ABU DHABI – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 37 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $129,000.
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+ 37 took place at Flash Forum in Abu Dhabi. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN+ 37 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Cory Sandhagen: $5,000
def. Marlon Moraes: $5,000
Edson Barboza: $20,000
def. Makwan Amirkhani: $5,000
Marcin Tybura: $10,000
def. Ben Rothwell: $10,000
Dricus du Plessis: $3,500
def. Markus Perez: $5,000
Tom Aspinall: $3,500
def. Alan Baudot: $3,500
Ilia Topuria: $3,500
def. Youssef Zalal: $4,000
Tom Breese: $5,000
def. K.B. Bhullar: $3,500
Chris Daukaus: $3,500
def. Rodrigo Nascimento: $3,500
Joaquin Buckley: $3,500
def. Impa Kasanganay: $3,500
Tony Kelley: $3,500
def. Ali Alqaisi: $3,500
Giga Chikadze: $4,000
def. Omar Morales: $3,500
Tracy Cortez: $3,500
def. Stephanie Egger: $3,500
Tagir Ulanbekoc: $3,500
def. Bruno Silva: $3,500
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:
- “UFC on ESPN+ 37: Moraes vs. Sandhagen” – $129,000
- “UFC on ESPN 16: Holm vs. Aldana” – $118,000
- “UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa” – $225,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 36: Covington vs. Woodley” – $169,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 35: Waterson vs. Hill” – $137,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 34: Overeem vs. Sakai” – $82,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 33: Smith vs. Rakic” – $158,000
- “UFC on ESPN 15: Munhoz vs. Edgar” – $88,000
- “UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3” – $201,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 32: Lewis vs. Oleinik” – $162,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 31: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan” – $103,500
- “UFC on ESPN 14: Whittaker vs. Till” – $209,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 30: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2” – $165,000
- “UFC on ESPN 13: Kattar vs. Ige” – $97,000
- “UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal” – $305,500
- “UFC on ESPN 11: Blaydes vs. Volkov” – $178,500
- “UFC on ESPN 10: Eye vs. Calvillo” – $95,000
- “UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer” – $266,000
- “UFC on ESPN 9: Woodley vs. Burns” – $114,500
- “UFC on ESPN 8: Overeem vs. Harris” – $184,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 29: Smith vs. Teixeira” – $166,000
- “UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje” – $305,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 28: Lee vs. Oliveira” – $209,500
- “UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero” – $257,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 27: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo” – $119,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 26: Felder vs. Hooker” – $130,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 25: Anderson vs. Blachowicz 2” – $186,500
- “UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes” – $243,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 24: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos” – $169,000
- “UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy” – $165,000
Year-to-date total: $5,070,500
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: $36,075,000