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UFC Fight Night 221 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $16 million

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 221 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $194,000.

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 221 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 221 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

Petr Yan: $11,000
Merab Dvalishvili: $11,000

Alexander Volkov: $11,000
Alexandr Romanov: $6,000

Nikita Krylov: $16,000
Ryan Spann: $6,000

Said Nurmagomedov: $6,000
Jonathan Martinez: $11,000

Mario Bautista: $6,000
Guido Cannetti: $6,000

Vitor Petrino: $4,000
Anton Turkalj: $4,000

Karl Williams: $4,000
Lukasz Brzeski: $4,000

Raphael Assuncao: $21,000
Davey Grant: $11,000

Josh Fremd: $4,000
def. Sedriques Dumas: $4,000

Victor Henry: $4,000
def. Tony Gravely: $6,000

Ariane Lipski: $6,000
def. JJ Aldrich: $11,000

Bruno Silva: $6,000
def. Tyson Nam: $6,000

Carlston Harris: $4,500
def. Jared Gooden: $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 2217 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2211 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: $1,634,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $16,153,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 221.

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