UFC 319 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Aaron Pico nets $4,000 in debut

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CHICAGO – Fighters from Saturday's UFC 319 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $301,500.
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 319 took place at United Center. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
The full UFC 319 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Khamzat Chimaev: $32,000 def. Dricus Du Plessis: $42,000
Lerone Murphy: $6,000 def. Aaron Pico: $4,000
Carlos Prates: $6,000 def. Geoff Neal: $11,000
Michael Page: $4,500 def. Jared Cannonier: $16,000
Tim Elliott: $21,000 def. Kai Asakura: $4,000
Baisangur Susurkaev: $4,000 def. Eric Nolan: $4,000
Michal Oleksiejczuk: $16,000 def. Gerald Meerschaert: $21,000
Loopy Godinez: $11,000 def. Jessica Andrade: $21,000
Alexander Hernandez: $16,000 def. Chase Hooper: $11,000
Drakkar Klose: $11,000 def. Edson Barboza: $21,000
Karine Silva: $6,000 def. Dione Barbosa: $4,500
Joseph Morales: $4,500 def. Alibi Idiris: $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 $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 $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000.
In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.
Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
"UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev" – $301,500
"UFC on ESPN 72: Dolidze vs. Hernandez" – $205,000
"UFC on ESPN 71: Taira vs. Park" – $150,000
"UFC on ABC 9: Whittaker vs. de Ridder" – $191,000
"UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3" – $269,500
"UFC on ESPN 70: Lewis vs. Teixeira" – $204,500
"UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira" – $298,500
"UFC on ABC 8: Hill vs. Rountree Jr." – $155,000
"UFC on ESPN 69: Usman vs. Buckley" – $260,500
"UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2" – $320,500
"UFC on ESPN 68: Blanchfield vs. Barber" – $121,500
"UFC on ESPN 67: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo" – $203,000
"UFC on ESPN 66: Machado Garry vs. Prates" – $201,500
"UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes" – $300,500
"UFC on ESPN 65: Emmett vs. Murphy" – $161,000
"UFC on ESPN 64: Moreno vs. Erceg" – $168,500
"UFC Fight Night 255: Edwards vs. Brady" – $204,000
"UFC Fight Night 254: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2" – $173,000
"UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev" – $213,500
"UFC Fight Night 253: Kape vs. Almabayev" – $134,500
"UFC Fight Night 252: Cejudo vs. Song" – $185,000
"UFC Fight Night 251: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues" – $168,000
"UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2" – $254,500
"UFC Fight Night 250: Adesanya vs. Imavov" – $137,500
"UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano" – $306,000
"UFC Fight Night 249: Dern vs. Ribas 2" – $173,500
Year-to-date total: $4,813,500
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $35,830,500
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