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Mike Bohn

UFC Fight Night 231 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2023 total passes $7 million

SAO PAULO – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 231 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $145,000.

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 Fight Night 231 took place at Ginasio Do Ibirapuera in Brazil. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 231 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

Jailton Almeida: $6,000
def. Derrick Lewis: $21,000

Nicolas Dalby: $11,000
def. Gabriel Bonfim: $4,000

Rodrigo Nascimento: $6,000
def. Don'Tale Mayes: $6,000

Caio Borralho: $4,500
def. Abus Magomedov: $4,000

Elves Brener: $4,000
def. Kaynan Kruschewsky: $4,000

Rinat Fakhretdinov: $4,500
vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos: $11,000

Vitor Petrino: $4,000
def. Modestas Bukauskas: $6,000

Angela Hill: $21,000
def. Denise Gomes: $4,500

Eudarda Moura: $4,000
def. Montserrat Conejo: $4,500

Marc Diakiese: $11,000
def. Kaue Fernandes: $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 2311 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: $7,033,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $21,552,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 231.

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