UFC 260 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Reebok deal ends with $39.3 million payout

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 260 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $164,500.

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 260 took place at the UFC Apex. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

The full UFC 260 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Francis Ngannou: $30,000
def. Stipe Miocic: $40,000

Vicente Luque: $15,000
def. Tyron Woodley: $15,000

Sean O’Malley: $5,000
def. Thomas Almeida: $5,000

Miranda Maverick: $3,500
def. Gillian Robertson: $5,000

Jamie Mullarkey: $3,500
def. Khama Worthy: $4,000

Alonzo Menifield: $4,000
def. Fabio Cherant: $3,500

Abubakar Nurmagomedov: $3,500
def. Jared Gooden: $3,500

Michal Oleksiejczuk: $5,000
def. Modestas Bukauskas: $3,500

Omar Morales: $4,000
def. Shane Young: $4,000

Marc-Andre Barriault: $4,000
def. Abu Azaitar: $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 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou 2” – $164,500
• “UFC on ESPN 21: Brunson vs. Holland” – $116,000
• “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: $1,923,500
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: $39,346,500