UFC 299 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Sean O'Malley's $42,000 tops card

MIAMI – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 299 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $359,000.

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 299 took place at Kaseya Center. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and ESPN+.

The full UFC 299 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Sean O'Malley: $42,000
def. Marlon Vera: $32,000

Dustin Poirier: $21,000
def. Benoit Saint-Denis: $6,000

Michael Page: $4,000
def. Kevin Holland: $21,000

Jack Della Maddalena: $6,000
def. Gilbert Burns: $21,000;

Petr Yan: $11,000
def. Song Yadong: $11,000

Curtis Blaydes: $16,000
def. Jailton Almeida: $6,000

Maycee Barber: $11,000
def. Katlyn Cerminara: $16,000

Mateusz Gamrot: $6,000
def. Rafael dos Anjos: $21,000

Kyler Phillips: $6,000
def. Pedro Munhoz: $21,000

Ion Cutelaba: $11,000
def. Philipe Lins: $6,000

Michel Pereira: $6,000
def. Michal Oleksiejczuk: $11,000

Robelis Despaigne: $4,000
def. Josh Parisian: $6,000

Asu Almabaev: $4,000
def. CJ Vergara: $6,000

Joanne Wood: $16,000
def. Maryna Moroz: $11,000

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:

• “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: $1,362,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $24,069,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 299.