UFC on ESPN 39 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2022 total passes $4.5 million

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 39 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $157,500.

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 39 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 39 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Rafael Fiziev: $6,000
def. Rafael dos Anjos: $21,000

Caio Borralho: $4,000
def. Armen Petrosyan: $4,000

Said Nurmagomedov: $6,000
def. Douglas Silva de Andrade: $11,000

Chase Sherman: $11,000
def. Jared Vanderaa: $6,000

Aiemann Zahabi: $4,500
def. Ricky Turcios: $4,000

Jamie Mullarkey: $6,000
def. Michael Johnson: $21,000

Cody Brundage: $4,000
def. Tresean Gore: $4,000

Antonina Shevchenko: $6,000
def. Cortney Casey: $11,000

David Onama: $4,000
def. Garrett Armfield: $4,000

Kennedy Nzechukwu: $6,000
def. Karl Roberson: $6,000

Saidyokub Kakhramonov: $4,000
def. Ronnie Lawrence: $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 $39,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-39 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC on ESPN 39: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev” – $157,500
• “UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier” – $362,500
• “UFC on ESPN 38: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot” – $140,500
• “UFC on ESPN 37: Kattar vs. Emmett” – $189,000
• “UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka” – $258,000
• “UFC Fight Night 207: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik” – $149,000
• “UFC Fight Night 206: Holm vs. Vieira” – $127,000
• “UFC on ESPN 36: Blachowicz vs. Rakic” – $173,000
• “UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje” – $320,000
• “UFC on ESPN 35: 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: $4,554,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $10,722,000