UFC on ESPN 51 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Two veterans earn max non-title sum of $21,000

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 51 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $173,000.

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

The full UFC on ESPN 51 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Vicente Luque: $16,000
def. Rafael dos Anjos: $21,000

Cub Swanson: $21,000
def. Hakeem Dawodu: $6,000

Khalil Rountree: $11,000
def. Chris Daukaus: $6,000

Iasmin Lucindo: $4,000
def. Polyana Viana: $6,000

AJ Dobson: $4,000
def. Tafon Nchukwi: $6,000

Josh Fremd: $4,500
def. Jamie Pickett: $6,000

Marcus McGhee: $4,000
def. JP Buys: $4,500

Terrance McKinney: $6,000
def. Mike Breeden: $4,000

Francis Marshall: $4,000
def. Isaac Dulgarian: $4,000

Martin Buday: $4,500
def. Josh Parisian: $6,000

Jaqueline Amorim: $4,000
def. Montserrat Conejo: $4,000

Da'Mon Blackshear: $4,500
def. Jose Johnson: $4,000

Luana Santos: $4,000
def. Juliana Miller: $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 $4,510; 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 $51,000 while title challengers get $51,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-51 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC on ESPN 50: Luque vs. dos Anjos” – $173,000
• “UFC on ESPN 50: Sandhagen vs. Font” – $170,500
• “UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2” – $271,500
• “UFC Fight Night 224: Aspinall vs. Tybura” – $225,000
• “UFC on ESPN 49: Holm vs. Bueno Silva” – $126,500
• “UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez” – $319,500
• “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: $5,395,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $19,984,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 51.