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UFC on ESPN 40 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Jamahal Hill nets $6k for main event

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 40 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $140,000.

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 on ESPN 40 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 40 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

Jamahal Hill: $6,000
def. Thiago Santos: $21,000

Geoff Neal: $6,000
def. Vicente Luque: $16,000

Mohammed Usman: $4,000
def. Zac Pauga: $4,000

Juliana Miller: $4,000
def. Brogan Walker: $4,000

Serghei Spivac: $6,000
def. Augusto Sakai: $6,000

Terrance McKinney: $4,500
def. Erick Gonzalez: $4,000

Michal Oleksiejczuk: $6,000
def. Sam Alvey: $21,000

Bryan Battle: $4,000
def. Takashi Sato: $4,500

Cory McKenna: $4,000
def. Miranda Granger: $4,500

Mayra Bueno Silva: $6,000
def. Stephanie Egger: $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 2011 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 $40,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-40 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $5,393,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $11,560,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 40.

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