LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 296 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $339,500.
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 296 took place at T-Mobile Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+.
The full UFC 296 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Leon Edwards: $42,000
def. Colby Covington: $32,000
Alexandre Pantoja: $42,000
def. Brandon Royval: $32,000
Shavkat Rakhmonov: $6,000
def. Stephen Thompson: $16,000
Paddy Pimblett: $4,500
def. Tony Ferguson: $21,000
Josh Emmett: $11,000
def. Bryce Mitchell: $6,000
Alonzo Menifield: $11,000
def. Dustin Jacoby: $11,000
Irene Aldana: $11,000
def. Karol Rosa: $6,000
Cody Garbrandt: $11,000
def. Brian Kelleher: $16,000
Ariane Lipski: $11,000
def. Casey O'Neill: $6,000
Tagir Ulanbekov: $4,500
def. Cody Durden: $6,000
Andre Fili: $21,000
def. Lucas Almeida: $4,000
Shamil Gaziev: $4,000
def. Martin Buday: $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 $4,500; 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 2023 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- “UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington” – $339,500
- “UFC Fight Night 233: Song vs. Gutierrez” – $159,500
- “UFC on ESPN 52: Dariush vs. Tsarukyan” – $225,000
- “UFC Fight Night 232: Allen vs. Craig” – $158,500
- “UFC 295: Prochazka vs. Pereira” – $272,500
- “UFC Fight Night 231: Almeida v. Lewis” – $145,000
- “UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2” – $237,000
- “UFC Fight Night 230: Yusuff vs. Barboza” – $167,000
- “UFC Fight Night 229: Dawson vs. Green” – $206,000
- “UFC Fight Night 228: Fiziev vs. Gamrot” – $164,500
- “Noche UFC: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2” – $185,500
- “UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland” – $209,000
- “UFC Fight Night 226: Gane vs. Spivac” – $128,500
- “UFC Fight Night 225: Holloway vs. Korean Zombie” – $196,000
- “UFC 292: Sterling vs. O’Malley” – $340,500
- “UFC on ESPN 50: Luque vs. dos Anjos” – $173,000
- “UFC on ESPN 50: Sandhagen vs. Font” – $170,500
- “UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2” – $271,500
- “UFC Fight Night 224: Aspinall vs. Tybura” – $225,000
- “UFC on ESPN 49: Holm vs. Bueno Silva” – $126,500
- “UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodriguez” – $319,500
- “UFC on ESPN 47: Strickland vs. Magomedov” – $144,500
- “UFC on ABC 5: Emmett vs. Topuria” – $174,000
- “UFC on ESPN 46: Vettori vs. Cannonier” – $140,000
- “UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana” – $236,500
- “UFC on ESPN 45: Kara-France vs. Albazi” – $199,500
- “UFC Fight Night 224: Dern vs. Hill” – $179,500
- “UFC on ABC 4: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida” – $267,500
- “UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo” – $267,500
- “UFC Fight Night 223: Song vs. Simon” – $144,500
- “UFC Fight Night 222: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes” – $181,500
- “UFC on ESPN 44: Holloway vs. Allen” – $254,500
- “UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2” – $274,500
- “UFC on ESPN 43: Vera vs. Sandhagen” – $137,000
- “UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3” – $266,500
- “UFC Fight Night 221: Yan vs. Dvalishvili” – $194,000
- “UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane” – $282,500
- “UFC Fight Night 220: Muniz vs. Allen” – $126,000
- “UFC Fight Night 219: Andrade vs. Blanchfield” – $158,000
- “UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski” – $263,000
- “UFC Fight Night 218: Lewis vs. Spivac” – $136,000
- “UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill” – $359,500
- “UFC Fight Night 217: Strickland vs. Imavov” – $137,000
Year-to-date total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $22,707,000
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 296.
