UFC on ESPN 26 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Jeremy Stephens nets biggest check

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 26 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $126,000.

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

The full UFC on ESPN 26 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Islam Makhachev: $6,000
def. Thiago Moises: $6,000

Miesha Tate: $11,000
def. Marion Reneau: $11,000

Mateusz Gamrot: $4,000
def. Jeremy Stephens: $21,000

Rodolfo Vieira: $4,500
def. Dustin Stoltzfus: $4,000

Billy Quarantillo: $4,500
def. Gabriel Benitez: $11,000

Daniel Rodriguez: $6,000
def. Preston Parsons: $4,000

Amanda Lemos: $4,500
def. Montserrat Conejo: $4,000

Sergey Morozov: $4,000
Khalid Taha: $4,500

Malcolm Gordon: $4,000
def. Francisco Figueiredo: $4,000

Rodrigo Nascimento: $4,000
def. Alan Baudot: $4,000

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 26: Makhachev vs. Moises” – $126,000
• “UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3” – $218,000
• “UFC Fight Night 190: Gane vs. Volkov” – $196,500
• “UFC on ESPN 25: Korean Zombie vs. Ige” – $160,000
• “UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2” – $362,500
• “UFC Fight Night 189: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai” – $174,000
• “UFC Fight Night 188: Font vs. Garbrandt” – $158,000
• “UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler” – $236,500
• “UFC on ESPN 24: Rodriguez vs. Waterson” – $143,000
• “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: $2,458,500
Program-to-date total: $2,458,500