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UFC Fight Night 235 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Drew Dober’s $21,000 tops card

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 235 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $170,500.

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

The full UFC Fight Night 235 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Nassourdine Imavov: $6,000
def. Roman Dolidze: $6,000

Renato Moicano: $11,000
def. Drew Dober: $21,000

Randy Brown: $16,000
def. Muslim Salikhov: $6,000

Natalia Silva: $4,500
def. Viviane Araujo: $11,000

Aliaskhab Khizriev: $4,000
vs. Makhmud Muradov: $6,000

Charlie Radtke: $4,000
def. Gilbert Urbina: $4,000

Molly McCann: $11,000
def. Diana Belbita: $6,000

Charles Johnson: $6,000
def. Azat Maksum: $4,000

Themba Gorimbo: $4,000
def. Pete Rodriguez: $4,000

Jeong Yeong Lee: $4,000
def. Blake Bilder: $4,000

Luana Carolina: $6,000
def. Julija Stoliarenko: $6,000

Marquel Mederos: $4,000
def. Landon Quinones: $4,000

Jamal Pogues: $4,000
def. Thomas Petersen: $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 2351 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: $615,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $23,322,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 235.

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