ABU DHABI – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 321 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $294,500.
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 321 took place at Etihad Arena on Yas Island. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on Disney+/FX/ESPN+.
The full UFC 321 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Tom Aspinall: $42,000 vs. Ciryl Gane: $32,000
Mackenzie Dern: $32,000 def. Virna Jandiroba: $32,000
Umar Nurmagomedov: $6,000 def. Mario Bautista: $11,000
Alexander Volkov: $16,000 def. Jailton Almeida: $6,000
Azamat Murzakanov: $6,000 def. Aleksandar Rakic: $11,000
Quillan Salkilld: $4,000 def. Nasrat Haqparast: $11,000
Ikram Aliskerov: $4,500 def. JunYong Park: $11,000
Ludovit Klein: $11,000 def. Mateusz Rebecki: $6,000
Valter Walker: $4,500 def. Louie Sutherland: $4,000
Nathaniel Wood: $11,000 def. Jose Delgado: $4,000
Hamdy Abdelwahab: $4,500 def. Chris Barnett: $6,000
Mitch Raposo: $4,000 def. Azat Maksum: $4,500
Mizuki Inoue: $4,500 def. Jaqueline Amorim: $6,000
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 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- “UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane” – $294,500
- “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: $7,216,000
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $38,194,500
