LONDON – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 224 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $225,000.
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 Fight Night 224 took place at the The 02. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 224 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Tom Aspinall: $6,000
def. Marcin Tybura: $16,000
Julija Stoliarenko: $6,000
def. Molly McCann: $11,000
Nathaniel Wood: $6,000
def. Andre Fili: $16,000
Paul Craig: $16,000
def. Andre Muniz: $6,000
Fares Ziam: $6,000
def. Jai Herbert: $6,000
Lerone Murphy: $6,000
def. Josh Culibao: $6,000
Daniel Marcos: $4,000
def. Davey Grant: $11,000
Jonny Parsons: $4,000
def. Danny Roberts: $11,000
Joel Alvarez: $6,000
def. Marc Diakiese: $11,000
Mick Parkin: $4,000
def. Jamal Pogues: $4,000
Makhmud Muradov: $6,000
def. Bryan Barberena: $16,000
Ketlen Vieira: $11,000
def. Pannie Kianzad: $6,000
Chris Duncan: $4,000
def. Yanal Ashmoz: $4,000
Bruna Brasil: $4,000
def. Shauna Bannon: $4,000
Jafel Filho: $4,000
def. Daniel Barez: $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 2241 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 Fight Night 224: Aspinall vs. Tybura” – $126,500
- “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: $4,780,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $19,369,000
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 224.
