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WASHINGTON – Fighters from Saturday's UFC Freedom 250 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $241,500.
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 Freedom 250 took place at the White House. The entire event streamed on Paramount+.
Justin Gaethje: $42,000 def. Ilia Topuria: $42,000
Ciryl Gane: $32,000 def. Alex Pereira: $32,000
Sean O'Malley: $16,000 def. Aiemann Zahabi: $11,000
Josh Hokit: $4,500 def. Derrick Lewis: $21,000
Mauricio Ruffy: $6,000 def. Michael Chandler: $6,000
Bo Nickal: $6,000 def. Kyle Daukaus: $6,000
Diego Lopes: $6,000 def. Steve Garcia: $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 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.
Year-to-date total: $4,458,500
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: $43,576,500
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Freedom 250 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totals $241,500
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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 Freedom 250 took place at the White House. The entire event streamed on Paramount+.
The full UFC Freedom 250 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Justin Gaethje: $42,000 def. Ilia Topuria: $42,000
Ciryl Gane: $32,000 def. Alex Pereira: $32,000
Sean O'Malley: $16,000 def. Aiemann Zahabi: $11,000
Josh Hokit: $4,500 def. Derrick Lewis: $21,000
Mauricio Ruffy: $6,000 def. Michael Chandler: $6,000
Bo Nickal: $6,000 def. Kyle Daukaus: $6,000
Diego Lopes: $6,000 def. Steve Garcia: $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 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 2026 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- "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: $4,458,500
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: $43,576,500
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Freedom 250 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totals $241,500
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