UFC 244 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $30 million

NEW YORK – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 244 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $210,500.

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 244 took place at Madison Square Garden in New York. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.

The full UFC 244 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Jorge Masvidal: $20,000
def. Nate Diaz: $20,000

Darren Till: $5,000
def. Kelvin Gastelum: $15,000

Stephen Thompson: $10,000
def. Vicente Luque: $10,000

Derrick Lewis: $15,000
def. Blagoy Ivanov: $4,000

Kevin Lee: $15,000
def. Gregor Gillespie: $5,000

Corey Anderson: $10,000
def. Johnny Walker: $4,000

Shane Burgos: $5,000
def. Makwan Amirkhani: $5,000

Edmen Shahbazyan: $4,000
def. Brad Tavares: $15,000

Jair Rozenstruik: $3,500
def. Andrei Arlovski: $20,000

Katlyn Chookagian: $5,000
def. Jennifer Maia: $4,000

Lyman Good: $4,000
def. Chance Rencountre: $4,000

Hakeem Dawodu: $4,000
def. Julio Arce: $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 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz” – $210,500
“UFC on ESPN+ 20: Maia vs. Askren” – $142,000
“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: $6,378,500
2018 total: $6,901,000
2017 total: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $30,012,500