UFC 245 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Second highest event payout in program history

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 245 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $369,500.

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 245 took place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.

The full UFC 245 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Kamaru Usman: $40,000
def. Colby Covington: $30,000

Alexander Volkanovski: $30,000
def. Max Holloway: $40,000

Amanda Nunes: $40,000
def. Germaine de Randamie: $30,000

Marlon Moraes: $5,000
def. Jose Aldo: $20,000

Petr Yan: $5,000
def. Urijah Faber: $20,000

Geoff Neal: $4,000
def. Mike Perry: $10,000

Irene Aldana: $5,000
def. Ketlen Vieira: $4,000

Omari Akhmedov: $10,000
def. Ian Heinisch: $4,000

Matt Brown: $20,000
def. Ben Saunders: $15,000

Chase Hooper: $3,500
def. Daniel Teymur: $4,000

Brandon Moreno: $5,000
def. Kai Kara-France: $4,000

Jessica Eye: $10,000
def. Viviane Araujo: $3,500

Punahele Soriano: $3,500
def. Oskar Piechota: $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 245: Usman vs. Covington” – $177,000
• “UFC on ESPN 7: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik” – $369,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 22: Blachowicz vs. Jacare” – $192,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 21: Zabit vs. Kattar” – $132,500
• “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: $7,249,500
2018 total: $6,901,000
2017 total: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $30,883,500