Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 21 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $132,500.
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 on ESPN+ 21 took place Saturday at CSKA Arena in Moscow. The entire card streamed ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN+ 21 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Zabit Magomedsharipov: $5,000
def. Calvin Kattar: $5,000
Alexander Volkov: $5,000
def. Greg Hardy: $4,000
Danny Roberts: $5,000
def. Zelim Imadaev: $3,500
Ed Herman: $20,000
def. Khadis Ibragimov: $3,500
Anthony Rocco Martin: $10,000
def. Ramazan Emeev: $4,000
Shamil Gamzatov: $3,500
def. Klidson Abreu: $3,500
Magomed Ankalaev: $4,000
def. Dalcha Lungiambula: $3,500
Rustam Khabilov: $10,000
def. Sergey Khandozhko: $3,500
Karl Roberson: $5,000
def. Roman Kopylov: $3,500
David Zawada: $3,500
def. Abubakar Nurmagomedov: $3,500
Roosevelt Roberts: $4,000
def. Alexander Yakovlev: $5,000
Pannie Kianzad: $3,500
def. Jessica-Rose Clark: $4,000
Davey Grant: $4,000
def. Grigorii Popov: $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:
- “UFC on ESPN+ 21: Zabit vs. Kattar” – $132,500
- “UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz” – $210,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 20: Maia vs. Askren” – $142,000
- “UFC on ESPN 6: Reyes vs. Weidman” – $153,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 19: Joanna vs. Waterson” – $174,000
- “UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya” – $174,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 18: Hermansson vs. Cannonier” – $149,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 17: Rodriguez vs. Stephens” – $128,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 16: Cowboy vs. Gaethje” – $151,000
- “UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier” – $221,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 15: Andrade vs. Zhang” – $149,000
- “UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2” – $219,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 14: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2” – $191,500
- “UFC on ESPN 5: Covington vs. Lawler” – $154,000
- “UFC 240: Holloway vs. Edgar” – $173,500
- “UFC on ESPN 4: Dos Anjos vs. Edwards” – $209,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 13: De Randamie vs. Ladd” – $131,000
- “UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos” – $283,500
- “UFC on ESPN 3: Ngannou vs. Dos Santos” – $162,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 12 Moicano vs. The Korean Zombie” – $95,500
- “UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes” – $304,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 11: Gustafsson vs. Smith” – $122,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 10: Dos Anjos vs. Lee” – $194,000
- “UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade” – $250,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 9: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy” – $156,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 8: Jacare vs. Hermansson” – $199,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 7: Overeem vs. Oleinik” – $111,500
- “UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2” – $253,500
- “UFC on ESPN 2: Barboza vs. Gaethje” – $159,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 6: Thompson vs. Pettis” – $152,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 5: Till vs. Masvidal” – $121,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 4: Lewis vs. Dos Santos” – $193,000
- “UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith” – $275,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 3: Blachowicz vs. Santos” – $164,500
- “UFC on ESPN 1: Ngannou vs. Velasquez” – $176,000
- “UFC 234: Whittaker vs. Gastelum” – $128,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 2: Assuncao vs. Moraes 2” – $176,000
- “UFC on ESPN+ 1: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw” – $239,500
Year-to-date total: $6,511,000
2018 total: $6,901,000
2017 total: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $30,145,000
