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UFC Fight Night 239 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Ovince Saint Preux leads with $21,000

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 239 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $189,500.

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 Fight Night 239 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 239 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

Marcin Tybura: $16,000
def. Tai Tuivasa: $11,000

Bryan Battle: $4,000
vs. Ange Loosa: $4,500

Ovince Saint Preux: $21,000
def. Kennedy Nzechukwu: $11,000

Christian Rodriguez: $4,500
def. Isaac Dulgarian: $4,000

Macy Chiasson: $6,000
def. Pannie Kianzad: $6,000

Gerald Meerschaert: $16,000
def. Bryan Barberena: $16,000

Mike Davis: $4,500
def. Natan Levy: $4,500

Chelsea Chandler: $4,000
def. Josiane Nunes: $4,500

Jafel Filho: $4,000
def. Ode Osbourne: $6,000

Danny Silva: $4,000
def. Josh Culibao: $6,000

Jaqueline Amorim: $4,000
def. Cory McKenna: $4,500

Thiago Moises: $11,000
def. Mitch Ramirez: $4,000

Chad Anheliger: $4,000
def. Charalampos Grigoriou: $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 2391 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: $1,551,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $24,258,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 239.

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