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UFC on ESPN 46 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Marvin Vettori’s $16,000 tops card

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 46 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $140,000.

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 on ESPN 46 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 46 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

Jared Cannonier: $16,000
def. Marvin Vettori: $11,000

Arman Tsarukyan: $6,000
def. Joaquim Silva: $6,000

Armen Petrosyan: $4,500
def. Christian Duncan: $4,000

Pat Sabatini: $6,000
def. Lucas Almeida: $4,000

Manuel Torres: $4,000
def. Nikolas Motta: $4,000

Nicolas Dalby: $11,000
def. Muslim Salikhov: $6,000

Alessandro Costa: $4,000
def Jimmy Flick: $4,000

Kyung Ho Kang: $11,000
def. Cristian Quinonez: $4,000

Carlos Hernandez: $4,000
def. Denys Bondar: $4,000

Tereza Bleda: $4,000
def. Gabriella Fernandes: $4,000

Dan Argueta: $4,000
vs. Ronnie Lawrence: $4,500

Modestas Bukauskas: $6,000
def. Zac Pauga: $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 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 $46,000 while title challengers get $46,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-46 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $3,790,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $18,379,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 46.

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