UFC on ESPN 28 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Uriah Hall gets top payout

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 28 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $113,500.

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

The full UFC on ESPN 28 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Sean Strickland: $11,000
def. Uriah Hall: $16,000

Cheyanne Buys: $4,000
def. Gloria de Paula: $4,000

Jared Gooden: $4,000
def. Niklas Stolze: $4,000

Melsik Baghdasaryan: $4,000
def. Collin Anglin: $4,000

Jason Witt: $4,500
def. Bryan Barberena: $11,000

Chris Gruetzemacher: $6,000
def. Rafa Garcia: $4,000

Danny Chavez: $4,000
vs. Kai Kamaka: $4,500

Jinh Yu Frey: $4,500
def. Ashley Yoder: $6,000

Zarrukh Adashev: $4,000
def. Ryan Benoit: $6,000

Phil Rowe: $4,000
def. Orion Cosce: $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 28: Hall vs. Strickland” – $113,500
• “UFC on ESPN 27: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw” – $135,000
• “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: $2,707,000
Program-to-date total: $2,707,000