UFC on ESPN 47 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Sean Strickland, Kevin Lee get most money

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 47 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $144,500.

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 47 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 47 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Sean Strickland: $16,000
def. Abus Magomedov: $4,000

Grant Dawson: $6,000
def. Damir Ismagulov: $6,000

Michael Morales: $4,000
def. Max Griffin: $11,000

Ariane Lipski: $6,000
def. Melissa Gatto: $4,500

Benoit Saint-Denis: $4,500
def. Ismael Bonfim: $4,000

Nursulton Ruziboev: $4,000
def.Brunno Ferreira: $4,000

Rinat Fakhretdinov: $4,000
def. Kevin Lee: $16,000

Joanderson Brito: $4,500
def. Westin Wilson: $4,000

Karol Rosa: $6,000
def. Yana Santos: $6,000

Elves Brener: $4,000
def. Guram Kutateladze: $4,000

Luana Carolina: $6,000
def. Ivana Petrovic: $4,000

Alexandr Romanov: $6,000
def. Blagoy Ivanov: $6,000

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 $47,000 while title challengers get $47,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-47 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC on ESPN 47: Strickland vs. Magomedov” – $144,500
• “UFC on ABC 5: Emmett vs. Topuria” – $174,000
• “UFC on ESPN 46: Vettori vs. Cannonier” – $140,000
• “UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana” – $236,500
• “UFC on ESPN 45: Kara-France vs. Albazi” – $199,500
• “UFC Fight Night 224: Dern vs. Hill” – $179,500
• “UFC on ABC 4: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida” – $267,500
• “UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo” – $267,500
• “UFC Fight Night 223: Song vs. Simon” – $144,500
• “UFC Fight Night 222: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes” – $181,500
• “UFC on ESPN 44: Holloway vs. Allen” – $254,500
• “UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2” – $274,500
• “UFC on ESPN 43: Vera vs. Sandhagen” – $137,000
• “UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3” – $266,500
• “UFC Fight Night 221: Yan vs. Dvalishvili” – $194,000
• “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: $4,109,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $18,698,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 47.