UFC Fight Night 202 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2022 total passes $1 million

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 202 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $138,000.

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 Fight Night 202 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 202 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Islam Makhachev: $11,000
def. Bobby Green: $20,000

Wellington Turman: $6,000
def. Misha Cirkunov: $11,000

Priscila Cachoeira: $6,000
def. Ji Yeon Kim: $6,000

Arman Tsarukyan: $6,000
def. Joel Alvarez: $6,000

Armen Petrosyan: $4,000
def. Gregory Rodrigues: $4,000

Ignacio Bahamondes: $4,000
def. Rong Zhu: $4,000

Josiane Nunes: $4,000
def. Ramona Pascual: $4,000

Terrance McKinney: $4,000
def. Fares Ziam: $4,500

Jonathan Martinez: $6,000
def. Alejandro Perez: $11,000

Ramiz Brahimaj: $4,500
def. Micheal Gillmore: $4,000

Carlos Hernandez: $4,000
def. Victor Altamirano: $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 2027 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2021 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 Fight Night 202: Makhachev vs. Green” – $138,000
• “UFC Fight Night 201: Walker vs. Hill” – $140,000
• “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: $1,094,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $7,261,500