PARIS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 226 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $128,500.
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 226 took place at the Accor Arena in France. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 226 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Ciryl Gane: $11,000
def. Serghei Spivac: $11,000
Manon Fiorot: $6,000
def. Rose Namajunas: $11,000
Benoit Saint-Denis: $4,500
def. Thiago Moises: $11,000
Volkan Oezdemir: $11,000
def. Bogdan Guskov: $4,000
William Gomis: $4,000
def. Yanis Ghemmouri: $4,000
Morgan Charriere: $4,000
def. Manolo Zecchini: $4,000
Taylor Lapilus: $4,500
def. Caolan Loughran: $4,000
Ange Loosa: $4,000
def. Rhys McKee: $4,000
Nora Cornolle: $4,000
def. Joselyne Edwards: $6,000
Farid Basharat: $4,000
def. Kleydson Rodrigues: $4,000
Jacqueline Cavalcanti: $4,000
def. Zarah Fairn: $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 2261 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 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- “UFC Fight Night 226: Gane vs. Spivac” – $128,500
- “UFC Fight Night 225: Holloway vs. Korean Zombie” – $196,000
- “UFC 292: Sterling vs. O’Malley” – $340,500
- “UFC on ESPN 50: Luque vs. dos Anjos” – $173,000
- “UFC on ESPN 50: Sandhagen vs. Font” – $170,500
- “UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2” – $271,500
- “UFC Fight Night 224: Aspinall vs. Tybura” – $225,000
- “UFC on ESPN 49: Holm vs. Bueno Silva” – $126,500
- “UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez” – $319,500
- “UFC on ESPN 47: Strickland vs. Magomedov” – $144,500
- “UFC on ABC 5: Emmett vs. Topuria” – $174,000
- “UFC on ESPN 46: Vettori vs. Cannonier” – $140,000
- “UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana” – $236,500
- “UFC on ESPN 45: Kara-France vs. Albazi” – $199,500
- “UFC Fight Night 224: Dern vs. Hill” – $179,500
- “UFC on ABC 4: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida” – $267,500
- “UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo” – $267,500
- “UFC Fight Night 223: Song vs. Simon” – $144,500
- “UFC Fight Night 222: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes” – $181,500
- “UFC on ESPN 44: Holloway vs. Allen” – $254,500
- “UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2” – $274,500
- “UFC on ESPN 43: Vera vs. Sandhagen” – $137,000
- “UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3” – $266,500
- “UFC Fight Night 221: Yan vs. Dvalishvili” – $194,000
- “UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane” – $282,500
- “UFC Fight Night 220: Muniz vs. Allen” – $126,000
- “UFC Fight Night 219: Andrade vs. Blanchfield” – $158,000
- “UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski” – $263,000
- “UFC Fight Night 218: Lewis vs. Spivac” – $136,000
- “UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill” – $359,500
- “UFC Fight Night 217: Strickland vs. Imavov” – $137,000
Year-to-date total: $5,735,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $20,324,500
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 226.
