UFC on ESPN+ 24 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Three veterans take home $20k

RALEIGH, N.C. – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 24 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $169,000.

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+ 24 took place Saturday at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. The entire card streamed ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN+ 24 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Curtis Blaydes: $10,000
def. Junior Dos Santos: $20,000

Michael Chiesa: $10,000
def. Rafael dos Anjos: $20,000

Alex Perez: $5,000
def. Jordan Espinosa: $3,500

Angela Hill: $10,000
def. Hannah Cifers: $4,000

Jamahal Hill: $3,500
def. Darko Stosic: $4,000

Bevon Lewis: $3,500
def. Dequan Townsend: $3,500

Arnold Allen: $5,000
def. Nik Lentz: $20,000

Justine Kish: $4,000
def. Lucie Pudilova: $5,000

Montel Jackson: $4,000
def. Felipe Colares: $3,500

Sara McMann: $10,000
def. Lina Lansberg: $5,000

Brett Johns: $5,000
def. Tony Gravely: $3,500

Herbert Burns: $3,500
def. Nate Landwehr: $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+ 24: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos” – $169,000
“UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy” – $165,000

Year-to-date total: $334,000
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: $31,338,500