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UFC Fight Night 224 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Two fighters net max non-title money

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 224 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $179,500.

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 Fight Night 224 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 224 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

Mackenzie Dern: $11,000
Angela Hill: $21,000

Edmen Shahbazyan: $6,000
Anthony Hernandez: $6,000

Emily Ducote: $4,000
Loopy Godinez: $6,000

Andre Fialho: $6,000
Joaquin Buckley: $6,000

Hayisaer Maheshate: $4,000
Viacheslav Borshchev: $4,500

Diego Ferreira: $11,000
Michael Johnson: $21,000

Karolina Kowalkiewicz: $11,000
Vanessa Demopoulos: $4,500

Gilbert Urbina: $4,000
def. Orion Cosce: $4,000

Rodrigo Nascimento: $4,500
def. Ilir Latifi: $16,000

Chase Hooper: $6,000
def. Nick Fiore: $4,000

Natalia Silva: $4,000
def. Victoria Leonardo: $4,500

Themba Gorimbo: $4,000
def. Takashi Sato: $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 2241 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: $3,214,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $17,803,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 224.

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