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UFC Fight Night 215 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Lowest payout in program history

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 215 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $80,000.

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 Fight Night 215 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 215 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

Kennedy Nzechukwu: $6,000
def. Ion Cutelaba: $11,000

Waldo Cortes-Acosta: $4,000
def. Chase Sherman: $11,000

Muslim Salikhov: $6,000
def. Andre Fialho: $4,500

Jack Della Maddalena: $4,000
def. Danny Roberts: $11,000

Charles Johnson: $4,000
def. Zhalgas Zhumagulov: $6,000

Jennifer Maia: $6,000
def. Maryna Moroz: $6,000

Miles Johns: $6,000
def. Vince Morales: $6,000

Ricky Turcios: $4,000
def. Kevin Natividad: $4,000

Vanessa Demopoulos: $4,500
def. Maria Oliveira: $4,000

Brady Hiestand: $4,000
def. Fernie Garcia: $4,000

Natalia Silva: $4,000
def. Tereza Bleda: $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 and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts. 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 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $7,634,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $13,812,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 215.

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