UFC on ESPN 69 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 'TUF' winners take home $21,000
UFC on ESPN 69 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 'TUF' winners take home $21,000
UFC on ESPN 69 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay:
ATLANTA – Fighters from Saturday's UFC on ESPN 69 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $260,500.
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 69 took place at the State Farm Arena. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN 69 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Kamaru Usman: $16,000 def. Joaquin Buckley: $16,000
Rose Namajunas: $16,000 def. Miranda Maverick: $11,000
Edmen Shahbazyan: $11,000 def. Andre Petroski: $11,000
Raoni Barcelos: $11,000 def. Cody Garbrandt: $16,000
Mansur Abdul-Malik: $4,000 def. Cody Brundage: $11,000
Alonzo Menifield: $11,000 def. Oumar Sy: $4,000
Rodolfo Bellato: $4,000 vs. Paul Craig: $16,000
Michael Chiesa: $21,000 def. Court McGee: $21,000
Malcolm Wellmaker: $4,000 def. Kris Moutinho: $4,000
Jose Ochoa: $4,000 def. Cody Durden: $11,000
Ricky Simon: $11,000 vs. Cameron Smotherman: $4,000
Phil Rowe: $6,000 def. Angela Loosa: $6,000
Jamey-Lyn Horth: $4,500 def. Vanessa Demopoulos: $6,000
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 $4,690; 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 $32,000 while title challengers get $42,000.
In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-69 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.
Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
Year-to-date total: $3,223,000
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $34,240,500
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