UFC on ESPN 69 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay:
ATLANTA – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 69 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $260,500.
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 69 took place at the State Farm Arena. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN 69 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Kamaru Usman: $16,000 def. Joaquin Buckley: $16,000
Rose Namajunas: $16,000 def. Miranda Maverick: $11,000
Edmen Shahbazyan: $11,000 def. Andre Petroski: $11,000
Raoni Barcelos: $11,000 def. Cody Garbrandt: $16,000
Mansur Abdul-Malik: $4,000 def. Cody Brundage: $11,000
Alonzo Menifield: $11,000 def. Oumar Sy: $4,000
Rodolfo Bellato: $4,000 vs. Paul Craig: $16,000
Michael Chiesa: $21,000 def. Court McGee: $21,000
Malcolm Wellmaker: $4,000 def. Kris Moutinho: $4,000
Jose Ochoa: $4,000 def. Cody Durden: $11,000
Ricky Simon: $11,000 vs. Cameron Smotherman: $4,000
Phil Rowe: $6,000 def. Angela Loosa: $6,000
Jamey-Lyn Horth: $4,500 def. Vanessa Demopoulos: $6,000
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 $4,690; 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 $32,000 while title challengers get $42,000.
In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-69 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.
Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- “UFC on ESPN 69: Usman vs. Buckley” – $260,500
- “UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O’Malley 2” – $320,500
- “UFC on ESPN 68: Blanchfield vs. Barber” – $121,500
- “UFC on ESPN 67: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo” – $203,000
- “UFC on ESPN 66: Machado Garry vs. Prates” – $201,500
- “UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes” – $300,500
- “UFC on ESPN 65: Emmett vs. Murphy” – $161,000
- “UFC on ESPN 64: Moreno vs. Erceg” – $168,500
- “UFC Fight Night 255: Edwards vs. Brady” – $204,000
- “UFC Fight Night 254: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2” – $173,000
- “UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev” – $213,500
- “UFC Fight Night 253: Kape vs. Almabayev” – $134,500
- “UFC Fight Night 252: Cejudo vs. Song” – $185,000
- “UFC Fight Night 251: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues” – $168,000
- “UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2” – $254,500
- “UFC Fight Night 250: Adesanya vs. Imavov” – $137,500
- “UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano” – $306,000
- “UFC Fight Night 249: Dern vs. Ribas 2” – $173,500
Year-to-date total: $3,223,000
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $34,240,500