Payout Surpasses $20 Million as Dana White Pays Sean O’Malley, Aljamain Sterling & Others $340,500 in Promotional Compliance Pay at UFC 292

The MMA community recently witnessed some splendid fights at UFC 292. The event was a huge success, and some of the top fighters took a fortune home. The main event of the fight night took place between Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley. Their fight resulted in ‘Suga’ becoming the new UFC bantamweight champion. The co-main event was between women’s strawweight champion Zhang Weili and Amanda Lemos, and Weili successfully defended her title with a display of sheer dominance.

 The event paved the way for some exciting fights, which generated a good amount of money. Now the UFC 292 Promotional Guidelines Compliance Pay is out, and it has surpassed $20 million. The fighters at UFC 292 on Saturday received a combined total of $340.500. in UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance Pay. Let’s dive deeper to find out how much the fighters took home.

UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance Pay

 UFC 292 was held at TD Garden, where the main card was broadcast on PPV and the preliminary bouts were aired on ESPN and ESPN+. Now it’s time to look into the Promotional Guidelines Compliance Pay of the event, as it is out now. The program is an all-encompassing scheme covering outfit requirements, media commitments, and various aspects of the fighter’s code of conduct. It has now replaced the former remunerations offered under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.

As per the report by MMA Junkie, the UFC 292 Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included Sean O’Malley taking home a whopping $32,000. While his opponent and former UFC bantamweight champion earned more than ‘Suga’, which is $42,000. For the co-main event, Zhang Weili earned the same amount as Sterling, while her opponent Lemos took home $32,000. The rest of the fighters earned between $4000 and $21,000.

Dana White under fire for controversial business methods

UFC president, Dana White, has long been under public scrutiny for underpaying his fighters. And recently, the YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul too joined in the vocal movement and criticized White’s business methods.

‘The Problem Child’ has repeatedly clashed with White over the head honcho underpaying the fighters and not giving them their fair share. During a recent appearance on ‘Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson’, the sensational boxer fired verbal jabs towards White and the 54-year-old’s treatment of lesser-known fighters.

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While it’s common knowledge that the top UFC fighters get huge paychecks, the lesser-known fighters are gravely underpaid. Paul went ahead and pointed out that some of the fighters earn as little as $12,500 despite putting their bodies on the line and believes the organization should set a baseline of $50,000.

The issue of fighters being underpaid at UFC has long been a point of contention. However, it seems that people will raise the issue again and again until fighters from all strata get a good paycheck.

Recently, O’Malley has been suggesting a matchup between himself and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis. Suga Sean probably recognises that boxing brings a lot more money than the ufc is willing to offer. With so many UFC stars opting for boxing exhibition matches, White may have a problem on his hand. The trend begun by the Notorious Conor McGregor seems to have shown his grow MMA fighters the path to making a good living in combat sports.

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