UFC on ESPN 3 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2019 total passes $27 million
MINNEAPOLIS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 3 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $162,500.
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 3 took place at Target Center in Minneapolis. The entire card aired on ESPN.
The full UFC on ESPN 3 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Francis Ngannou: $10,000
Junior Dos Santos: $15,000
Joseph Benavidez: $20,000
Jussier Formiga: $10,000
Demian Maia: $20,000
Anthony Rocco Martin: $10,000
Roosevelt Roberts: $3,500
Vinc Pichel: $5,000
Drew Dober: $10,000
def. Marco Polo Reyes: $5,000
Alonzo Menifield: $3,500
def. Paul Craig: $5,000
Ricardo Ramos: $4,000
def. Journey Newson: $3,500
Eryk Anders: $5,000
def. Vinicius Moreira: $3,500
Jared Gordon: $4,000
def. Dan Moret: $3,500
Dalcha Lungiambula: $3,500
def. Dequan Townsend: $3,500
Amanda Ribas: $3,500
def. Emily Whitmire: $4,000
Maurice Greene: $3,500
def. Junior Albini: $4,000
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 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: $3,520,500
2018 total: $6,901,000
2017 total: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $27,154,500
For complete coverage of UFC on ESPN 3, check out the UFC Events section of the site.