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LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday's UFC Fight Night 279 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $168,000.
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 279 took place at Meta APEX. The entire card streamed on Paramount+.
Manel Kape: $11,000 def. Kyoji Horiguchi: $11,000
Navajo Stirling: $4,500 def. Ion Cutelaba: $21,000
Christian Rodriguez: $6,000 def. Hyder Amil: $6,000
Murtazali Magomedov: $4,000 def. Melsik Baghdasaryan: $6,000
Vinicius Oliveira: $6,000 def. Andre Fili: $21,000
Kevin Borjas: $6,000 def. Andre Lima: $4,500
Bia Mesquita: $4,000 def. Melissa Mullins: $4,500
Mitch Raposo: $4,500 def. Allan Nascimento: $6,000
Gaston Bolanos: $4,500 def. Michael Aswell Jr.: $4,500
Levan Chokheli: $4,000 def. Leon Shahbazyan: $4,000
Luana Santos: $6,000 def. Karol Rosa: $11,000
Shane Collins: $4,000 def. Otari Tanzilovi: $4,000
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 2791 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: $4,626,500
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: $43,744,500
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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 279 took place at Meta APEX. The entire card streamed on Paramount+.
The full UFC Fight Night 279 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Manel Kape: $11,000 def. Kyoji Horiguchi: $11,000
Navajo Stirling: $4,500 def. Ion Cutelaba: $21,000
Christian Rodriguez: $6,000 def. Hyder Amil: $6,000
Murtazali Magomedov: $4,000 def. Melsik Baghdasaryan: $6,000
Vinicius Oliveira: $6,000 def. Andre Fili: $21,000
Kevin Borjas: $6,000 def. Andre Lima: $4,500
Bia Mesquita: $4,000 def. Melissa Mullins: $4,500
Mitch Raposo: $4,500 def. Allan Nascimento: $6,000
Gaston Bolanos: $4,500 def. Michael Aswell Jr.: $4,500
Levan Chokheli: $4,000 def. Leon Shahbazyan: $4,000
Luana Santos: $6,000 def. Karol Rosa: $11,000
Shane Collins: $4,000 def. Otari Tanzilovi: $4,000
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 2791 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 279: Kape vs. Horiguchi 2" – $168,000
- "UFC Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje" – $241,500
- "UFC Fight Night 278: Muhammad vs. Bonfim" – $194,000
- "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: $4,626,500
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: $43,744,500
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Vegas 119 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totals $168,000
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