UFC on ESPN+ 36 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 'Cowboy' Cerrone gets highest payout

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 36 event took home event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $169,000.

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 on ESPN+ 36 took place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN+ 36 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Colby Covington: $10,000
def. Tyron Woodley: $15,000

Donald Cerrone: $20,000
vs. Niko Price: $10,000

Khamzat Chimaev: $3,500
def. Gerald Meerschaert: $10,000

Johnny Walker: $5,000
def. Ryan Spann: $4,000

Mackenzie Dern: $4,000
def. Randa Markos: $10,000

Kevin Holland: $5,000
def. Darren Stewart: $10,000

David Dvorak: $3,500
def. Jordan Espinosa: $4,000

Damon Jackson: $4,000
def. Mirsad Bektic: $5,000

Mayra Bueno Silva: $3,500
def. Mara Borella: $5,000

Jessica-Rose Clark: $4,000
def. Sarah Alpar: $3,500

Darrick Minner: $3,500
def. TJ Laramie: $3,500

Randy Costa: $3,500
def. Journey Newson: $3,500

Andre Ewell: $5,000
def. Irwin Rivera: $3,500

Tyson Nam: $4,000
def. Jerome Rivera: $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 2020 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC on ESPN+ 36: Covington vs. Woodley” – $169,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 35: Waterson vs. Hill” – $137,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 34: Overeem vs. Sakai” – $82,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 33: Smith vs. Rakic” – $158,000
• “UFC on ESPN 15: Munhoz vs. Edgar” – $88,000
• “UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3” – $201,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 32: Lewis vs. Oleinik” – $162,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 31: Brunson vs. Shahbazyan” – $103,500
• “UFC on ESPN 14: Whittaker vs. Till” – $209,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 30: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2” – $165,000
• “UFC on ESPN 13: Kattar vs. Ige” – $97,000
• “UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal” – $305,500
• “UFC on ESPN 11: Blaydes vs. Volkov” – $178,500
• “UFC on ESPN 10: Eye vs. Calvillo” – $95,000
• “UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer” – $266,000
• “UFC on ESPN 9: Woodley vs. Burns” – $114,500
• “UFC on ESPN 8: Overeem vs. Harris” – $184,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 29: Smith vs. Teixeira” – $166,000
• “UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje” – $305,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 28: Lee vs. Oliveira” – $209,500
• “UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero” – $257,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 27: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo” – $119,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 26: Felder vs. Hooker” – $130,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 25: Anderson vs. Blachowicz 2” – $186,500
• “UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes” – $243,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 24: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos” – $169,000
• “UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy” – $165,000

Year-to-date total: $4,598,500
2019 total: $7,370,500
2018 total: $6,901,000
2017 total: $6,295,000
2016 total: $7,138,000
2015 total: $3,185,000
Program-to-date total: $35,603,000