Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 255 took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $275,000.
LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 255 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $275,000.
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 255 took place at UFC Apex. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.
The full UFC 255 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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[autotag]Deiveson Figueiredo[/autotag]: $40,000
def. [autotag]Alex Perez[/autotag]: $30,000
[autotag]Valentina Shevchenko[/autotag]: $40,000
def. [autotag]Jennifer Maia[/autotag]: $30,000
[autotag]Tim Means[/autotag]: $20,000
def. [autotag]Mike Perry[/autotag]: $10,000
[autotag]Katlyn Chookagian[/autotag]: $10,000
def. [autotag]Cynthia Calvillo[/autotag]: $5,000
[autotag]Paul Craig[/autotag]: $10,000
def. [autotag]Mauricio Rua[/autotag]: $20,000
[autotag]Brandon Moreno[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]Brandon Royval[/autotag]: $3,500
[autotag]Joaquin Buckley[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Jordan Wright[/autotag]: $3,500
[autotag]Antonina Shevchenko[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Ariane Lipski[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Nicolas Dalby[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]Daniel Rodriguez[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Alan Jouban[/autotag]: $10,000
def. [autotag]Jared Gooden[/autotag]: $3,500
[autotag]Kyle Daukaus[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Dustin Stoltzfus[/autotag]: $3,500
[autotag]Sasha Palatnikov[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Louis Cosce[/autotag]: $3,500
Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance 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 1-3 bouts receive $3,500 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,000; 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 2020 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- “UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez” – $275,000
- “UFC Fight Night 182: Felder vs. dos Anjos” – $114,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 40: Santos vs. Teixeira” – $146,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 39: Hall vs. Silva” – $145,000
- “UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje” – $215,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 38: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie” – $120,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 37: Moraes vs. Sandhagen” – $129,000
- “UFC on ESPN 16: Holm vs. Aldana” – $118,000
- “UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa” – $225,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 36: Covington vs. Woodley” – $169,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 35: Waterson vs. Hill” – $137,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 34: Overeem vs. Sakai” – $82,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 33: Smith vs. Rakic” – $158,000
- “UFC on ESPN 15: Munhoz vs. Edgar” – $88,000
- “UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3” – $201,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 32: Lewis vs. Oleinik” – $162,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 31: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan” – $103,500
- “UFC on ESPN 14: Whittaker vs. Till” – $209,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 30: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2” – $165,000
- “UFC on ESPN 13: Kattar vs. Ige” – $97,000
- “UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal” – $305,500
- “UFC on ESPN 11: Blaydes vs. Volkov” – $178,500
- “UFC on ESPN 10: Eye vs. Calvillo” – $95,000
- “UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer” – $266,000
- “UFC on ESPN 9: Woodley vs. Burns” – $114,500
- “UFC on ESPN 8: Overeem vs. Harris” – $184,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 29: Smith vs. Teixeira” – $166,000
- “UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje” – $305,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 28: Lee vs. Oliveira” – $209,500
- “UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero” – $257,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 27: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo” – $119,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 26: Felder vs. Hooker” – $130,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 25: Anderson vs. Blachowicz 2” – $186,500
- “UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes” – $243,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 24: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos” – $169,000
- “UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy” – $165,000
Year-to-date total: $5,939,500
2019 total: $7,370,500
2018 total: $6,901,000
2017 total: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $36,994,000
