LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 60 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $139,000.
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 60 took place at the UFC Apex. The main card ESPN and streamed on ESPN+ following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN 60 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Virna Jandiroba: $6,000
def. Amanda Lemos: $11,000
Steve Garcia: $6,000
def. Seungwoo Choi: $6,000
Kurt Holobaugh: $6,000
def. Kaynan Kruschewsky: $4,000
Bruno Silva: $6,000
def. Cody Durden: $6,000
Dooho Choi: $6,000
def. Bill Algeo: $6,000
Hyder Amil: $4,000
def. Jeong Yeong Lee: $4,000
Cody Gibson: $6,000
def. Brian Kelleher: $16,000
Miranda Maverick: $6,000
def. Dione Barbosa: $4,000
Trey Ogden: $6,000
def. Loik Radzhabov: $4,500
Luana Carolina: $6,000
def. Lucie Pudilova: $11,000
Thomas Petersen: $4,000
def. Mohammed Usman: $4,500
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 $4,600; 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 $32,000 while title challengers get $42,000.
In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-60 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.
Full 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
Year-to-date total: $4,268,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $27,005,000
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