UFC on ESPN 20 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Neil Magny makes the most bank

ABU DHABI – Fighters from Wednesday’s UFC on ESPN 20 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $145,000.

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 20 took place at Etihad Arena on Yas Island. The entire card aired on ESPN.

The full UFC on ESPN 20 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Michael Chiesa: $10,000
def. Neil Magny: $20,000

Warlley Alves: $10,000
def. Mounir Lazzez: $3,500

Ike Villanueva: $3,500
def. Vinicius Moreira: $4,000

Viviane Araujo: $4,000
def. Roxanne Modafferi: $5,000

Matt Schnell: $5,000
def. Tyson Nam: $4,000

Lerone Murphy: $3,500
def. Douglas Silva de Andrade: $5,000

Omari Akhmedov: $10,000
def. Tom Breese: $5,000

Ricky Simon: $5,000
def. Gaetano Pirrello: $3,500

Su Mudaerji: $4,000
def. Zarrukh Adashev: $3,500

Dalcha Lungiambula: $3,500
def. Markus Perez: $5,000

Francisco Figueiredo: $3,500
de. Jerome Rivera: $3,500

Mike Davis: $3,500
def. Mason Jones: $3,500

Umar Nurmagomedov: $3,500
def. Sergey Morozov: $3,500

Manon Fiorot: $3,500
def. Victoria Leonardo: $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 2021 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC on ABC 1: Holloway vs. Kattar” – $140,500
• “UFC on ESPN 20: Chiesa vs. Magny” – $145,000

Year-to-date total: $285,500
2020 total: $6,543,500
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: $37,743,000