SALT LAKE CITY – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 291 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $271,500.
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 291 took place at Delta Center. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ABC, ESPN and ESPN+.
The full UFC 291 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Justin Gaethje: $32,000
def. Dustin Poirier: $32,000
Alex Pereira: $6,000
def. Jan Blachowicz: $16,000
Derrick Lewis: $21,000
def. Marcos Rogerio de Lima: $16,000
Bobby Green: $21,000
def. Tony Ferguson: $21,000
Kevin Holland: $16,000
def. Michael Chiesa: $16,000
Gabriel Bonfim: $4,000
def. Trevin Giles: $11,000
CJ Vergara: $4,500
def. Vinicius Salvador: $4,000
Roman Kopylov: $4,500
def. Claudio Ribeiro: $4,000
Jake Matthews: $16,000
def. Darrius Flowers: $4,000
Uros Medic: $4,500
def. Matthew Semelsberger: $6,000
Miranda Maverick: $6,000
def. Priscila Cachoeira: $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 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- “UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2” – $271,500
- “UFC Fight Night 224: Aspinall vs. Tybura” – $225,000
- “UFC on ESPN 49: Holm vs. Bueno Silva” – $126,500
- “UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez” – $319,500
- “UFC on ESPN 47: Strickland vs. Magomedov” – $144,500
- “UFC on ABC 5: Emmett vs. Topuria” – $174,000
- “UFC on ESPN 46: Vettori vs. Cannonier” – $140,000
- “UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana” – $236,500
- “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: $5,051,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $19,640,500
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 291.
