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LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 216 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $204,500.

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 216 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 216 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Jared Cannonier[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Sean Strickland[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Arman Tsarukyan[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Damir Ismagulov[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Amir Albazi[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Alessandro Costa[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Alex Caceres[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Julian Erosa[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Drew Dober[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Bobby Green[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Michal Oleksiejczuk[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Cody Brundage[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Cory McKenna[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Cheyanne Vlismas[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Matthew Semelsberger[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jake Matthews[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Said Nurmagomedov[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Saidyokub Kakhramonov[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Rafa Garcia[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Hayisaer Maheshate[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Rinat Fakhretdinov[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Bryan Battle[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Manel Kape[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]David Dvorak[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Sergey Morozov[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Journey Newson[/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 2167 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2161 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 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC Fight Night 216: Cannonier vs. Strickland” – $204,500
• “UFC 282: Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev” – $215,000
• “UFC on ESPN 42: Thompson vs. Holland” – $297,500
• “UFC Fight Night 215: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba” – $80,000
• “UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira” – $332,500
• “UFC Fight Night 214: Rodriguez vs. Lemos” – $126,500
• “UFC Fight Night 213: Kattar vs. Allen” – $166,500
• “UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev” – $306,500
• “UFC Fight Night 212: Grasso vs. Araujo” – $151,500
• “UFC Fight Night 211: Dern vs. Yan” – $164,500
• “UFC Fight Night 210: Sandhagen vs. Song” – $202,000
• “UFC 279: Chimaev vs. Diaz” – $202,000
• “UFC Fight Night 209: Gane vs. Tuivasa” – $155,000
• “UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2” – $226,000
• “UFC on ESPN 41: Vera vs. Cruz” – $195,000
• “UFC on ESPN 40: Santos vs. Hill” – $140,000
• “UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2” – $313,500
• “UFC Fight Night 208: Blaydes vs. Aspinall” – $179,000
• “UFC on ABC 3: Ortega vs. Rodriguez” – $179,000
• “UFC on ESPN 39: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev” – $157,500
• “UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier” – $362,500
• “UFC on ESPN 38: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot” – $140,500
• “UFC on ESPN 37: Kattar vs. Emmett” – $189,000
• “UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka” – $258,000
• “UFC Fight Night 207: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik” – $149,000
• “UFC Fight Night 206: Holm vs. Vieira” – $127,000
• “UFC on ESPN 36: Blachowicz vs. Rakic” – $173,000
• “UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje” – $320,000
• “UFC on ESPN 35: Font vs. Vera” – $197,500
• “UFC Fight Night 205: Lemos vs. Andrade” – $149,500
• “UFC on ESPN 34: Luque vs. Muhammad 2” – $159,000
• “UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie” – $293,500
• “UFC on ESPN 33: Blaydes vs. Daukaus” – $186,500
• “UFC Fight Night 204: Volkov vs. Aspinall” – $154,500
• “UFC Fight Night 203: Santos vs. Ankalaev” – $198,000
• “UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal” – $236,000
• “UFC Fight Night 202: Makhachev vs. Green” – $138,000
• “UFC Fight Night 201: Walker vs. Hill” – $140,000
• “UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2” – $282,500
• “UFC Fight Night 200: Hermansson vs. Strickland” – $160,500
• “UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane” – $241,000
• “UFC on ESPN 32: Kattar vs. Chikadze” – $132,000

Year-to-date total: $8,351,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $14,529,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 216.

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LAS VEGAS – UFC Fight Night 216 takes place Saturday with 13 bouts on the lineup. We’ve got you covered with backstage winner interviews from the UFC Apex.

You can hear from all the UFC Fight Night 216 winners by checking out their post-fight news conferences below.