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UFC on ESPN 59 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2024 total passes $4 million

DENVER – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 59 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $180,500.

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 59 took place at Ball Arena in Colorado. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 59 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

* * * *

Rose Namajunas: $16,000
def. Tracy Cortez: $6,000

Muslim Salikhov: $11,000
def. Santiago Ponzinibbio: $16,000

Jean Silva: $4,000
def. Drew Dober: $21,000

Gabriel Bonfim: $4,500
def. Ange Loosa: $4,500

Julian Erosa: $11,000
def. Christian Rodriguez: $6,000

Abdul Razak Alhassan: $11,000
vs. Cody Brundage: $6,000

Charles Johnson: $6,000
def. Joshua Van: $4,500

Jasmine Jasudavicius: $6,000
def. Fatima Kline: $4,000

Montel Jackson: $6,000
def. Da'Mon Blackshear: $6,000

Luana Santos: $4,000
def. Mariya Agapova: $6,000

Andre Petroski: $6,000
def. Josh Fremd: $6,000

Evan Elder: $4,500
def. Darrius Flowers: $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 $31,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-59 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $4,129,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $26,866,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 59.

UFC on ESPN 59 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

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