ABU DHABI – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 254 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $215,000.
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 254 took place at Flash Forum at Yas Island. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.
The full UFC 254 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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[autotag]Khabib Nurmagomedov[/autotag]: $40,000
def. [autotag]Justin Gaethje[/autotag]: $40,000
[autotag]Robert Whittaker[/autotag]: $15,000
def. [autotag]Jared Cannonier[/autotag]: $10,000
[autotag]Alexander Volkov[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]Walt Harris[/autotag]: $10,000
[autotag]Phil Hawes[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Jacob Malkoun[/autotag]: $3,500
[autotag]Lauren Murphy[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]Liliya Shakirova[/autotag]: $3,500
[autotag]Magomed Ankalaev[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]Ion Cutelaba[/autotag]: $5,000
[autotag]Tai Tuivasa[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]Stefan Struve[/autotag]: $20,000
[autotag]Casey Kenney[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]Nathaniel Wood[/autotag]: $5,000
[autotag]Shavkat Rakhmonov[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Alex Oliveira[/autotag]: $15,000
[autotag]Da Un Jung[/autotag]: $3,500
vs. [autotag]Sam Alvey[/autotag]: $15,000
[autotag]Miranda Maverick[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Liana Jojua[/autotag]: $3,500
[autotag]Joel Alvarez[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Alexander Yakovlev[/autotag]: $5,000
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 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: $5,405,500
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: $36,410,000