UFC Fight Night 226 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Multiple fighters top card with $11,000

UFC Fight Night 226 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

PARIS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 226 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $128,500.

The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.

UFC Fight Night 226 took place at the Accor Arena in France. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 226 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Ciryl Gane[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Serghei Spivac[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Manon Fiorot[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Rose Namajunas[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Benoit Saint-Denis[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Thiago Moises[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Volkan Oezdemir[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Bogdan Guskov[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]William Gomis[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Yanis Ghemmouri[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Morgan Charriere[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Manolo Zecchini[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Taylor Lapilus[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Caolan Loughran[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Ange Loosa[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Rhys McKee[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Nora Cornolle[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Joselyne Edwards[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Farid Basharat[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Kleydson Rodrigues[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Jacqueline Cavalcanti[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Zarah Fairn[/autotag]: $4,500

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum’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 2261 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000.

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 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $5,735,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $20,324,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 226.

UFC Fight Night 226 video: Morgan Charriere double-body kicks Manolo Zecchini for the win, blows roof of Accor Arena

UFC lightweight Morgan Charriere nearly blew the roof off Accor Arena in Paris when he booted Manolo Zecchini twice in succession for a TKO.

“The Last Pirate” has officially arrived in the UFC – and in style.

[autotag]Morgan Charriere[/autotag] nearly blew the roof off Accor Arena at UFC Fight Night 226 in Paris when he dug his toes into the midsection of [autotag]Manolo Zecchini[/autotag] and followed it up with another massive body kick. The sequence earned Charriere (19-9-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) his first UFC win when the referee saved Zecchini (11-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) at 3:51 of Round 1.

The victory was Charriere’s first since he signed with the promotion in August. Charriere entered as a former Cage Warriors lightweight champion who accumulated a massive national following for his success in the YouTube and gaming social media communities. The win marked his fourth straight.

On the flip side, Italy’s Zecchini had a two-fight winning streak snapped. The bout Saturday was also his UFC debut.

The up-to-the-minute UFC Fight Night 226 results include:

  • Morgan Charriere def. Manolo Zecchini via TKO (body kicks) – Round 1, 3:51
  • Taylor Lapilus def. Caolan Loughran via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Ange Loosa def. Rhys McKee via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
  • Nora Cornolle def. Joselyne Edwards via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
  • Farid Basharat def. Kleydson Rodrigues via submission (arm triangle) – Round 1, 4:15
  • Jacqueline Cavalcanti def. Zarah Fairn via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-37, 30-27)

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 226.

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