LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 73 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $163,500.
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.
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UFC on ESPN 73 took place at UFC Apex. The card aired on ESPN2 and streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC on ESPN 73 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Manel Kape: $6,000 def. Brandon Royval: $11,000
Kevin Vallejos: $4,000 def. Giga Chikadze: $11,000
Cezary Oleksiejczuk: $4,000 def. Cesar Almeida: $4,500
Melquizael Costa: $6,000 def. Morgan Charriere: $6,000
Marcus Buchecha: $4,000 vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu: $11,000
King Green: $21,000 def. Lance Gibson Jr.: $4,000
Yaroslav Amosov: $4,000 def. Neil Magny: $21,000
Joanderson Brito: $6,000 vs. Isaac Thomson: $4,000
Steven Asplund: $4,000 def. Sean Sharaf: $4,000
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Luana Santos: $6,000 def. Melissa Croden: $4,000
Guilherme Pat: $4,000 def. Allen Frye Jr.: $4,000
Jamey-Lyn Horth: $6,000 def. Tereza Bleda: $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 2011 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,730; 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.
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In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-73 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.
Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
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“UFC on ESPN 73: Royval vs. Kape” – $163,500
Year-to-date total: $8,441,500
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,131,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $39,636,500
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Vegas 112 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay; 2025 sets record
