UFC 243 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Main event nets $80k of $174k total

MELBOURNE, Australia – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 243 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $174,000.

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 243 took place at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass.

The full UFC 243 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Israel Adesanya: $40,000
def. Robert Whittaker: $40,000

Dan Hooker: $10,000
def. Al Iaquinta: $10,000

Serghei Spivac: $3,500
def. Tai Tuivasa: $5,000

Dhiego Lima: $5,000
def. Luke Jumeau: $4,000

Yorgan De Castro: $3,500
def. Justin Tafa: $3,500

Jake Matthews: $10,000
def. Rostem Akman: $3,500

Callan Potter: $3,500
def. Maki Pitolo: $3,500

Brad Riddell: $3,500
def. Jamie Mullarkey: $3,500

Megan Anderson: $4,000
def. Zarah Fairn: $3,500

Ji Yeon Kim: $4,000
def. Nadia Kassem: $3,500

Khalid Taha: $3,500
def. Bruno Silva: $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 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: $5,855,500
2018 total: $6,901,000
2017 total: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $29,489,500