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UFC 306 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: O’Malley, Grasso net $42,000 for entering as champs

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 306 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $239,500.

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 306 took place at Sphere. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and ESPN+.

The full UFC 306 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

Merab Dvalishvili: $32,000
def. Sean O'Malley: $42,000

Valentina Shevchenko: $32,000
def. Alexa Grasso: $42,000

Diego Lopes: $6,000
def. Brian Ortega: $11,000

Esteban Ribovics: $4,500
def. Daniel Zellhuber: $4,500

Ronaldo Rodriguez: $4,000
def. Ode Osbourne: $6,000

Norma Dumont: $6,000
def. Irene Aldana: $11,000

Ignacio Bahamondes: $6,000
def. Manuel Torres: $4,500

Ketlen Souza: $4,000
def. Yazmin Jauregui: $4,500

Joshua Van: $4,500
def. Edgar Chairez: $4,500

Raul Rosas Jr.: $4,500
def. Aori Qileng: $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 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $5,721,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $28,458,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 306.

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