UFC Fight Night 247 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $30 million

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program has now paid out more than $30 million to athletes since its deal began with Venum.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 247 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $188,500.

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

The full UFC Fight Night 247 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Carlos Prates[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Neil Magny[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Reinier de Ridder[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Gerald Meerschaert[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Gaston Bolanos[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Cortavious Romious[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Gillian Robertson[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Luana Pinheiro[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Mansur Abdul-Malik[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Dusko Todorovic[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Denise Gomes[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Karolina Kowalkiewicz[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos[/autotag]: $16,000
def. [autotag]Zach Scroggin[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Charlie Radtke[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Matthew Semelsberger[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Da’Mon Blackshear[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Cody Stamann[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Tresean Gore[/autotag]: $4,500
def. [autotag]Antonio Trocoli[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Melissa Mullins[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Klaudia Sygula[/autotag]: $4,000

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 2471 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 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $7,281,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $30,018,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 247.

Nicolas Dalby out of UFC Fight Night 247 as Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos faces newcomer

An undefeated 7-0 welterweight is expected to make his UFC debut vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos.

It’s UFC Fight Night 247 fight week, but the lineup has been hit with a change.

Days prior to the event, [autotag]Nicolas Dalby[/autotag] is out of his welterweight bout vs. [autotag]Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos[/autotag], who now faces [autotag]Zach Scroggin[/autotag].

Two people with knowledge of the matchup informed MMA Junkie of the change Tuesday but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

It’s unclear why Dalby (23-5-1 MMA, 7-4-1 UFC) withdrew from the bout.

Dos Santos (28-4-1 MMA, 10-4-1 UFC) looks to get in the win column for the first time in three appearances. After a draw vs. Rinat Fakhretdinov in November 2023, dos Santos lost by unanimous decision to Randy Brown in June.

Scroggin (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) is the Fighting Alliance Championship (FAC) welterweight champion. In seven pro fights, he has seven wins and five finishes.

MAIN CARD (ESPN+, 7 p.m. ET)

  • Neil Magny vs. Carlos Prates
  • Cody Garbrandt vs. Miles Johns
  • Denise Gomes vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
  • Bernardo Sopaj vs. Ricky Turcios
  • Reinier de Ridder vs. Gerald Meerschaert
  • Luana Pinheiro vs. Gillian Robertson

PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 4 p.m. ET)

  • Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Zach Scroggin
  • Mansur Abdul-Malik vs. Dusko Todorovic
  • Charlie Radtke vs. Matthew Semelsberger
  • Da’Mon Blackshear vs. Cody Stamann
  • Melissa Mullins vs. Klaudia Sygula
  • Gaston Bolanos vs. Cortavious Romious
  • Tresean Gore vs. Antonio Trocoli

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 247.