UFC 285 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Jon Jones nets $32,000 in octagon return

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 285 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $282,500.

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 285 took place at T-Mobile Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

The full UFC 285 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Jon Jones: $32,000
def. Ciryl Gane: $32,000

Alexa Grasso: $32,000
def. Valentina Shevchenko: $42,000

Shavkat Rakhmonov: $4,500
def. Geoff Neal: $6,000

Mateusz Gamrot: $6,000
def. Jalin Turner: $6,000

Bo Nickal: $4,000
def. Jamie Pickett: $6,000

Cody Garbrandt: $11,000
def. Trevin Jones: $6,000

Dricus Du Plessis: $4,500
def. Derek Brunson: $21,000

Amanda Ribas: $6,000
def. Viviane Araujo: $6,000

Marc-Andre Barriault: $6,000
def.Julian Marquez: $6,000

Ian Garry: $4,500
def. Song Kenan: $6,000

Cameron Saaiman: $4,000
def. Mana Martinez: $4,500

Tabatha Ricci: $4,500
def. Jessica Penne: $6,000

Farid Basharat: $4,000
def. Da'Mon Blackshear: $4,000

Loik Radzhabov: $4,000
def. Esteban Ribovics: $4,000

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum’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 $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000.

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 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane” – $282,500
• “UFC Fight Night 220: Muniz vs. Allen” – $126,000
• “UFC Fight Night 219: Andrade vs. Blanchfield” – $158,000
• “UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski” – $263,000
• “UFC Fight Night 218: Lewis vs. Spivac” – $136,000
• “UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill” – $359,500
• “UFC Fight Night 217: Strickland vs. Imavov” – $137,000

Year-to-date total: $1,440,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $15,959,000

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