UFC on ESPN 71 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $35 million

4 days ago

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday's UFC on ESPN 71 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $150,000.
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 71 took place at the UFC Apex. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN 71 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Tatsuro Taira: $6,000 def. HyunSung Park: $4,500
Chris Duncan: $6,000 def. Mateusz Rebecki: $6,000
Esteban Ribovics: $6,000 def. Elves Brener: $6,000
Karol Rosa: $11,000 def. Nora Cornolle: $4,500
Neil Magny: $21,000 def. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos: $16,000
Kevin Vallejos: $4,000 def. Danny Silva: $4,000
Rinya Nakamura: $4,500 def. Nathan Fletcher: $4,000
Rodolfo Vieira: $6,000 def. Tresean Gore: $6,000
Andrey Pulyaev: $4,000 def. Nick Klein: $4,000
Austin Bashi: $4,000 def. John Yannis: $4,000
Rafael Estevam: $4,000 def. Felipe Bunes: $4,000
Piera Rodriguez: $6,000 def. Ketlen Souza: $4,500
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 $4,710; 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 20-71 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.
Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
Year-to-date total: $4,307,000
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $35,324,000