UFC on ESPN 23 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Cub Swanson nets highest total

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 23 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $146,500.

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 on ESPN 23 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 23 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Jiri Prochazka: $4,000
def. Dominick Reyes: $6,000

Giga Chikadze: $6,000
def. Cub Swanson: $21,000

Ion Cutelaba: $6,000
vs. Dustin Jacoby: $4,500

Sean Strickland: $11,000
def. Krzysztof Jotko: $11,000

Merab Dvalishvili: $6,000
def. Cody Stamann: $6,000

Luana Carolina: $4,000
def. Poliana Botelho: $6,000

Luana Pinheiro: $4,000
def. Randa Markos: $16,000

TJ Brown: $4,000
def. Kai Kamaka: $4,000

Loma Lookboonmee: $4,500
def. Sam Hughes: $4,000

Andreas Michailidis: $4,000
def. KB Bhullar: $4,000

Felipe Colares: $4,500
def. Luke Sanders: $6,000

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum’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 $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000.

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 ESPN 23: Reyes vs. Prochazka” – $146,500
• “UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2” – $362,000
• “UFC on ESPN 22: Whittaker vs. Gastelum” – $142,500
• “UFC on ABC 2: Vettori vs. Holland” – $182,500

Year-to-date total: $833,500
Program-to-date total: $833,500