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UFC Fight Night 230 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total passes $21 million

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 230 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $167,500.

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 230 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 230 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

Edson Barboza: $21,000
def. Sodiq Yusuff: $6,000

Viviane Araujo: $6,000
def. Jennifer Maia: $11,000

Jonathan Martinez: $11,000
def. Adrian Yanez: $6,000

Michel Pereira: $6,000
def. Andre Petroski: $6,000

Christian Rodriguez: $4,500
def. Cameron Saaiman: $4,500

Darren Elkins: $21,000
def. TJ Brown: $6,000

Tainara Lisboa: $4,000
def. autotag]Ravena Oliveira[/autotag]: $4,000

Terrance McKinney: $6,000
def. Brendon Marotte: $4,000

Melissa Dixon: $4,000
def. Irina Alekseeva: $4,000

Chris Gutierrez: $11,000
def. Heili Alateng: $6,000

Emily Ducote: $4,500
def. Ashley Yoder: $11,000

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 2301 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:

Year-to-date total: $6,651,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $21,170,00

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