LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 198 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 Fight Night 198 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 198 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Ketlen Vieira: $6,000
def. Miesha Tate: $11,000
Sean Brady: $4,500
def. Michael Chiesa: $16,000
Taila Santos: $4,500
def. Joanne Wood: $11,000
Rani Yahya: $21,000
def. Kyung Ho Kang: $6,000
Adrian Yanez: $4,500
def. Davey Grant: $6,000
Pat Sabatini: $4,000
def. Tucker Lutz: $4,000
Rafa Garcia: $4,000
def. Natan Levy: $4,000
Loopy Godinez: $4,500
def. Loma Lookboonmee: $4,500
Cody Durden: $4,000
def. Aori Qileng: $4,000
Shayilan Nuerdanbieke: $4,000
def. Sean Soriano: $4,500
Luana Pinheiro: $4,000
def. Sam Hughes: $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 $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 2021 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- “UFC Fight Night 198: Vieira vs. Tate” – $140,000
- “UFC Fight Night 197: Holloway vs. Rodriguez” – $160,500
- “UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2” – $325,500
- “UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira” – $298,000
- “UFC Fight Night 196: Costa vs. Vettori” – $157,500
- “UFC Fight Night 195: Ladd vs. Dumont” – $132,000
- “UFC Fight Night 194: Dern vs. Rodriguez” – $111,500
- “UFC Fight Night 193: Santos vs. Walker” – $176,500
- “UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega” – $319,000
- “UFC Fight Night 192: Smith vs. Spann” – $162,000
- “UFC Fight Night 191: Brunson vs. Till” – $120,000
- “UFC on ESPN 30: Barboza vs. Chikadze” – $171,000
- “UFC on ESPN 29: Cannonier vs. Gastelum” – $154,500
- “UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane” – $278,000
- “UFC on ESPN 28: Hall vs. Strickland” – $113,500
- “UFC on ESPN 27: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw” – $135,000
- “UFC on ESPN 26: Makhachev vs. Moises” – $126,000
- “UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3” – $218,000
- “UFC Fight Night 190: Gane vs. Volkov” – $196,500
- “UFC on ESPN 25: Korean Zombie vs. Ige” – $160,000
- “UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2” – $362,500
- “UFC Fight Night 189: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai” – $174,000
- “UFC Fight Night 188: Font vs. Garbrandt” – $158,000
- “UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler” – $236,500
- “UFC on ESPN 24: Rodriguez vs. Waterson” – $143,000
- “UFC on ESPN 23: Reyes vs. Prochazka” – $146,500
- “UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2” – $362,000
- “UFC on ESPN 22: Whittaker vs. Gastelum” – $142,500
- “UFC on ABC 2: Vettori vs. Holland” – $182,500
Year-to-date total: $5,413,000
Program-to-date total: $5,413,000