UFC on ESPN 19 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Ovince Saint Preux nets most money

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 19 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $120,000.

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 19 took place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card aired on ESPN2 and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 19 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Marvin Vettori: $5,000
def. Jack Hermansson: $10,000

Jamahal Hill: $3,500
def. Ovince Saint Preux: $20,000

Gabriel Benitez: $5,000
def. Justin Jaynes: $3,500

Roman Dolidze: $3,500
def. John Allan: $3,500

Louis Smolka: $10,000
def. Jose Quinonez: $5,000

Jordan Leavitt: $3,500
def. Matt Wiman: $15,000

Ilia Topuria: $3,500
def. Damon Jackson: $4,000

Jake Collier: $5,000
def. Gian Villante: $20,000

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 on ESPN 19: Hermansson vs. Vettori” – $120,000
• “UFC on ESPN 18: Blaydes vs. Lewis” – $93,500
• “UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez” – $275,000
• “UFC Fight Night 182: Felder vs. dos Anjos” – $114,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 40: Santos vs. Teixeira” – $146,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 39: Hall vs. Silva” – $145,000
• “UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje” – $215,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 38: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie” – $120,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 37: Moraes vs. Sandhagen” – $129,000
• “UFC on ESPN 16: Holm vs. Aldana” – $118,000
• “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: $6,153,000
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: $37,207,500