UFC on ESPN 33 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $8 million

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 33 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $186,500.

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 33 took place at Nationwide Arena. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 33 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Curtis Blaydes: $11,000
Chris Daukaus: $6,000

Joanne Wood: $11,000
Alexa Grasso: $6,000

Matt Brown: $21,000
Bryan Barberena: $11,000

Askar Askarov: $4,500
Kai Kara-France: $6,000

Neil Magny: $21,000
Max Griffin: $11,000

Marc Diakiese: $11,000
def. Viacheslav Borshchev: $4,000

Sara McMann: $11,000
def. Karol Rosa: $4,500

Chris Gutierrez: $6,000
def. Danaa Batgerel: $4,500

Aliaskhab Khizriev: $4,000
def. Denis Tiuliulin: $4,000

Manon Fiorot: $4,500
def. Jennifer Maia: $6,000

Matheus Nicolau: $6,000
def. David Dvorak: $4,500

Luis Saldana: $4,000
def. Bruno Souza: $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 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 $33,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-33 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC on ESPN 33: Blaydes vs. Daukaus” – $186,500
• “UFC Fight Night 204: Volkov vs. Aspinall” – $154,500
• “UFC Fight Night 203: Santos vs. Ankalaev” – $198,000
• “UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal” – $236,000
• “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: $1,868,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $8,036,500