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UFC on ESPN 68 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Dustin Jacoby's $16,000 tops card
UFC on ESPN 68 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Dustin Jacoby's $16,000 tops card LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday's UFC on ESPN 68 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $121,500. 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 68 took place at the UFC Apex. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+. The full UFC on ESPN 68 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included: Mateusz Gamrot: $11,000 def. Ludovit Klein: $11,000 Ramiz Brahimaj: $6,000 def. Billy Ray Goff: $4,000 Dustin Jacoby: $16,000 def. Bruno Lopes: $4,000 Ketlen Vieira: $11,000 def. Macy Chiasson: $11,000 Zachary Reese: $4,500 def. Dusko Todorovic: $6,000 Allan Nascimento: $4,500 def. Jafel Filho: $4,500 Jordan Leavitt: $6,000 def. Kurt Holobaugh: $6,000 Bolaji Oki: $4,000 def. Michael Aswell: $4,000 Alice Ardelean: $4,000 def. Rayanne dos Santos: $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 $4,680; 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 20-68 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials. Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts: Year-to-date total: $2,902,500 2024 total: $8,280,500 2023 total: $8,188,000 2022 total: $8,351,500 2021 total: $6,167,500 Program-to-date total: $33,920,000
USA Today
18-05-2025
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- USA Today
UFC Fight Night 256 post-event facts: Prelim winner makes history with rare submission
UFC Fight Night 256 post-event facts: Prelim winner makes history with rare submission UFC Fight Night 256 took place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, with seven of 11 bouts ending inside the distance. The headliner needed less than one round, with surging welterweight contender Michael Morales (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) extending his undefeated record with a first-round TKO of former title challenger Gilbert Burns (22-9 MMA, 15-9 UFC). For more on the numbers in the aftermath of the card, check below for MMA Junkie's post-event facts from UFC Fight Night 256. Events stats The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $167,000. Debuting fighters went 1-1 at the event. Morales, Denise Gomes, Melquizael Costa and Julian Erosae earned $50,000 UFC Fight Night 256 fight-night bonuses. The UFC sold VIP tickets to fans for UFC Fight Night 256, but the promotion did not make public the total number of tickets sold or the gate. Betting favorites went 10-1 on the card. Betting favorites improved to 11-6 in UFC headliners this year. Total fight time for the 11-bout card was 1;36:48. Michael Morales def. Gilbert Burns Morales' six-fight UFC winning streak at welterweight is tied for the third-longest active streak in the division behind Jack Della Maddalena (eight) and Shavkat Rakhmonov (seven). Morales has earned 14 of his 18 career victories by stoppage. Morales has earned four of his six UFC victories by knockout. Burns' four-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn't earned a victory since April 2023. Burns fell to 3-6 in his past nine fights dating back to February 2021. Burns fell to 7-6 since he returned to the welterweight division in August 2019. Burns has suffered all four of his career stoppage losses by knockout. Mairon Santos def. Sodiq Yusuff Sodiq Yusuff (13-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC) losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn't earned a victory since October 2022. Yusuff has suffered three of his four UFC losses by decision. Nursulton Ruziboev def. Dustin Stoltzfus Nursulton Ruziboev (36-9-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) improved to 2-0 since he returned to the UFC middleweight division. Ruziboev earned his first decision victory since May 20, 2017 – a span of 6,572 days and 33 fights. Dustin Stoltzfus (16-7 MMA, 3-6 UFC) has suffered three of his six career losses by decision. Melquizael Costa def. Julian Erosa Costa (24-7 MMA, 5-2 UFC) became the first fighter to go 3-0 in the UFC in 2025. Costa's five-fight UFC winning streak at featherweight is the third-longest active streak in the division behind Movsar Evloev (eight) and Lerone Murphy (eight). Erosa (30-12 MMA, 9-8 UFC) fell to 8-4 since he returned to the UFC for a third stint in June 2020. Gabe Green def. Matheus Camilo Gabe Green (12-5 MMA, 3-3 UFC) was successful in his UFC lightweight debut. Green has earned 11 of his 12 career victories by stoppage. Matheus Camilo (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) has suffered