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UFC on ESPN 29 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2021 total passes $3 million

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:

Year-to-date total: $3,139,500
Program-to-date total: $3,139,500

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