VANCOUVER – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 262 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $221,500.
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 Fight Night 262 took place at Rogers Arena in Canada. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 262 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Brendan Allen: $16,000 def. Reinier de Ridder: $4,500
Mike Malott: $6,000 def. Kevin Holland: $21,000
Aiemann Zahabi: $6,000 def. Marlon Vera: $21,000
Manon Fiorot: $6,000 def. Jasmine Jasudavicius: $11,000
Charles Jourdain: $16,000 def. Davey Grant: $11,000
Kyle Nelson: $11,000 def. Matt Frevola: $11,000
Drew Dober: $21,000 def. Kyle Prepolec: $4,500
Aori Qileng: $6,000 def. Cody Gibson: $6,000
Bruno Silva: $6,000 def. HyunSung Park: $4,500
Djorden Santos: $4,000 def. Danny Barlow: $4,500
Stephanie Luciano: $4,000 def. Ravenna Oliveira: $4,000
Yousri Belgaroui: $4,000 def. Azamat Bekoev: $4,000
Melissa Croden: $4,000 def. Tainara Lisboa: $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 2621 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 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- “UFC Fight Night 262: de Ridder vs. Allen” – $221,500
- “UFC Fight Night 261: Oliveira vs. Gamrot” – $184,500
- “UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2” – $318,500
- “UFC Fight Night 260: Ulberg vs. Reyes” – $167,500
- “UFC Fight Night 259: Lopes vs. Silva” – $212,000
- “UFC Fight Night 258: Imavov vs. Borralho” – $185,500
- “UFC Fight Night 257: Walker vs. Mingyang” – $161,500
- “UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev” – $301,500
- “UFC on ESPN 72: Dolidze vs. Hernandez” – $205,000
- “UFC on ESPN 71: Taira vs. Park” – $150,000
- “UFC on ABC 9: Whittaker vs. de Ridder” – $191,000
- “UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3” – $269,500
- “UFC on ESPN 70: Lewis vs. Teixeira” – $204,500
- “UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira” – $298,500
- “UFC on ABC 8: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.” – $155,000
- “UFC on ESPN 69: Usman vs. Buckley” – $260,500
- “UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O’Malley 2” – $320,500
- “UFC on ESPN 68: Blanchfield vs. Barber” – $121,500
- “UFC on ESPN 67: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo” – $203,000
- “UFC on ESPN 66: Machado Garry vs. Prates” – $201,500
- “UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes” – $300,500
- “UFC on ESPN 65: Emmett vs. Murphy” – $161,000
- “UFC on ESPN 64: Moreno vs. Erceg” – $168,500
- “UFC Fight Night 255: Edwards vs. Brady” – $204,000
- “UFC Fight Night 254: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2” – $173,000
- “UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev” – $213,500
- “UFC Fight Night 253: Kape vs. Almabayev” – $134,500
- “UFC Fight Night 252: Cejudo vs. Song” – $185,000
- “UFC Fight Night 251: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues” – $168,000
- “UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2” – $254,500
- “UFC Fight Night 250: Adesanya vs. Imavov” – $137,500
- “UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano” – $306,000
- “UFC Fight Night 249: Dern vs. Ribas 2” – $173,500
Year-to-date total: $6,921,500
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $37,900,000
