UFC on ESPN 30 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Edson Barboza, Sam Alvey net biggest bags

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 30 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $171,000.

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 30 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card aired on ESPN following prelims on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 30 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Edson Barboza: $21,000
Giga Chikadze: $6,000

Bryan Battle: $4,000
Gilbert Urbina: $4,000

Ricky Turcios: $4,000
Brady Hiestand: $4,000

Kevin Lee: $16,000
Daniel Rodriguez: $6,000

Andre Petroski: $4,000
Michael Gillmore: $4,000

Makhmud Muradov: $4,500
Gerald Meerschaert: $11,000

Alessio Di Chirico: $6,000
Abdul Razak Alhassan: $6,000

Sam Alvey: $21,000
Wellington Turman: $4,500

Dustin Jacoby: $6,000
Darren Stewart: $11,000

JJ Aldrich: $6,000
Vanessa Demopoulos: $4,000

Jamall Emmers: $4,000
Pat Sabatini: $4,000

Mana Martinez: $4,000
Guido Cannetti: $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 30: Barboza vs. Chikadze” – $171,000
• “UFC on ESPN 29: Cannonier vs. Gastelum” – $154,500
• “UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane” – $278,000
• “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: $3,310,500
Program-to-date total: $3,310,500