UFC on ESPN 35 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Highest non-PPV total in program history

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 35 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $197,500.

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 35 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card aired on ESPN following prelims on ESPN2.

The full UFC on ESPN 35 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Marlon Vera: $16,000
def. Rob Font: $11,000

Andrei Arlovski: $21,000
def. Jake Collier: $11,000

Joanderson Brito: $4,000
def. Andre Fili: $16,000

Grant Dawson: $6,000
def. Jared Gordon: $6,000

Darren Elkins: $21,000
def. Tristan Connelly: $4,000

Krzysztof Jotko: $16,000
def. Gerald Meerschaert: $16,000

Alexandr Romanov: $4,500
def. Chase Sherman: $11,000

Francisco Figueiredo: $4,000
def. Daniel Da Silva: $4,000

Gabe Green: $4,000
def. Yohan Lainesse: $4,000

Natan Levy: $4,000
def. Mike Breeden: $4,000

Shanna Young: $4,000
def. Gina Mazany: $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 $35,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-35 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC on ESPN 34: Font vs. Vera” – $197,500
• “UFC Fight Night 205: Lemos vs. Andrade” – $149,500
• “UFC on ESPN 34: Luque vs. Muhammad 2” – $159,000
• “UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie” – $293,500
• “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: $2,668,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $8,835,500