UFC on ESPN 45 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $18 million

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 45 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $199,500.

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 45 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The main card aired on ESPN following prelims streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 45 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Amir Albazi: $4,500
def. Kai Kara-France: $11,000

Alex Caceres: $21,000
def. Daniel Pineda: $11,000

Jim Miller: $21,000
def. Jesse Butler: $4,000

Tim Elliott: $16,000
def. Victor Altamirano: $4,500

Karine Silva: $4,000
def. Ketlen Souza: $4,000

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos: $11,000
def. Abubakar Nurmagomedov: $4,500

Daniel Santos: $4,000
Johnny Munoz: $4,500

Don’Tale Mayes: $6,000
def. Andrei Arlovski: $21,000

John Castaneda: $4,500
def. Muin Gafurov: $4,000

Muhammad Naimov: $4,000
def. Jamie Mullarkey: $6,000

Elise Reed: $6,000
def. Jinh Yu Frey: $6,000

Da’Mon Blackshear: $4,000
def. Luan Lacerda: $4,000

Philipe Lins: $4,500
def. Maxim Grishin: $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 $45,000 while title challengers get $45,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-45 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC on ESPN 45: Kara-France vs. Albazi” – $199,500
• “UFC Fight Night 224: Dern vs. Hill” – $179,500
• “UFC on ABC 4: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida” – $267,500
• “UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo” – $267,500
• “UFC Fight Night 223: Song vs. Simon” – $144,500
• “UFC Fight Night 222: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes” – $181,500
• “UFC on ESPN 44: Holloway vs. Allen” – $254,500
• “UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2” – $274,500
• “UFC on ESPN 43: Vera vs. Sandhagen” – $137,000
• “UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3” – $266,500
• “UFC Fight Night 221: Yan vs. Dvalishvili” – $194,000
• “UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane” – $282,500
• “UFC Fight Night 220: Muniz vs. Allen” – $126,000
• “UFC Fight Night 219: Andrade vs. Blanchfield” – $158,000
• “UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski” – $263,000
• “UFC Fight Night 218: Lewis vs. Spivac” – $136,000
• “UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill” – $359,500
• “UFC Fight Night 217: Strickland vs. Imavov” – $137,000

Year-to-date total: $3,414,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $18,003,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 45.