UFC on ESPN 53 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Main event combines for $22,000
UFC on ESPN 53 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC's deal with Venum.
LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 53 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $148,000.
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 53 took place at the UFC Apex. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN 53 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Rose Namajunas: $11,000
def. Amanda Ribas: $11,000
Karl Williams: $4,000
def. Justin Tafa: $6,000
Edmen Shahbazyan: $6,000
def. AJ Dobson: $4,500
Payton Talbott: $4,000
def. Cameron Saaiman: $4,500
Youssef Zalal: $6,000
def. Billy Quarantillo: $6,000
Fernando Padilla: $4,000
def. Luis Pajuelo: $4,000
Trey Ogden: $4,500
def. Kurt Holobaugh: $6,000
Julian Erosa: $11,000
def. Ricardo Ramos: $11,000
Miles Johns: $6,000
def. Cody Gibson: $6,000
Jarno Errens: $4,000
def. Steven Nguyen: $4,000
Dariya Zheleznyakova: $4,000
def. Montserrat Rendon: $4,000
Andre Lima: $4,000
def. Igor Severino: $4,000
Mick Parkin: $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 $4,530; 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 $53,000 while title challengers get $53,000.
In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-53 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.
Full 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- “UFC on ESPN 53: Ribas vs. Namajunas” – $148,000
- “UFC Fight Night 239: Tuivasa vs. Tybura” – $189,500
- “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: $1,669,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $24,406,500
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 53.