UFC 251 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $34 million

ABU DHABI – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 251 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $305,500.

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 251 took place at Flash Forum in Yas Island. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.

The full UFC 251 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Kamaru Usman: $40,000
def. Jorge Masvidal: $30,000

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

Petr Yan: $30,000
def. Jose Aldo: $30,000

Rose Namajunas: $5,000
def. Jessica Andrade: $15,000

Amanda Ribas: $4,000
def. Paige VanZant: $5,000

Jiri Prochazka: $3,500
def. Volkan Oezdemir: $5,000

Muslim Salikhov: $4,000
def. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos: $10,000

Makwan Amirkhani: $5,000
def. Danny Henry: $4,000

Leonardo Santos: $5,000
def. Roman Bogatov: $3,500

Marcin Tybura: $10,000
def. Maxim Grishin: $3,500

Raulian Paiva: $4,000
def. Zhalgas Zhamagulov: $3,500

Karol Rosa: $3,500
def. Vanessa Melo: $3,500

Davey Grant: $5,000
def. Martin Day: $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 251: Usman vs. Masvidal” – $305,500
• “UFC on ESPN 12: Poirier vs. Hooker” – $117,500
• “UFC on ESPN 11: Blaydes vs. Volkov” – $178,500
• “UFC on ESPN 10: Eye vs. Calvillo” – $95,000
• “UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer” – $266,000
• “UFC on ESPN 9: Woodley vs. Burns” – $114,500
• “UFC on ESPN 8: Overeem vs. Harris” – $184,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 29: Smith vs. Teixeira” – $166,000
• “UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje” – $305,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 28: Lee vs. Oliveira” – $209,500
• “UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero” – $257,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 27: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo” – $119,500
• “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: $3,026,000
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: $34,030,500