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UFC Fight Night 242 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Gilbert Burns, Jessica Andrade net $21,000

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 242 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $157,500.

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 242 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 242 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

Sean Brady: $6,000
def. Gilbert Burns: $21,000

Natalia Silva: $6,000
def. Jessica Andrade: $21,000

Steve Garcia: $6,000
def. Kyle Nelson: $6,000

Cody Durden: $11,000
def. Matt Schnell: $11,000

Yanal Ashmouz: $4,000
def. Trevor Peek: $4,500

Chris Padilla: $4,000
def. Rong Zhu: $4,500

Isaac Dulgarian: $4,000
def. Brendon Marotte: $4,000

Andre Lima: $4,000
def. Felipe Dos Santos: $4,000

Gabriel Santos: $4,000
Yi Zha: $4,000

Jaqueline Amorim: $4,500
def. Vanessa Demopoulos: $6,000

Andre Petroski: $6,000
def. Dylan Budka: $4,000

Nathan Fletcher: $4,000
def. Zygimantas Ramaska: $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 2421 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: $5,482,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $28,219,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 242.

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