LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 240 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $162,500.
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 Fight Night 240 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 240 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Brendan Allen: $11,000
def. Chris Curtis: $6,000
Damon Jackson: $11,000
def. Alexander Hernandez: $11,000
Chepe Mariscal: $4,000
def. Morgan Charriere: $4,000
Ignacio Bahamondes: $6,000
def. Christos Giagos: $11,000
Charlie Campbell: $4,000
def. Trevor Peek: $4,500
Alex Morono: $16,000
def. Court McGee: $21,000
Lukasz Brzeski: $4,500
def. Valter Walker: $4,000
Norma Dumont: $6,000
def. Germaine de Randamie: $6,000
Victor Hugo: $4,000
def. Pedro Falcao: $4,000
Jean Matsumoto: $4,000
def. Dan Argueta: $4,500
Cesar Almeida: $4,000
def. Dylan Budka: $4,000
Nora Cornolle: $4,000
def. Melissa Mullins: $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 2401 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:
- “UFC Fight Night 240: Allen vs. Curtis 2” – $162,500
- “UFC on ESPN 54: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot” – $173,000
- “UFC on ESPN 53: Ribas vs. Namajunas” – $148,000
- “UFC Fight Night 239: Tuivasa vs. Tybura” – $189,500
- “UFC 299: O’Malley vs. Vera 2” – $359,000
- “UFC Fight Night 238: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev” – $133,500
- “UFC Fight Night 237: Moreno vs. Royval 2” – $135,500
- “UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria” – $243,000
- “UFC Fight Night 236: Hermansson vs. Pyfer” – $236,500
- “UFC Fight Night 235: Dolidze vs. Imavov” – $170,500
- “UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis” – $285,500
- “UFC Fight Night 234: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2” – $159,500
Year-to-date total: $2,005,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $24,742,000
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 240.
