UFC 273 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2022 total passes $2 million

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 273 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $293,500.

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 273 took place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.

The full UFC 273 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Alexander Volkanovski: $42,000
def. Chan Sung Jung: $32,000

Aljamain Sterling: $42,000
def. Petr Yan: $42,000

Khamzat Chimaev: $4,500
def. Gilbert Burns: $16,000

Mackenzie Dern: $6,000
def. Tecia Torres: $11,000

Mark Madsen: $4,500
def. Vinc Pichel: $6,000

Ian Garry: $4,000
def. Darian Weeks: $4,000

Anthony Hernandez: $4,500
def. Josh Fremd: $4,000

Raquel Pennington: $16,000
def. Aspen Ladd: $6,000

Mike Malott: $4,000
def. Mickey Gall: $11,000

Aleksei Oleinik: $11,000
def. Jared Vanderaa: $4,500

Piera Rodriguez: $4,000
def. Kay Hansen: $4,500

Julio Arce: $6,000
def. Daniel Santos: $4,000

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 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie” – $293,500
• “UFC on ESPN 33: Blaydes vs. Daukaus” – $186,500
• “UFC Fight Night 204: Volkov vs. Aspinall” – $154,500
• “UFC Fight Night 203: Santos vs. Ankalaev” – $198,000
• “UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal” – $236,000
• “UFC Fight Night 202: Makhachev vs. Green” – $138,000
• “UFC Fight Night 201: Walker vs. Hill” – $140,000
• “UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2” – $282,500
• “UFC Fight Night 200: Hermansson vs. Strickland” – $160,500
• “UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane” – $241,000
• “UFC on ESPN 32: Kattar vs. Chikadze” – $132,000

Year-to-date total: $2,162,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $8,329,500