Fighters competing on UFC on ESPN 9 event take home Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay amounting to $114,500 

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Official weigh-ins for UFC on ESPN 9

The fighters who appeared on Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 9: Woodley vs. Burns card took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay amounting to $114,500.

The program is an all-inclusive plan that features outfitting requirements, media obligations, and other items under the fighter's code of conduct, and succeeds the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy. (h/t MMA Junkie)

UFC on ESPN 9 was held inside the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.

The full UFC on ESPN 9 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

Gilbert Burns: $10,000

Tyron Woodley: $15,000

Augusto Sakai: $4,000

Blagoy Ivanov: $4,000

Billy Quarantillo: $3,500

Spike Carlyle: $3,500

Roosevelt Roberts: $4,000

Brok Weaver: $3,500

Mackenzie Dern: $4,000

Hannah Cifers: $4,000

Katlyn Chookagian: $5,000

Antonina Shevchenko: $4,000

Daniel Rodriguez: $3,500

Gabriel Green: $3,500

Jamahal Hill: $3,500

Klidson Abreu: $4,000

Brandon Royval: $3,500

Tim Elliott: $10,000

Casey Kenney: $4,000

Louis Smolka: $10,000

Chris Gutierrez: $4,000

Vince Morales: $4,000

As per the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, fighters are paid from the money generated by Reebok’s multi-year sponsorship on the basis of their total number of UFC fights, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2011 and later).

Fighters with 1-3 fights under their belt get $3,500 per appearance; 4-5 fights get $4,000; 6-10 fights get $5,000; 11-15 fights earn $10,000; 16-20 fights receive $15,000; while 21 bouts and more get $20,000. Apart from that, champions earn $40,000 and title challengers or top contenders get $30,000.

Additionally, UFC fighters will receive perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise bearing their likeness.

Complete list of UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts in 2020:

• “UFC on ESPN 9: Woodley vs. Burns” – $114,500
• “UFC on ESPN 8: Overeem vs. Harris” – $184,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 29: Smith vs. Teixeira” – $166,000
• “UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje” – $305,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 28: Lee vs. Oliveira” – $209,500
• “UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero” – $257,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 27: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo” – $119,500
• “UFC on ESPN+ 26: Felder vs. Hooker” – $130,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 25: Anderson vs. Blachowicz 2” – $186,500
• “UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes” – $243,000
• “UFC on ESPN+ 24: Blaydes vs. Dos Santos” – $169,000
• “UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy” – $165,000

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