UFC on ESPN 31 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Second highest non-PPV total ever

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 31 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $192,500.

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

The full UFC on ESPN 31 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Jose Aldo: $21,000
def. Rob Font: $11,000

Rafael Fiziev: $6,000
def. Brad Riddell: $4,500

Jamahal Hill: $4,500
def. Jimmy Crute: $6,000

Clay Guida: $21,000
def. Leonardo Santos: $6,000

Chris Curtis: $4,000
def. Brendan Allen: $6,000

Alex Morono: $11,000
def. Mickey Gall: $6,000

Dusko Todorovic: $4,500
def. Maki Pitolo: $6,000

Manel Kape: $4,500
def. Zhalgas Zhumagulov: $4,500

Bryan Barberena: $11,000
def. Darian Weeks: $4,000

Cheyanne Vlismas: $4,000
def. Mallory Martin: $4,000

William Knight: $4,500
def. Alonzo Menifield: $6,000

Claudio Puelles: $4,500
def. Chris Gruetzemacher: $6,000

Vince Morales: $6,000
def. Louis Smolka: $16,000

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 20-31 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2021 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC on ESPN 31: Font vs. Aldo” – $192,500
• “UFC Fight Night 198: Vieira vs. Tate” – $140,000
• “UFC Fight Night 197: Holloway vs. Rodriguez” – $160,500
• “UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2” – $325,500
• “UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira” – $298,000
• “UFC Fight Night 196: Costa vs. Vettori” – $157,500
• “UFC Fight Night 195: Ladd vs. Dumont” – $132,000
• “UFC Fight Night 194: Dern vs. Rodriguez” – $111,500
• “UFC Fight Night 193: Santos vs. Walker” – $176,500
• “UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega” – $319,000
• “UFC Fight Night 192: Smith vs. Spann” – $162,000
• “UFC Fight Night 191: Brunson vs. Till” – $120,000
• “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: $5,605,500
Program-to-date total: $5,605,500