UFC 253 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Israel Adesanya gets most with $40k

ABU DHABI – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 253 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $225,000.

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 253 took place at Flash Forum at Yas Island. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.

The full UFC 253 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Israel Adesanya: $40,000
def. Paulo Costa: $30,000

Jan Blachowicz: $30,000
def. Dominick Reyes: $30,000

Brandon Royval: $3,500
def. Kai Kara-France: $5,000

Ketlen Vieira: $5,000
def. Sijara Eubanks: $5,000

Hakeem Dawodu: $5,000
def. Zubaira Tukhugov: $5,000

Brad Riddell: $3,500
def. Alex Da Silva: $3,500

Jake Matthews: $10,000
def. Diego Sanchez: $20,000

Ludovit Klein: $3,500
def. Shane Young: $4,000

William Knight: $3,500
def. Aleksa Camur: $3,500

Juan Espino: $3,500
def. Jeff Hughes: $4,000

Danilo Marques: $3,500
def. Khadis Ibragimov: $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 253: Adesanya vs. Costa” – $225,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 36: Covington vs. Woodley” – $169,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 35: Waterson vs. Hill” – $137,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 34: Overeem vs. Sakai” – $82,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 33: Smith vs. Rakic” – $158,000
• “UFC on ESPN 15: Munhoz vs. Edgar” – $88,000
• “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: $4,823,500
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: $35,828,000