UFC on ESPN+ 5 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total nears $25 million
LONDON – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 5 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $121,500.
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+ 5 took place at The O2 in London. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN+ 5 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Jorge Masvidal: $15,000
def. Darren Till: $5,000
Leon Edwards: $10,000
def. Gunnar Nelson: $10,000
Dominick Reyes: $4,000
def. Volkan Oezdemir: $5,000
Nathaniel Wood: $3,500
def. Jose Quinonez: $5,000
Claudio Silva: $4,000
def. Danny Roberts: $5,000
Jack Marshman: $5,000
def. John Phillips: $3,500
Arnold Allen: $4,000
def. Jordan Rinaldi: $4,000
Marc Diakiese: $5,000
def. Joseph Duffy: $5,000
Saparbek Safarov: $3,500
def. Nicolae Negumereanu: $3,500
Dan Ige: $4,000
def. Danny Henry: $3,500
Molly McCann: $3,500
def. Priscila Cachoeira: $3,500
Mike Grundy: $3,500
def. Nad Narimani: $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+ 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: $1,474,000
2018 total: $6,901,000
2017 total: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $25,993,000
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