UFC 269 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Second highest payout in program history

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 269 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $323,500.

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 269 took place at the T-Mobile Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+.

The full UFC 269 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Charles Oliveira: $42,000
def. Dustin Poirier: $32,000

Julianna Pena: $32,000
def. Amanda Nunes: $42,000

Geoff Neal: $6,000
def. Santiago Ponzinibbio: $11,000

Kai Kara-France: $6,000
def. Cody Garbrandt: $11,000

Sean O’Malley: $6,000
def. Raulian Paiva: $6,000

Josh Emmett: $6,000
def. Dan Ige: $11,000

Dominick Cruz: $16,000
def. Pedro Munhoz: $16,000

Tai Tuivasa: $6,000
def. Augusto Sakai: $6,000

Bruno Silva: $4,000
def. Jordan Wright: $4,500

Andre Muniz: $4,500
def. Eryk Anders: $11,000

Erin Blanchfield: $4,000
def. Miranda Maverick: $4,500

Ryan Hall: $6,000
def. Darrick Minner: $4,500

Tony Kelley: $4,000
def. Randy Costa: $4,500

Gillian Robertson: $11,000
def. Priscila Cachoeira: $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 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier” – $
• “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: $5,929,000
Program-to-date total: $5,929,000