ORLANDO – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 42 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $297,500.
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 on ESPN 42 took place at Amway Center in Orlando, Fla. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN 42 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Stephen Thompson: $16,000
def. Kevin Holland: $16,000
Rafael dos Anjos: $21,000
def. Bryan Barberena: $16,000
Matheus Nicolau: $6,000
def. Matt Schnell: $11,000
Sergei Pavlovich: $6,000
def. Tai Tuivasa: $11,000
Roman Dolidze: $6,000
def. Jack Hermansson: $16,000
Eryk Anders: $11,000
def. Kyle Daukaus: $6,000
Phil Rowe: $4,500
def. Niko Price: $11,000
Angela Hill: $21,000
def. Emily Ducote: $4,000
Clay Guida: $21,000
def. Scott Holtzman: $11,000
Michael Johnson: $21,000
def. Marc Diakiese: $11,000
Jonathan Pearce: $6,000
def. Darren Elkins: $21,000
Natan Levy: $4,000
def. Genaro Valdez: $4,000
Francis Marshall: $4,000
def. Marcelo Rojo: $4,000
Yazmin Jauregui: $4,000
def. Istela Nunes: $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 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 $42,000.
In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-42 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.
Full 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- “UFC on ESPN 42: Thompson vs. Holland” – $297,500
- “UFC Fight Night 215: Nzechukwu vs. Cutelaba” – $80,000
- “UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira” – $332,500
- “UFC Fight Night 214: Rodriguez vs. Lemos” – $126,500
- “UFC Fight Night 213: Kattar vs. Allen” – $166,500
- “UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev” – $306,500
- “UFC Fight Night 212: Grasso vs. Araujo” – $151,500
- “UFC Fight Night 211: Dern vs. Yan” – $164,500
- “UFC Fight Night 210: Sandhagen vs. Song” – $202,000
- “UFC 279: Chimaev vs. Diaz” – $202,000
- “UFC Fight Night 209: Gane vs. Tuivasa” – $155,000
- “UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2” – $226,000
- “UFC on ESPN 41: Vera vs. Cruz” – $195,000
- “UFC on ESPN 40: Santos vs. Hill” – $140,000
- “UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2” – $313,500
- “UFC Fight Night 208: Blaydes vs. Aspinall” – $179,000
- “UFC on ABC 3: Ortega vs. Rodriguez” – $179,000
- “UFC on ESPN 39: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev” – $157,500
- “UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier” – $362,500
- “UFC on ESPN 38: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot” – $140,500
- “UFC on ESPN 37: Kattar vs. Emmett” – $189,000
- “UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka” – $258,000
- “UFC Fight Night 207: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik” – $149,000
- “UFC Fight Night 206: Holm vs. Vieira” – $127,000
- “UFC on ESPN 36: Blachowicz vs. Rakic” – $173,000
- “UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje” – $320,000
- “UFC on ESPN 35: Font vs. Vera” – $197,500
- “UFC Fight Night 205: Lemos vs. Andrade” – $149,500
- “UFC on ESPN 34: Luque vs. Muhammad 2” – $159,000
- “UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie” – $293,500
- “UFC on ESPN 33: Blaydes vs. Daukaus” – $186,500
- “UFC Fight Night 204: Volkov vs. Aspinall” – $154,500
- “UFC Fight Night 203: Santos vs. Ankalaev” – $198,000
- “UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal” – $236,000
- “UFC Fight Night 202: Makhachev vs. Green” – $138,000
- “UFC Fight Night 201: Walker vs. Hill” – $140,000
- “UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2” – $282,500
- “UFC Fight Night 200: Hermansson vs. Strickland” – $160,500
- “UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane” – $241,000
- “UFC on ESPN 32: Kattar vs. Chikadze” – $132,000
Year-to-date total: $7,932,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $14,109,500
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 42.
