UFC Fight Night 187 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $39 million

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 187 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $166,000.

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 Fight Night 187 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 187 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Leon Edwards: $10,000
Belal Muhammad: $10,000

Misha Cirkunov: $5,000
Ryan Spann: $5,000

Dan Ige: $5,000
Gavin Tucker: $5,000

Jonathan Martinez: $5,000
Davey Grant: $5,000

Manel Kape: $3,500
Matheus Nicolau: $4,000

Eryk Anders: $10,000
Darren Stewart: $10,000

Angela Hill: $15,000
Ashley Yoder: $5,000

Charles Jourdain: $4,000
Marcelo Rojo: $3,500

Rani Yahya: $20,000
Ray Rodriguez: $3,500

Nasrat Haqparast: $5,000
Rafa Garcia: $3,500

Cortney Casey: $10,000
J.J. Aldrich: $5,000

Gloria de Paula: $3,500
Jinh Yu Frey: $3,500

Matthew Semelsberger: $3,500
Jason Witt: $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 Fight Night 187: Edwards vs. Muhammad” – $166,000
• “UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya” – $385,000
• “UFC Fight Night 186: Rozenstruik vs. Gane” – $115,000
• “UFC Fight Night 185: Blaydes vs. Lewis” – $170,000
• “UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns” – $169,500
• “UFC Fight Night 184: Overeem vs. Volkov” – $178,000
• “UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2” – $174,000
• “UFC on ABC 1: Holloway vs. Kattar” – $140,500
• “UFC on ESPN 20: Chiesa vs. Magny” – $145,000

Year-to-date total: $1,643,000
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: $39,066,000