HOUSTON – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 271 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $282,500.
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 271 took place at the Toyota Center. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
The full UFC 271 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Israel Adesanya: $42,000
def. Robert Whittaker: $32,000
Tai Tuivasa: $11,000
def. Derrick Lewis: $21,000
Jared Cannonier: $11,000
def. Derek Brunson: $21,000
Renato Moicano: $11,000
def. Alexander Hernandez: $6,000
Bobby Green: $21,000
def. Nasrat Haqparast: $6,000
Andrei Arlovski: $21,000
def. Jared Vanderaa: $4,500
Casey O’Neill: $4,500
def. Roxanne Modafferi: $11,000
Kyler Phillips: $4,500
def. Marcelo Rojo: $4,000
Carlos Ulberg: $4,000
def. Fabio Cherant: $4,000
Ronnie Lawrence: $4,000
def. Mana Martinez: $4,000
Jacob Malkoun: $4,000
def. AJ Dobson: $4,000
Douglas Silva de Andrade: $6,000
def. Sergey Morozov: $4,000
Jeremiah Wells: $4,000
def. Blood Diamond: $4,000
Maxim Grishin: $4,500
def. William Knight: $4,500
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 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- “UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2” – $282,500
- “UFC Fight Night 200: Hermansson vs. Strickland” – $160,500
- “UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane” – $241,000
- “UFC on ESPN 32: Kattar vs. Chikadze” – $132,000
Year-to-date total: $816,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $6,983,500
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