UFC 315 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Belal Muhammad, Valentina Shevchenko lead
UFC 315 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Belal Muhammad, Valentina Shevchenko lead
MONTREAL – Fighters from Saturday's UFC 315 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $310,500.
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 315 took place at Bell Centre. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
The full UFC 315 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Jack Della Maddalena: $32,000def. Belal Muhammad: $42,000
Valentina Shevchenko: $42,000def. Manon Fiorot: $32,000
Aiemann Zahabi: $6,000def. Jose Aldo: $21,000
Natalia Silva: $6,000def. Alexa Grasso: $11,000
Benoit Saint Denis: $6,000def. Kyle Prepolec: $4,000
Mike Malott: $6,000def. Charlie Radtke: $4,500
Jasmine Jasudavicius: $6,000def. Jessica Andrade: $21,000
Modestas Bukauskas: $6,000def. Ion Cutelaba: $16,000
Navajo Stirling: $4,000def. Ivan Erslan: $4,000
Marc-Andre Barriault: $11,000def. Bruno Silva: $11,000
Daniel Santos: $4,500def. Jeong Yeong Lee: $4,500
Bekzat Almakhan: $4,000def. Brad Katona: $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 $4,500; 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:
Year-to-date total: $3,091,500
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $34,109,000
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