LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 303 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $311,500.
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 303 took place at T-Mobile Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
The full UFC 303 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Alex Pereira: $42,000
def. Jiri Prochazka: $32,000
Diego Lopes: $4,500
def. Dan Ige: $16,000
Roman Dolidze: $6,000
def. Anthony Smith: $21,000
Macy Chiasson: $11,000
def. Mayra Bueno Silva: $11,000
Ian Machado Garry: $6,000
def. Michael Page: $4,000
Joe Pyfer: $4,500
def. Marc-Andre Barriault: $11,000
Andre Fili: $21,000
def. Cub Swanson: $21,000
Jean Silva: $4,000
def. Charles Jourdain: $11,000
Payton Talbott: $4,000
def. Yanis Ghemmouri: $4,000
Gillian Robertson: $16,000
def. Michelle Waterson-Gomez: $11,000
Martin Buday: $6,000
def. Andrei Arlovski: $21,000
Rei Tsuruya: $4,000
def. Carlos Hernandez: $4,500
Vinicius Oliveira: $4,000
def. Ricky Simon: $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 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
Year-to-date total: $3,948,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $26,685,500
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 303.
