UFC Fight Night 237 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Headliners get combined $17,000

MEXICO CITY – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 237 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $135,500.

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 Fight Night 237 took place at Mexico City Arena. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 237 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Brandon Royval: $6,000
def. Brandon Moreno: $11,000

Brian Ortega: $11,000
def. Yair Rodriguez: $11,000

Daniel Zellhuber: $4,500
def. Fransisco Prado: $4,000

Yazmin Jauregui: $4,500
def. Sam Hughes: $6,000

Manuel Torres: $4,000
def. Chris Duncan: $4,000

Raoni Barcelos: $11,000
def. Cristian Quinonez: $4,000

Jesus Aguilar: $4,000
def. Mateus Mendonca: $4,000

Edgar Chairez: $4,000
def. Daniel Lacerda: $6,000

Fares Ziam: $6,000
def. Claudio Puelles: $6,000

Ronaldo Rodriguez: $4,000
def. Denys Bondar: $4,000

Felipe Dos Santos: $4,000
def. Victor Altamirano: $4,500

Muhammad Naimov: $4,000
def. Erik Silva: $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 2371 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 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC Fight Night 237: Moreno vs. Royval 2” – $135,500
• “UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria” – $243,000
• “UFC Fight Night 236: Hermansson vs. Pyfer” – $236,500
• “UFC Fight Night 235: Dolidze vs. Imavov” – $170,500
• “UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis” – $285,500
• “UFC Fight Night 234: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2” – $159,500

Year-to-date total: $1,228,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $23,935,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 237.