UFC on ESPN+ 26 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Top earners net $10,000

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 26 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $130,000.

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+ 26 took place Saturday at Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand. The entire card streamed ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN+ 26 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Dan Hooker: $10,000
def. Paul Felder: $10,000

Jimmy Crute: $4,000
Michal Oleksiejczuk: $4,000

Yan Xiaonan: $4,000
def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz: $10,000

Marcos Rogerio de Lima: $10,000
def. Ben Sosoli: $3,500

Brad Riddell: $3,500
def. Magomed Mustafaev: $4,000

Zubaira Tukhugov: $5,000
def. Kevin Aguilar: $4,000

Jalin Turner: $4,000
def. Joshua Culibao: $3,500

Jake Matthews: $10,000
def. Emil Meek: $4,000

Song Kenan: $4,000
def. Callan Potter: $3,500

Kai Kara-France: $4,000
def. Tyson Nam: $3,500

Angela Hill: $10,000
def. Loma Lookboonmee: $3,500

Priscila Cachoeira: $4,000
def. Shana Dobson: $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 2020 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

“UFC on ESPN+ 26: Felder vs. Hooker” – $130,000
“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: $707,000
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: $31,711,500