UFC on ESPN+ 25 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Main event combine for $20k total

RIO RANCHO, N.M. – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 25 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $186,500.

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+ 25 took place Saturday at Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, N.M. The entire card streamed ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN+ 25 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Jan Blachowicz: $10,000
def. Corey Anderson: $10,000

Diego Sanchez: $20,000
def. Michel Pereira: $3,500

Montana De La Rosa: $4,000
def. Mara Romero Borella: $4,000

Brok Weaver: $3,500
def. Kazula Vargas: $3,500

Ray Borg: $10,000
def. Rogerio Bontorin: $3,500

Lando Vannata: $5,000
def. Yancy Medeiros: $10,000

Daniel Rodriguez: $3,500
def. Tim Means: $20,000

John Dodson: $15,000
def. Nathaniel Wood: $4,000

Scott Holtzman: $5,000
def. Jim Miller: $20,000

Devin Clark: $5,000
def. Dequan Townsend: $3,500

Merab Dvalishvili: $4,000
def. Casey Kenney: $3,500

Macy Chiasson: $4,000
def. Shanna Young: $3,500

Raulian Paiva: $3,500
def. Mark De La Rosa: $5,000

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 2020 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

“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: $577,000
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: $31,581,500