UFC Mexico Promotional Guidelines Compliance: Program tops $33 million

MEXICO CITY – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 64 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $168,500.

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 64 took place at Arena CDMX in Mexico. The card aired on ESPN2 and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 64 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Brandon Moreno: $16,000
def. Steve Erceg: $6,000

Manuel Torres: $4,500
def. Drew Dober: $21,000

Edgar Chairez: $4,500
def. CJ Vergara: $6,000

Raul Rosas Jr.: $6,000
def. Vince Morales: $11,000

David Martinez: $4,000
def. Saimon Oliveira: $4,000

Kevin Borjas: $4,000
def. Ronaldo Rodriguez: $4,000

Ateba Gautier: $4,000
def. Jose Daniel Medina: $4,000

Melquizael Costa: $6,000
def. Christian Rodriguez: $6,000

Loopy Godinez: $11,000
def. Julia Polastri: $4,000

Rafa Garcia: $6,000
def. Vinc Pichel: $11,000

Jamall Emmers: $6,000
def. Gabriel Miranda: $4,500

Marquel Mederos: $4,000
def. Austin Hubbard: $11,000

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 $4,640; 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 20-64 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “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: $2,118,000
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $33,135,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 64.