LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 71 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $150,000.

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.

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UFC on ESPN 71 took place at the UFC Apex. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 71 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

Tatsuro Taira: $6,000 def. HyunSung Park: $4,500

Chris Duncan: $6,000 def. Mateusz Rebecki: $6,000

Esteban Ribovics: $6,000 def. Elves Brener: $6,000

Karol Rosa: $11,000 def. Nora Cornolle: $4,500

Neil Magny: $21,000 def. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos: $16,000

Kevin Vallejos: $4,000 def. Danny Silva: $4,000

Rinya Nakamura: $4,500 def. Nathan Fletcher: $4,000

Rodolfo Vieira: $6,000 def. Tresean Gore: $6,000

Andrey Pulyaev: $4,000 def. Nick Klein: $4,000

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Austin Bashi: $4,000 def. John Yannis: $4,000

Rafael Estevam: $4,000 def. Felipe Bunes: $4,000

Piera Rodriguez: $6,000 def. Ketlen Souza: $4,500

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 $4,710; 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 20-71 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

“UFC on ESPN 71: Taira vs. Park” – $150,000

Year-to-date total: $4,307,000

2024 total: $8,280,500

2023 total: $8,188,000

2022 total: $8,351,500

2021 total: $6,167,500

Program-to-date total: $35,324,000

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program total passes $35 million