UFC 305 Promotional Guidelines Compliance Salary: Du Plessis top earner

PERTH, Australia – Fighters in Saturday’s UFC 305 event received a total of $243,500 in compensation in accordance with the UFC Promotional Guidelines.

The program, a comprehensive plan that includes equipment requirements, media obligations and other items of the Fighter Code of Conduct, replaces previous payments under the UFC Athlete Equipment Policy.

UFC 305 took place at the RAC Arena in Western Australia. The main event aired on pay-per-view, following preliminaries on ESPN and ESPN+.

The full UFC 305 UFC Promotional Guidelines compliance payouts included:

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Dricus Du Plessis: 42,000 USD
defeated Israel Adesanya: $32,000

Kai Kara-France: 11,000 USD
defeated Steve Erceg: $4,500

Dan Hooker: $21,000
defeated Mateusz Gamrot: $6,000

Tai Tuivasa: $16,000
def. Jairzinho Rosenstruik: $11,000

Carlos Prates: $4,000
defeated Li Jingliang: $16,000

Valter Walker: $4,000
defeated Junior Tafa: $4,500

Ricardo Ramos: $11,000
defeated Josh Culibao: 6,000 USD

Casey O'Neill: $6,000
defeated Luana Santos: $4,500

Jack Jenkins: $4,500
defeated Herbert Burns: 6,000 USD

Tom Nolan: $4,000
defeated Alex Reyes: $4,000

Song Kenan: $6,000
defeated Ricky Glenn: $11,000

Jesus Aguilar: $4,500
defeated Stewart Nicoll: 4,000 USD

According to the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance Program's payout tiers, which use money from Venum's long-standing sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC fights, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce fights (April 2011 and later). Fighters with 1-3 fights will receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 fights $4,500; 6-10 fights $6,000; 11-15 fights bring in $11,000; 16-20 fights collect $16,000; and 21 fights and above bring in $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000, while title challengers get $32,000.

In addition to experience-based compensation, UFC fighters officially receive unlimited royalties of 20 to 30 percent of all UFC merchandise sold that bears their image.

Full payouts to comply with 2024 UFC promotional guidelines:

• “UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya” – $243,500
• “UFC on ESPN 61: Tybura vs. Spivac 2” – $128,000
• “UFC on ABC 7: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov” – $211,000
• “UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2” – $307,500
• “UFC on ESPN 60: Lemos vs. Jandiroba” – $139,000
• “UFC on ESPN 59: Namajunas vs. Cortez” – $180,500
• “UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2,” – $311,500
• “UFC on ABC 6: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov” – $186,000
• “UFC on ESPN 58: Perez vs. Taira” – $116,000
• “UFC on ESPN 57: Cannonier vs. Imavov” – $186,500
• “UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier” – $281,500
• “UFC Fight Night 241: Barboza vs. Murphy” – $158,500
• “UFC on ESPN 56: Lewis vs. Nascimento” – $186,000
• “UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg” – $280,000
• “UFC on ESPN 55: Nicolau vs. Perez” – $175,000
• “UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill” – $460,000
• “UFC Fight Night 240: Allen vs. Curtis 2” – $162,500
• “UFC on ESPN 54: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot” – $173,000
• “UFC on ESPN 53: Ribas vs. Namajunas” – $148,000
• “UFC Fight Night 239: Tuivasa vs. Tybura” – $189,500
• “UFC 299: O’Malley vs. Vera 2” – $359,000
• “UFC Fight Night 238: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev” – $133,500
• “UFC Fight Night 237: Moreno vs. Royval 2” – $135,500
• “UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria” – $243,000
• “UFC Fight Night 236: Hermansson vs. Pyfer” – $236,500
• “UFC Fight Night 235: Dolidze vs. Imavov” – $170,500
• “UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis” – $285,500
• “UFC Fight Night 234: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2” – $159,500

Year-to-date total: $5,158,000
Total 2023: $8,188,000
Total 2022: $8,351,500
Total 2021: $6,167,500
Total program to date: $27,895,000

For more information on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 305.