It has been reported that the UFC fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 199 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay that has been totaled to $238,500. The program is 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. The long tenured UFC commentator Joe Rogan had also previously leaked ‘humiliating’ UFC paycheck.
UFC Fight Night 199 took place at the UFC Apex. The full UFC Fight Night 199 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Derrick Lewis: $21,000
def. Chris Daukaus: $4,500
Belal Muhammad: $11,000
def. Stephen Thompson: $16,000
Amanda Lemos: $6,000
def. Angela Hill: $16,000
Ricky Simon: $6,000
def. Raphael Assuncao: $21,000
Mateusz Gamrot: $4,500
def. Diego Ferreira: $11,000
Cub Swanson: $21,000
def. Darren Elkins: $21,000
Gerald Meerschaert: $11,000
def. Dustin Stoltzfus: $4,000
Justin Tafa: $4,500
def. Harry Hunsucker: $4,000
Melissa Gatto: $4,000
def. Sijara Eubanks: $6,000
Charles Jourdain: $6,000
def. Andre Ewell: $6,000
Raquel Pennington: $11,000
def. Macy Chiasson: $6,000
Don’Tale Mayes: $4,500
def. Josh Parisian: $4,000
Jordan Leavitt: $4,000
def. Matt Sayles: $4,500
It has been also noted that 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 199: Lewis vs. Daukaus” – $238,500
- “UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier” – $323,500
- “UFC on ESPN 31: Font vs. Aldo” – $192,500
- “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: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $6,167,500
