UFC on ABC 8 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Curtis Blaydes among $16,000 earners

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BAKU – Fighters from Saturday's UFC on ABC 8 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $155,000.
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 ABC 8 takes place Saturday at Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan. The main card airs on ABC following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
The full UFC on ABC 8 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Khalil Rountree Jr.: $16,000 def. Jamahal Hill: $11,000
Rafael Fiziev: $11,000 def. Ignacio Bahamondes: $6,000
Curtis Blaydes: $16,000 def. Rizvan Kuniev: $4,000
Myktybek Orolbai: $4,500 def. Tofiq Musaev: $4,000
Nazim Sadykhov: $4,500 def. Nikolas Motta: $6,000
Muhammad Naimov: $6,000 vs. Bogdan Grad: $4,000
Seokhyeon Ko: $4,000 def. Oban Elliott: $4,500
JunYong Park: $11,000 def. Ismail Naurdiev: $6,000
Daria Zhelezniakova: $4,000 def. Melissa Mullins: $4,500
Klaudia Sygula: $4,000 def. Irina Alekseeva: $4,000
Tagir Ulanbekov: $6,000 def. Azat Maksum: $4,000
Mohammed Usman: $6,000 def. Hamdy Abdelwahab: $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 $7,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $17,000; 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 20-40 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.
Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
Year-to-date total: $3,378,000
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $34,395,500
UFC on ABC 8 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC's deal with Venum.
UFC on ABC 8 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: