UFC 255 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total nears $37 million.

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UFC 255 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total nears $37 million.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 255 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $275,000.

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 255 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 255 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Deiveson Figueiredo: $40,000
def. Alex Perez: $30,000

Valentina Shevchenko: $40,000
def. Jennifer Maia: $30,000

Tim Means: $20,000
def. Mike Perry: $10,000

Katlyn Chookagian: $10,000
def. Cynthia Calvillo: $5,000

Paul Craig: $10,000
def. Mauricio Rua: $20,000

Brandon Moreno: $5,000
def. Brandon Royval: $3,500

Joaquin Buckley: $3,500
def. Jordan Wright: $3,500

Antonina Shevchenko: $4,000
def. Ariane Lipski: $4,000

Nicolas Dalby: $5,000
def. Daniel Rodriguez: $4,000

Alan Jouban: $10,000
def. Jared Gooden: $3,500

Kyle Daukaus: $3,500
def. Dustin Stoltzfus: $3,500

Sasha Palatnikov: $3,500
def. Louis Cosce: $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: $5,939,500
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: $36,994,000

UFC 255 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total nears $37 million.