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UFC 297 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Sean Strickland’s $42,000 tops card

TORONTO – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 297 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $285,500.

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 297 took place at Scotiabank Arena in Canada. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and ESPN+.

The full UFC 297 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Dricus Du Plessis: $32,000
def. Sean Strickland: $42,000

Raquel Pennington: $32,000
def. Mayra Bueno Silva: $32,000

Neil Magny: $21,000
def. Mike Malott: $4,500

Chris Curtis: $6,000
def. Marc-Andre Barriault: $11,000

Movsar Evloev: $6,000
def. Arnold Allen: $11,000

Garrett Armfield: $4,000
def. Brad Katona: $6,000

Sean Woodson: $6,000
def. Charles Jourdain: $11,000

Ramon Taveras: $4,000
def. Serhiy Sidey: $4,000

Gillian Robertson: $16,000
def. Polyana Viana: $6,000

Sam Patterson: $4,000
def. Yohan Lainesse: $4,500

Jasmine Jasudavicius: $6,000
def. Priscila Cachoeira: $6,000

Jimmy Flick: $4,500
def. Malcolm Gordon: $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 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $445,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $23,152,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 297.

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