UFC on ESPN 25 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Matt Brown leads with $21,0000

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 25 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $160,000.

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

The full UFC on ESPN 25 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Chan Sung Jung: $11,000
def. Dan Ige: $6,000

Serghei Spivac: $6,000
def. Aleksei Oleinik: $11,000

Marlon Vera: $16,000
def. Davey Grant: $6,000

Seungwoo Choi: $4,500
def. Julian Erosa: $6,000

Bruno Silva: $4,000
def. Wellington Turman: $4,500

Matt Brown: $21,000
def. Dhiego Lima: $11,000

Nicolae Negumereanu: $4,000
def. Aleksa Camur: $4,000

Virna Jandiroba: $4,500
def. Kanako Murata: $4,000

Khaos Williams: $4,500
def. Matthew Semelsberger: $4,000

Josh Parisian: $4,000
def. Roque Martinez: $4,000

Ricky Glenn: $6,000
def. Joaquim Silva: $6,000

Casey O'Neill: $4,000
def. Lara Procopio: $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 $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 2021 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC on ESPN 25: Korean Zombie vs. Ige” – $160,000
• “UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2” – $362,500
• “UFC Fight Night 189: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai” – $174,000
• “UFC Fight Night 188: Font vs. Garbrandt” – $158,000
• “UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler” – $236,500
• “UFC on ESPN 24: Rodriguez vs. Waterson” – $143,000
• “UFC on ESPN 23: Reyes vs. Prochazka” – $146,500
• “UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2” – $362,000
• “UFC on ESPN 22: Whittaker vs. Gastelum” – $142,500
• “UFC on ABC 2: Vettori vs. Holland” – $182,500

Year-to-date total: $1,918,000
Program-to-date total: $1,918,000