ABU DHABI – Fighters from Wednesday’s UFC on ESPN 13 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $97,000.
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 on ESPN 13 took place at Flash Forum. The card aired streamed on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN.
The full UFC on ESPN 13 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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[autotag]Calvin Kattar[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]Dan Ige[/autotag]: $5,000
[autotag]Tim Elliott[/autotag]: $10,000
def. [autotag]Ryan Benoit[/autotag]: $5,000
[autotag]Jimmie Rivera[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]Cody Stamann[/autotag]: $5,000
[autotag]Taila Santos[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Molly McCann[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Mounir Lazzez[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Abdul Razak Alhassan[/autotag]: $5,000
[autotag]Khamzat Chimaev[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]John Phillips[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Lerone Murphy[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Ricardo Ramos[/autotag]: $5,000
[autotag]Modestas Bukauskas[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Andreas Michailidis[/autotag]: $3,500
[autotag]Jared Gordon[/autotag]: $5,000
def. [autotag]Chris Fishgold[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]Liana Jojua[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Diana Belbita[/autotag]: $3,500
[autotag]Jack Shore[/autotag]: $3,500
def. [autotag]Aaron Phillips[/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 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: $3,123,000
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: $34,127,500
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