all three of his career losses by submission. Jared Gordon def. Thiago Moises Jared Gordon (21-7 MMA, 9-6 UFC) improved to 6-6 with one no contest in UFC lightweight competition. Gordon has earned all three of his UFC stoppage victories by knockout. Yadier del Valle def. Connor Matthews Connor Matthews' (7-4 MMA, 0-3 UFC) three-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn't earned a victory since October 2023. Matthews has suffered three of his four career losses by stoppage. Matthews suffered the first submission loss of his career. Luana Santos def. Tainara Lisboa Luana Santos (9-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) has earned five of her six career stoppage victories by submission. Santos earned the first Americana submission finish in women's UFC competition. It was the ninth finish of its kind overall in company history. Tainara Lisboa (7-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) has suffered both of her career stoppage losses by submission. Denise Gomes def. Elise Reed Gomes (11-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has earned seven of her 11 career victories by stoppage. Elise Reed (8-5 MMA, 4-5 UFC) has alternated wins and losses over her past 10 fights. Reed has suffered all five of her career losses by stoppage. HyunSung Park def. Carlos Hernandez HyunSung Park (10-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) has earned eight of his 10 career victories by stoppage. Tecia Pennington def. Luana Pinheiro Tecia Pennington's (15-7 MMA, 11-7 UFC) 11 victories in UFC strawweight competition are second-most in divisional history behind Angela Hill (12). Pennington has earned 13 of her 15 career victories by decision. Luana Pinheiro's (11-5 MMA, 3-4 UFC) four-fight losing skid is the longest of her career. She hasn't earned a victory since April 2023. For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC Fight Night 256. UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.
USA Today
18-05-2025
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- USA Today
UFC Fight Night 256 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Gilbert Burns' $21,000 leads
UFC Fight Night 256 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Gilbert Burns' $21,000 leads LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday's UFC Fight Night 256 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $167,000. 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 Fight Night 256 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+. The full UFC Fight Night 256 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included: Michael Morales: $6,000def. Gilbert Burns: $21,000 Mairon Santos: $4,000def. Sodiq Yusuff: $6,000 Nursulton Ruziboev: $4,500def. Dustin Stoltzfus: $6,000 Melquizael Costa: $6,000def. Julian Erosa: $16,000 Gabe Green: $6,000def. Matheus Camilo: $4,000 Jared Gordon: $16,000def. Thiago Moises: $11,000 Yadier del Valle: $4,000def. Connor Matthews: $4,000 Luana Santos: $4,500def. Tainara Lisboa: $4,000 Denise Gomes: $6,000def. Elise Reed: $6,000 HyunSung Park: $4,000def. Carlos Hernandez: $6,000 Tecia Pennington: $16,000def. Luana Pinheiro: $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 2561 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: $3,258,500 2024 total: $8,280,500 2023 total: $8,188,000 2022 total: $8,351,500 2021 total: $6,167,500 Program-to-date total: $34,276,000
USA Today
11-05-2025
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UFC 315 post-event facts: Valentina Shevchenko joins exclusive club with 10th title win
UFC 315 post-event facts: Valentina Shevchenko joins exclusive club with 10th title win The octagon returned to Montreal for the first time in more than 10 years on Saturday with UFC 315, which went down at the Bell Centre and featured two championship fights. The main event saw the third new champ of 2025 crowned with Jack Della Maddalena (18-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) outpointing Belal Muhammad (24-4 MMA, 15-4 UFC) for the welterweight belt in the Fight of the Night, while in the co-headliner Valentina Shevchenko (25-4-1 MMA, 14-3-1 UFC) defended her women's flyweight belt over Manon Fiorot (12-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC) by unanimous decision. For more on the numbers behind the card, check below for MMA Junkie's post-event facts from UFC 315. Event stats The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payout for the event totaled $310,500. Della Maddalena, Muhammad, Jasmine Jasudavicius and Marc-Andre Barriault earned $50,000 UFC 315 fight-night bonuses. UFC 315 drew an announced attendance of 19,786 for a live gate of $6,003,345. Betting favorites went 7-5 on