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USA Today
8 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
UFC on ABC 8 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Curtis Blaydes among $16,000 earners
BAKU – Fighters from Saturday's UFC on ABC 8 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $155,000. 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 ABC 8 takes place Saturday at Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan. The main card airs on ABC following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+. The full UFC on ABC 8 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included: Khalil Rountree Jr.: $16,000 def. Jamahal Hill: $11,000 Rafael Fiziev: $11,000 def. Ignacio Bahamondes: $6,000 Curtis Blaydes: $16,000 def. Rizvan Kuniev: $4,000 Myktybek Orolbai: $4,500 def. Tofiq Musaev: $4,000 Nazim Sadykhov: $4,500 def. Nikolas Motta: $6,000 Muhammad Naimov: $6,000 vs. Bogdan Grad: $4,000 Seokhyeon Ko: $4,000 def. Oban Elliott: $4,500 JunYong Park: $11,000 def. Ismail Naurdiev: $6,000 Daria Zhelezniakova: $4,000 def. Melissa Mullins: $4,500 Klaudia Sygula: $4,000 def. Irina Alekseeva: $4,000 Tagir Ulanbekov: $6,000 def. Azat Maksum: $4,000 Mohammed Usman: $6,000 def. Hamdy Abdelwahab: $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 $7,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $17,000; 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 20-40 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials. Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts: Year-to-date total: $3,378,000 2024 total: $8,280,500 2023 total: $8,188,000 2022 total: $8,351,500 2021 total: $6,167,500 Program-to-date total: $34,395,500 UFC on ABC 8 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC's deal with Venum. UFC on ABC 8 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay:
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
UFC 312 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Dricus Du Plessis, Zhang Weili lead with champ money
Fighters from Saturday's UFC 312 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $254,500. 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 312 took place at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2/Disney+ and ESPN+. The full UFC 312 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included: * * * * Dricus Du Plessis: $42,000 Sean Strickland: $32,000 Zhang Weili: $42,000 Tatiana Suarez: $32,000 Justin Tafa: $6,000 Tallison Teixeira: $4,000 Jimmy Crute: $6,000 Rodolfo Bellato: $4,000 Jake Matthews: $21,000 def. Fransisco Prado: $4,500 Gabriel Santos: $4,500 def. Jack Jenkins: $4,500 Tom Nolan: $4,500 def. Viacheslav Borshchev: $6,000 Wang Cong: $4,000 def. Bruna Brasil: $4,500 Aleksandre Topuria: $4,000 def. Colby Thicknesse: $4,000 Rong Zhu: $4,500 def. Kody Steele: $4,000 Jonathan Micallef: $4,000 def. Kevin Jousset: $4,500 Quillan Salkilld: $4,000 def. Anshul Jubli: $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 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: $871,500 2024 total: $8,280,500 2023 total: $8,188,000 2022 total: $8,351,500 2021 total: $6,167,500 Program-to-date total: $31,889,000 For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC 312. This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 312 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Dricus Du Plessis, Zhang Weili lead with champ money
USA Today
09-02-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
UFC 312 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Dricus Du Plessis, Zhang Weili lead with champ money
Fighters from Saturday's UFC 312 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $254,500. 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 312 took place at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2/Disney+ and ESPN+. The full UFC 312 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included: * * * * Dricus Du Plessis: $42,000 Sean Strickland: $32,000 Zhang Weili: $42,000 Tatiana Suarez: $32,000 Justin Tafa: $6,000 Tallison Teixeira: $4,000 Jimmy Crute: $6,000 Rodolfo Bellato: $4,000 Jake Matthews: $21,000 def. Fransisco Prado: $4,500 Gabriel Santos: $4,500 def. Jack Jenkins: $4,500 Tom Nolan: $4,500 def. Viacheslav Borshchev: $6,000 Wang Cong: $4,000 def. Bruna Brasil: $4,500 Aleksandre Topuria: $4,000 def. Colby Thicknesse: $4,000 Rong Zhu: $4,500 def. Kody Steele: $4,000 Jonathan Micallef: $4,000 def. Kevin Jousset: $4,500 Quillan Salkilld: $4,000 def. Anshul Jubli: $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: Year-to-date total: $871,500 2024 total: $8,280,500 2023 total: $8,188,000 2022 total: $8,351,500 2021 total: $6,167,500 Program-to-date total: $31,889,000 For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC 312.
