LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 29 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $154,500.
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 29 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card aired on ESPN following prelims on ESPN2.
The full UFC on ESPN 29 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Jared Cannonier: $11,000
def. Kelvin Gastelum: $16,000
Mark Madsen: $4,000
def. Clay Guida: $21,000
Parker Porter: $4,000
def. Chase Sherman: $6,000
Saidyokub Kakhramonov: $4,000
def. Trevin Jones: $4,000
Vinc Pichel: $6,000
def. Austin Hubbard: $6,000
Alexandre Pantoja: $11,000
def. Brandon Royval: $4,500
Austin Lingo: $4,000
def. Luis Saldana: $4,000
Brian Kelleher: $11,000
def. Domingo Pilarte: $4,000
Josiane Nunes: $4,000
def. Bea Malecki: $4,000
William Knight: $4,000
def. Fabio Cherant: $4,000
Ignacio Bahamondes: $4,000
def. Roosevelt Roberts: $6,000
Ramiz Brahimaj: $4,000
def. Sasha Palatnikov: $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 $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 2021 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- “UFC on ESPN 29: Cannonier vs. Gastelum” – $154,500
- “UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane” – $278,000
- “UFC on ESPN 28: Hall vs. Strickland” – $113,500
- “UFC on ESPN 27: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw” – $135,000
- “UFC on ESPN 26: Makhachev vs. Moises” – $126,000
- “UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3” – $218,000
- “UFC Fight Night 190: Gane vs. Volkov” – $196,500
- “UFC on ESPN 25: Korean Zombie vs. Ige” – $160,000
- “UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2” – $362,500
- “UFC Fight Night 189: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai” – $174,000
- “UFC Fight Night 188: Font vs. Garbrandt” – $158,000
- “UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler” – $236,500
- “UFC on ESPN 24: Rodriguez vs. Waterson” – $143,000
- “UFC on ESPN 23: Reyes vs. Prochazka” – $146,500
- “UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2” – $362,000
- “UFC on ESPN 22: Whittaker vs. Gastelum” – $142,500
- “UFC on ABC 2: Vettori vs. Holland” – $182,500
Year-to-date total: $3,139,500
Program-to-date total: $3,139,500