BUSAN – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 23 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $121,000.
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+ 23 took place Saturday at Sajik Arena in Busan, South Korea. The entire card streamed ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN+ 23 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Chan Sung Jung: $5,000
def. Frankie Edgar: $20,000
Volkan Oezdemir: $5,000
def. Aleksandar Rakic: $4,000
Charles Jourdain: $3,500
def. Dooho Choi: $5,000
Da Un Jung: $3,500
def. Mike Rodriguez: $4,000
Jun Yong Park: $3,500
def. Marc-Andre Barriault: $3,500
Kyung Ho Kang: $5,000
def. Liu Pingyuan: $3,500
Ciryl Gane: $3,500
def. Tanner Boser: $3,500
Seungwoo Choi: $3,500
def. Suman Mokhtarian: $3,500
Omar Morales: $3,500
def. Dong Hyun Ma: $5,000
Alexandre Pantoja: $5,000
def. Matt Schnell: $5,000
Raoni Barcelos: $4,000
def. Said Nurmagomedov: $3,500
Amanda Lemos: $3,500
def. Miranda Granger: $3,500
Heili Alateng: $3,500
def. Ryan Benoit: $5,000
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+ 23: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie” – $121,000
- “UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington” – $369,500
- “UFC on ESPN 7: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik” – $369,500
- “UFC on ESPN+ 22: Blachowicz vs. Jacare” – $192,000
- “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: $7,370,500
2018 total: $6,901,000
2017 total: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $31,004,500
