000

def. Jessica Eye: $5,000

Brad Tavares: $10,000

def. Caio Magalhaes: $5,000

Nik Lentz: $15,000

def. Michael McBride: $2,500

Drew Dober: $5,000

def. Jason Gonzalez: $2,500

Yancy Medeiros: $5,000

def. Sean Spencer: $5,000

Ian McCall: $5,000*

vs. Ray Borg: $5,000*

C.B. Dollaway: $15,000*

vs. Francimar Barroso: $5,000*

* – Didn’t fight, but due to late cancellation of the bout, was paid anyway

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: $4,803,000

2015 total: $3,185,000

Program-to-date total: $7,988,000

For complete coverage of UFC 203, check out the UFC Events section of the site.