NEW YORK – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 281 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $332,500.
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 281 took place at Madison Square Garden. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and ESPN+.
The full UFC 281 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Alex Pereira: $32,000
def. Israel Adesanya: $42,000
Zhang Weili: $32,000
def. Carla Esparza: $42,000
Dustin Poirier: $21,000
def. Michael Chandler: $4,500
Chris Gutierrez: $6,000
def. Frankie Edgar: $21,000
Dan Hooker: $16,000
def. Claudio Puelles: $6,000
Renato Moicano: $11,000
def. Brad Riddell: $6,000
Ryan Spann: $6,000
def. Dominick Reyes: $6,000
Erin Blanchfield: $4,500
def. Molly McCann: $6,000
Andre Petroski: $4,500
def. Wellington Turman: $6,000
Matt Frevola: $6,000
def. Ottman Azaitar: $4,000
Karolina Kowalkiewicz: $11,000
def. Silvana Gomez Juarez: $4,500
Michael Trizano: $6,000
def. Seungwoo Choi: $6,000
Montel Jackson: $6,000
def. Julio Arce: $6,000
Carlos Ulberg: $4,500
def. Nicolae Negumereanu: $6,000
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 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- “UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira” – $332,500
- “UFC Fight Night 214: Rodriguez vs. Lemos” – $126,500
- “UFC Fight Night 213: Kattar vs. Allen” – $166,500
- “UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev” – $306,500
- “UFC Fight Night 212: Grasso vs. Araujo” – $151,500
- “UFC Fight Night 211: Dern vs. Yan” – $164,500
- “UFC Fight Night 210: Sandhagen vs. Song” – $202,000
- “UFC 279: Chimaev vs. Diaz” – $202,000
- “UFC Fight Night 209: Gane vs. Tuivasa” – $155,000
- “UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2” – $226,000
- “UFC on ESPN 41: Vera vs. Cruz” – $195,000
- “UFC on ESPN 40: Santos vs. Hill” – $140,000
- “UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2” – $313,500
- “UFC Fight Night 208: Blaydes vs. Aspinall” – $179,000
- “UFC on ABC 3: Ortega vs. Rodriguez” – $179,000
- “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: $7,554,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $13,732,000
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