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UFC 296 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2023 total closes at $8.1 million

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 296 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $339,500.

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 296 took place at T-Mobile Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+.

The full UFC 296 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

Leon Edwards: $42,000
def. Colby Covington: $32,000

Alexandre Pantoja: $42,000
def. Brandon Royval: $32,000

Shavkat Rakhmonov: $6,000
def. Stephen Thompson: $16,000

Paddy Pimblett: $4,500
def. Tony Ferguson: $21,000

Josh Emmett: $11,000
def. Bryce Mitchell: $6,000

Alonzo Menifield: $11,000
def. Dustin Jacoby: $11,000

Irene Aldana: $11,000
def. Karol Rosa: $6,000

Cody Garbrandt: $11,000
def. Brian Kelleher: $16,000

Ariane Lipski: $11,000
def. Casey O'Neill: $6,000

Tagir Ulanbekov: $4,500
def. Cody Durden: $6,000

Andre Fili: $21,000
def. Lucas Almeida: $4,000

Shamil Gaziev: $4,000
def. Martin Buday: $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 $4,500; 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 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $22,707,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 296.

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