UFC 266 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Nick Diaz pockets $16,000 for return

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 266 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $319,000.

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 266 took place at the T-Mobile Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNNews and ESPN+.

The full UFC 266 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Alexander Volkanovski: $42,000
def. Brian Ortega: $32,000

Valentina Shevchenko: $42,000
def. Lauren Murphy: $32,000

Robbie Lawler: $21,000
def. Nick Diaz: $16,000

Curtis Blaydes: $11,000
def. Jairzinho Rozenstruik: $6,000

Jessica Andrade: $16,000
def. Cynthia Calvillo: $6,000

Merab Dvalishvili: $6,000
def. Marlon Moraes: $6,000

Dan Hooker: $16,000
def. Nasrat Haqparast: $6,000

Chris Daukaus: $4,500
def. Shamil Abdurakhimov: $6,000

Taila Santos: $4,500
def. Roxanne Modafferi: $11,000

Jalin Turner: $6,000
def. Uros Medic: $4,000

Nick Maximov: $4,000
def. Cody Brundage: $4,000

Matthew Semelsberger: $4,500
def. Martin Sano: $4,000

Jonathan Pearce: $4,000
def. Omar Morales: $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 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 2021 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega” – $319,000
• “UFC Fight Night 192: Smith vs. Spann” – $162,000
• “UFC Fight Night 191: Brunson vs. Till” – $120,000
• “UFC on ESPN 30: Barboza vs. Chikadze” – $171,000
• “UFC on ESPN 29: Cannonier vs. Gastelum” – $154,500
• “UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane” – $278,000
• “UFC on ESPN 28: Hall vs. Strickland” – $113,500
• “UFC on ESPN 27: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw” – $135,000
• “UFC on ESPN 26: Makhachev vs. Moises” – $126,000
• “UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3” – $218,000
• “UFC Fight Night 190: Gane vs. Volkov” – $196,500
• “UFC on ESPN 25: Korean Zombie vs. Ige” – $160,000
• “UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2” – $362,500
• “UFC Fight Night 189: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai” – $174,000
• “UFC Fight Night 188: Font vs. Garbrandt” – $158,000
• “UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler” – $236,500
• “UFC on ESPN 24: Rodriguez vs. Waterson” – $143,000
• “UFC on ESPN 23: Reyes vs. Prochazka” – $146,500
• “UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2” – $362,000
• “UFC on ESPN 22: Whittaker vs. Gastelum” – $142,500
• “UFC on ABC 2: Vettori vs. Holland” – $182,500

Year-to-date total: $3,911,500
Program-to-date total: $3,911,500