UFC on ESPN 6 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Main event nets just $15,000

BOSTON – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 6 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $153,500.

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 on ESPN 6 took place at TD Garden in Boston. The entire card aired on ESPN2.

The full UFC on ESPN 6 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Dominick Reyes: $5,000
def. Chris Weidman: $10,000

Yair Rodriguez: $5,000
def. Jeremy Stephens: $20,000

Greg Hardy: $4,000
def. Ben Sosoli: $3,500

Joe Lauzon: $20,000
def. Jonathan Pearce: $3,500

Maycee Barber: $3,500
def. Gillian Robertson: $5,000

Darren Stewart: $5,000
def. Deron Winn: $3,500

Charles Rosa: $5,000
def. Manny Bermudez: $4,000

Molly McCann: $4,000
def. Diana Belbita: $3,500

Sean Woodson: $3,500
def. Kyle Bochniak: $5,000

Randy Costa: $3,500
def. Boston Salmon: $3,500

Sean Brady: $3,500
def. Court McGee: $15,000

Brendan Allen: $3,500
def. Kevin Holland: $4,000

Tanner Boser: $3,500
def. Daniel Spitz: $4,000

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 2019 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC on ESPN 6: Reyes vs. Weidman” – $153,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 19: Joanna vs. Waterson” – $174,000
• “UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya” – $174,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 18: Hermansson vs. Cannonier” – $149,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 17: Rodriguez vs. Stephens” – $128,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 16: Cowboy vs. Gaethje” – $151,000
• “UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier” – $221,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 15: Andrade vs. Zhang” – $149,000
• “UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2” – $219,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 14: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2” – $191,500
• “UFC on ESPN 5: Covington vs. Lawler” – $154,000
• “UFC 240: Holloway vs. Edgar” – $173,500
• “UFC on ESPN 4: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards” – $209,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 13: De Randamie vs. Ladd” – $131,000
• “UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos” – $283,500
• “UFC on ESPN 3: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos” – $162,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 12 Moicano vs. The Korean Zombie” – $95,500
• “UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes” – $304,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 11: Gustafsson vs. Smith” – $122,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 10: Dos Anjos vs. Lee” – $194,000
• “UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade” – $250,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 9: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy” – $156,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 8: Jacare vs. Hermansson” – $199,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 7: Overeem vs. Oleinik” – $111,500
• “UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2” – $253,500
• “UFC on ESPN 2: Barboza vs. Gaethje” – $159,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 6: Thompson vs. Pettis” – $152,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 5: Till vs. Masvidal” – $121,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 4: Lewis vs. Dos Santos” – $193,000
• “UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith” – $275,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 3: Blachowicz vs. Santos” – $164,500
• “UFC on ESPN 1: Ngannou vs. Velasquez” – $176,000
• “UFC 234: Whittaker vs. Gastelum” – $128,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 2: Assuncao vs. Moraes 2” – $176,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 1: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw” – $239,500

Year-to-date total: $6,168,000
2018 total: $6,901,000
2017 total: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $29,802,000