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UFC 254 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Khabib, Gaethje combine for $80k total

ABU DHABI – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 254 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $215,000.

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 254 took place at Flash Forum at Yas Island. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.

The full UFC 254 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Khabib Nurmagomedov: $40,000
def. Justin Gaethje: $40,000

Robert Whittaker: $15,000
def. Jared Cannonier: $10,000

Alexander Volkov: $5,000
def. Walt Harris: $10,000

Phil Hawes: $3,500
def. Jacob Malkoun: $3,500

Lauren Murphy: $5,000
def. Liliya Shakirova: $3,500

Magomed Ankalaev: $5,000
def. Ion Cutelaba: $5,000

Tai Tuivasa: $5,000
def. Stefan Struve: $20,000

Casey Kenney: $5,000
def. Nathaniel Wood: $5,000

Shavkat Rakhmonov: $3,500
def. Alex Oliveira: $15,000

Da Un Jung: $3,500
vs. Sam Alvey: $15,000

Miranda Maverick: $3,500
def. Liana Jojua: $3,500

Joel Alvarez: $4,000
def. Alexander Yakovlev: $5,000

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Reebok’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 $3,500 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,000; 6-10 bouts get $5,000; 11-15 bouts earn $10,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $15,000; and 21 bouts and more get $20,000. Additionally, champions earn $40,000 while title challengers get $30,000.

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 2020 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $5,405,500
2019 total: $7,370,500
2018 total: $6,901,000
2017 total: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $36,410,000

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