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UFC 291 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Poirier, Gaethje net $32,000 for ‘BMF’ title fight

SALT LAKE CITY – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 291 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $271,500.

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 291 took place at Delta Center. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ABC, ESPN and ESPN+.

The full UFC 291 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

Justin Gaethje: $32,000
def. Dustin Poirier: $32,000

Alex Pereira: $6,000
def. Jan Blachowicz: $16,000

Derrick Lewis: $21,000
def. Marcos Rogerio de Lima: $16,000

Bobby Green: $21,000
def. Tony Ferguson: $21,000

Kevin Holland: $16,000
def. Michael Chiesa: $16,000

Gabriel Bonfim: $4,000
def. Trevin Giles: $11,000

CJ Vergara: $4,500
def. Vinicius Salvador: $4,000

Roman Kopylov: $4,500
def. Claudio Ribeiro: $4,000

Jake Matthews: $16,000
def. Darrius Flowers: $4,000

Uros Medic: $4,500
def. Matthew Semelsberger: $6,000

Miranda Maverick: $6,000
def. Priscila Cachoeira: $6,000

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 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: $5,051,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $19,640,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 291.

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