UFC on ESPN+ 32 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Tim Means leads $162,000 payout

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UFC on ESPN+ 32 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Tim Means leads $162,000 payout

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 32 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $162,000.

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+ 32 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The entire card streamed ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN+ 32 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Derrick Lewis: $15,000
def. Aleksei Oleinik: $10,000

Chris Weidman: $15,000
def. Omari Akhmedov: $10,000

Darren Stewart: $5,000
def. Maki Pitolo: $3,500

Yana Kunitskaya: $4,000
def. Julija Stoliarenko: $3,500

Beneil Dariush: $15,000
def. Scott Holtzman: $10,000

Tim Means: $20,000
def. Laureano Staropoli: $4,000

Kevin Holland: $5,000
def. Joaquin Buckley: $3,500

Nasrat Haqparast: $5,000
def. Alex Munoz: $3,500

Andrew Sanchez: $5,000
def. Wellington Turman: $3,500

Gavin Tucker: $4,000
def. Justin Jaynes: $3,500

Youssef Zalal: $3,500
def. Peter Barrett: $3,500

Irwin Rivera: $3,500
def. Ali Alqaisi: $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:

Year-to-date total: $3,763,000
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: $34,767,500

UFC on ESPN+ 32 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Tim Means leads $162,000 payout