UFC 252 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Daniel Cormier takes home $30k for final fight

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 252 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $201,000.

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 252 took place at UFC Apex. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.

The full UFC 252 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Stipe Miocic: $40,000
def. Daniel Cormier: $30,000

Marlon Vera: $10,000
def. Sean O’Malley: $4,000

Jairzinho Rozenstruik: $5,000
def. Junior Dos Santos: $20,000

Daniel Pineda: $5,000
def. Herbert Burns: $3,500

Merab Dvalishvili: $5,000
def. John Dodson: $15,000

Vinc Pichel: $5,000
def. Jim Miller: $20,000

Virna Jandiroba: $3,500
def. Felice Herrig: $5,000

Danny Chavez: $3,500
def. TJ Brown: $3,500

Livinha Souza: $4,000
def.Ashley Yoder: $5,000

Chris Daukaus: $3,500
def. Parker Porter: $3,500

Kai Kamaka: $3,500
def. Tony Kelley: $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 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3” – $201,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 32: Lewis vs. Oleinik” – $162,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 31: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan” – $103,500
• “UFC on ESPN 14: Whittaker vs. Till” – $209,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 30: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2” – $165,000
• “UFC on ESPN 13: Kattar vs. Ige” – $97,000
• “UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal” – $305,500
• “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: $3,964,000
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: $34,968,500