UFC Fight Night 238 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $24 million
UFC Fight Night 238 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 Fight Night 238 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $133,500.
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 Fight Night 238 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 238 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Jairzinho Rozenstruik: $11,000
def. Shamil Gaziev: $4,000
Vitor Petrino: $4,500
def. Tyson Pedro: $11,000
Muhammad Mokaev: $6,000
def. Alex Perez: $6,000
Umar Nurmagomedov: $4,500
def. Bekzat Almakhan: $4,000
Steve Erceg: $4,000
def. Matt Schnell: $11,000
Eryk Anders: $16,000
def. Jamie Pickett: $6,000
Vinicius Oliveira: $4,000
def. Bernardo Sopaj: $4,000
Aiemann Zahabi: $6,000
def. Javid Basharat: $4,500
Christian Leroy Duncan: $4,500
Claudio Ribeiro: $4,500
Ludovit Klein: $6,000
def. A.J. Cunningham: $4,000
Loik Radzhabov: $4,000
def. Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady: $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 2381 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 Fight Night 238: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev” – $
- “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
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