LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 233 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $159,500
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 233 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 233 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Song Yadong: $11,000
def. Chris Gutierrez: $11,000
Khalil Rountree: $11,000
def. Anthony Smith: $21,000
Nasrat Haqparast: $11,000
def. Jamie Mullarkey: $6,000
Tim Elliott: $16,000
def. Su Mudaerji: $6,000
Andre Muniz: $6,000
def. Junyong Park: $6,000
Kevin Jousset: $4,000
def. Song Kenan: $6,000
Sung Hyun Park: $4,000
def. Shannon Ross: $4,000
Steve Garcia: $6,000
def. Melquizael Costa: $4,000
Luana Santos: $4,000
def. Stephanie Egger: $6,000
Tatsuro Taira: $4,500
def. Carlos Hernandez: $4,000
Talita Alencar: $4,000
def. Rayanne Amanda: $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 2331 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 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- “UFC Fight Night 233: Song vs. Gutierrez” – $159,500
- “UFC on ESPN 52: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan” – $225,000
- “UFC Fight Night 232: Allen vs. Craig” – $158,500
- “UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira” – $272,500
- “UFC Fight Night 231: Almeida v. Lewis” – $145,000
- “UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2” – $237,000
- “UFC Fight Night 230: Yusuff vs. Barboza” – $167,000
- “UFC Fight Night 229: Dawson vs. Green” – $206,000
- “UFC Fight Night 228: Fiziev vs. Gamrot” – $164,500
- “Noche UFC: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2” – $185,500
- “UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland” – $209,000
- “UFC Fight Night 226: Gane vs. Spivac” – $128,500
- “UFC Fight Night 225: Holloway vs. Korean Zombie” – $196,000
- “UFC 292: Sterling vs. O’Malley” – $340,500
- “UFC on ESPN 50: Luque vs. dos Anjos” – $173,000
- “UFC on ESPN 50: Sandhagen vs. Font” – $170,500
- “UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2” – $271,500
- “UFC Fight Night 224: Aspinall vs. Tybura” – $225,000
- “UFC on ESPN 49: Holm vs. Bueno Silva” – $126,500
- “UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez” – $319,500
- “UFC on ESPN 47: Strickland vs. Magomedov” – $144,500
- “UFC on ABC 5: Emmett vs. Topuria” – $174,000
- “UFC on ESPN 46: Vettori vs. Cannonier” – $140,000
- “UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana” – $236,500
- “UFC on ESPN 45: Kara-France vs. Albazi” – $199,500
- “UFC Fight Night 224: Dern vs. Hill” – $179,500
- “UFC on ABC 4: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida” – $267,500
- “UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo” – $267,500
- “UFC Fight Night 223: Song vs. Simon” – $144,500
- “UFC Fight Night 222: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes” – $181,500
- “UFC on ESPN 44: Holloway vs. Allen” – $254,500
- “UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2” – $274,500
- “UFC on ESPN 43: Vera vs. Sandhagen” – $137,000
- “UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3” – $266,500
- “UFC Fight Night 221: Yan vs. Dvalishvili” – $194,000
- “UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane” – $282,500
- “UFC Fight Night 220: Muniz vs. Allen” – $126,000
- “UFC Fight Night 219: Andrade vs. Blanchfield” – $158,000
- “UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski” – $263,000
- “UFC Fight Night 218: Lewis vs. Spivac” – $136,000
- “UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill” – $359,500
- “UFC Fight Night 217: Strickland vs. Imavov” – $137,000
Year-to-date total: $7,848,500
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $22,367,500
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