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Fighters from Saturday's UFC Fight Night 277 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $215,000.
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.
UFC Fight Night 277 took place at Galaxy Macau in Macau. The entire card streamed on Paramount+.
The full UFC Fight Night 277 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Song Yadong: $16,000 def. Deiveson Figueiredo: $21,000
Alonzo Menifield: $16,000 def. Zhang Mingyang: $4,500
Serghei Pavlovich: $11,000 def. Tallison Teixeira: $4,500
Kai Asakura: $4,000 def. Cameron Smotherman: $4,500
Jake Matthews: $21,000 def. Carlston Harris: $6,000
Alex Perez: $11,000 vs. Su Mudaerji: $11,000
Luis Felipe Dias: $4,000 def. Yi Sak Lee: $4,000
Jose Souza: $4,000 def. Ding Meng: $4,000
Cody Haddon: $4,000 def. Aori Qileng: $6,000
Rei Tsuruya: $4,000 def. Luis Gurule: $4,500
Angela Hill: $21,000 def. Xiong Jingnan: $4,000
Rodrigo Vera: $4,000 def. Zhu Kangjie: $4,000
Jaqueline Amorim: $6,000 def. Loma Lookboonmee: $11,000
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 2771 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.
Year-to-date total: $4,023,000
2025 total: $8,441,500
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,131,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $43,161,000
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Macau Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2026 total passes $4 million
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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 277 took place at Galaxy Macau in Macau. The entire card streamed on Paramount+.
The full UFC Fight Night 277 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Song Yadong: $16,000 def. Deiveson Figueiredo: $21,000
Alonzo Menifield: $16,000 def. Zhang Mingyang: $4,500
Serghei Pavlovich: $11,000 def. Tallison Teixeira: $4,500
Kai Asakura: $4,000 def. Cameron Smotherman: $4,500
Jake Matthews: $21,000 def. Carlston Harris: $6,000
Alex Perez: $11,000 vs. Su Mudaerji: $11,000
Luis Felipe Dias: $4,000 def. Yi Sak Lee: $4,000
Jose Souza: $4,000 def. Ding Meng: $4,000
Cody Haddon: $4,000 def. Aori Qileng: $6,000
Rei Tsuruya: $4,000 def. Luis Gurule: $4,500
Angela Hill: $21,000 def. Xiong Jingnan: $4,000
Rodrigo Vera: $4,000 def. Zhu Kangjie: $4,000
Jaqueline Amorim: $6,000 def. Loma Lookboonmee: $11,000
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 2771 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 2026 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- "UFC Fight Night 277: Song vs. Figueiredo" – $215,000
- "UFC Fight Night 276: Allen vs. Costa" – $167,000
- "UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland" – $371,000
- "UFC Fight Night 275: Della Maddalena vs. Prates" – $188,500
- "UFC Fight Night 274: Sterling vs. Zalal" – $239,500
- "UFC Fight Night 273: Burns vs. Malott" – $176,500
- "UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg" – $312,000
- "UFC Fight Night 272: Moicano vs. Duncan" – $151,500
- "UFC Fight Night 271: Adesanya vs. Pyfer" – $239,000
- "UFC Fight Night 270: Evloev vs. Murphy" – $137,000
- "UFC Fight Night 269: Emmett vs. Vallejos" – $238,500
- "UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2" – $261,000
- "UFC Fight Night 268: Moreno vs. Kavanagh" – $175,000
- "UFC Fight Night 267: Strickland vs. Hernandez" – $207,500
- "UFC Fight Night 266: Bautista vs. Oliveira" – $206,500
- "UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2" – $234,000
- "UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett" – $269,500
Year-to-date total: $4,023,000
2025 total: $8,441,500
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,131,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $43,161,000
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Macau Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2026 total passes $4 million
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