the card. Betting favorites improved to 10-6 in UFC headliners this year. Total fight time for the 12-bout card was 2:23:12. Jack Della Maddalena def. Belal Muhammad Della Maddalena became the 13th undisputed UFC welterweight champion. Della Maddalena extended his winning streak to 18 fights after starting his career 0-2. He hasn't suffered a defeat since May 2016. Della Maddalena's eight-fight UFC winning streak at welterweight is the longest active streak in the division. Muhammad has suffered three of his four career losses by decision. Valentina Shevchenko def. Manon Fiorot Shevchenko improved to 11-1-1 since she dropped to the UFC flyweight division in February 2018. Shevchenko's 10 victories in UFC women's flyweight championship fights are most in divisional history. Shevchenko's 10 victories in UFC women's championship fights are second-most in company history behind Amanda Nunes (11). Shevchenko's 10 victories in UFC championship fights are sixth-most in company history behind Jon Jones (16), Georges St-Pierre (13), Demetrious Johnson (12), Anderson Silva (11) and Nunes (10). Shevchenko's 11 victories in UFC women's flyweight competition are most in divisional history. Shevchenko has completed at least one takedown in 17 of her 18 UFC appearances. That includes in 13 consecutive bouts. Shevchenko's 49 takedowns landed in UFC women's flyweight competition are most in divisional history. Fiorot has suffered both of her career losses by decision. Aiemann Zahabi def. Jose Aldo Aiemann Zahabi (13-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) has earned five of his seven UFC victories by decision. Jose Aldo (32-10 MMA, 14-9 UFC) fell to 1-2 since he returned from retirement in May 2024. Natalia Silva def. Alexa Grasso Natalia Silva's (19-5-1 MMA, 7-0 UFC) seven-fight UFC winning streak at women's flyweight is the longest active streak in the division. Silva has earned five of her seven UFC victories by decision. Alexa Grasso (16-5-1 MMA, 8-5-1 UFC) fell to 5-2-1 since she moved up to the UFC women's flyweight division in August 2020. Grasso has suffered four of her five career losses by decision. Benoit Saint Denis def. Kyle Prepolec Benoit Saint Denis (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) has earned all 14 of his career victories by stoppage. Kyle Prepolec (18-9 MMA, 0-3 UFC) was unsuccessful in his return to the UFC for a second stint. Prepolec has suffered all three of his career stoppage losses by submission. Mike Malott def. Charlie Radtke Mike Malott (12-2-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) has earned 11 of his 12 career victories by stoppage. That includes four of his five UFC wins. Charlie Radtke (10-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) has suffered all three of his career stoppage losses by knockout. Jasmine Jasudavicius def. Jessica Andrade Jasmine Jasudavicius (14-3 MMA, 8-2 UFC) has earned all three of her UFC stoppage victories by submission. Jessica Andrade (26-14 MMA, 17-12 UFC) has suffered 10 of her 14 career losses by stoppage. Modestas Bukauskas def. Ion Cutelaba Modestas Bukauskas (18-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC) improved 5-1 since he returned to the UFC for a second stint in February 2023. Ion Cutelaba (19-11-1 MMA, 8-10-1 UFC) fell to 4-7-1 in his past 12 UFC appearances dating back to February 2020. Navajo Stirling def. Ivan Erslan Navajo Stirling (7-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) has earned both of his UFC victories by decision. Ivan Erslan (14-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC) has suffered both of his UFC losses by decision. Marc-Andre Barriault def. Bruno Silva Marc-Andre Barriault (17-9 MMA, 6-8 UFC) has earned 12 of his 17 career victories by stoppage. Bruno Silva's (23-13 MMA, 4-7 UFC) five-fight losing skid is the longest of his career. He hasn't earned a victory since April 2023. Silva has suffered nine of his 13 career losses by stoppage. Silva suffered the first knockout loss of his career. Daniel Santos def. Jeong Yeong Lee Jeong Yeong Lee (11-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) has suffered three of his four career losses by decision. Bekzat Almakhan def. Brad Katona Bekzat Almakhan (15-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) has earned 14 of his 15 career victories by stoppage. Brad Katona (14-5 MMA, 4-5 UFC) suffered the first stoppage loss of his career with a knockout defeat. UFC research analyst and live statistics producer Michael Carroll contributed to this story. Follow him on X @MJCflipdascript.
USA Today
11-05-2025
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- USA Today
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
