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UFC on ESPN+ 20 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Ben Askren nets just $3,500

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 20 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $142,000.

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 on ESPN+ 20 took place Saturday at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. The entire card streamed ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN+ 20 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Demian Maia: $20,000
def. Ben Askren: $3,500

Stevie Ray: $10,000
def. Michael Johnson: $20,000

Beneil Dariush: $15,000
def. Frank Camacho: $5,000

Ciryl Gane: $3,500
def. Don'Tale Mayes: $3,500

Muslim Salikhov: $4,000
def. Laureano Staropoli: $3,500

Randa Markos: $10,000
def. Ashley Yoder: $5,000

Rafael Fiziev: $3,500
def. Alex White: $5,000

Movsar Evloev: $3,500
def. Enrique Barzola: $5,000

Sergei Pavlovich: $3,500
def. Maurice Greene: $4,000

Loma Lookboonmee: $3,500
def. Aleksandra Albu: $4,000

Raphael Pessoa: $3,500
def. Jeff Hughes: $3,500

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Reebok’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 $3,500 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,000; 6-10 bouts get $5,000; 11-15 bouts earn $10,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $15,000; and 21 bouts and more get $20,000. Additionally, champions earn $40,000 while title challengers get $30,000.

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 2019 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $6,310,000
2018 total: $6,901,000
2017 total: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $29,944,000

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