UFC Fight Night 249 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Santiago Ponzinibbio's $16,000 leads

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 249 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $173,500.

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 Fight Night 249 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 249 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Mackenzie Dern: $11,000
def. Amanda Ribas: $11,000

Santiago Ponzinibbio: $16,000
def. Carlston Harris: $6,000

Cesar Almeida: $4,500
def. Abdul Razak Alhassan: $11,000

Roman Kopylov: $6,000
def. Chris Curtis: $6,000

Christian Rodriguez: $6,000
def. Austin Bashi: $4,000

Punahele Soriano: $6,000
def. Uros Medic: $6,000

Felipe Bunes: $4,000
def. Jose Johnson: $4,500

Marco Tulio: $4,000
def. Ihor Potieria: $6,000

Thiago Moises: $11,000
def. Trey Ogden: $6,000

Jacobe Smith: $4,000
def. Preston Parsons: $6,000

Ernesta Kareckaite: $4,000
def. Nicolle Caliari: $4,000

Bruno Lopes: $4,000
def. Magomed Gadzhiyasulov: $4,000

Fatima Kline: $4,000
def. Viktoriia Dudakova: $4,500

Nurullo Aliev: $4,000
def. Joe Solecki: $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 2491 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 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 $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC Fight Night 249: Dern vs. Ribas 2” – $173,500

Year-to-date total: $173,500
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $31,191,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 249.