UFC on ESPN 65 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totals $161,000

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 65 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $161,000.

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 on ESPN 65 took place at the UFC Apex. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 65 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Lerone Murphy: $6,000
def. Josh Emmett: $11,000

Pat Sabatini: $6,000
def. Joanderson Brito: $6,000

ChangHo Lee: $4,000
def. Cortavious Romious: $4,000

Brad Tavares: $21,000
def. Gerald Meerschaert: $21,000

Ode Osbourne: $11,000
def. Luis Gurule: $4,000

Torrez Finney: $4,000
def. Robert Valentin: $4,000

Dione Barbosa: $4,000
def. Diana Belbita: $6,000

Rhys McKee: $4,500
def. Daniel Frunza: $4,000

Loma Lookboonmee: $6,000
def. Istela Nunes: $4,500

Victor Henry: $6,000
def. Pedro Falcao: $4,000

Martin Buday: $6,000
def. Uran Satybaldiev: $4,000

Talita Alencar: $4,000
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 $4,650; 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 20-65 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “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: $2,279,000
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $33,296,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 65.