UFC 280 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program total tops $13 million

ABU DHABI – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 280 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $296,500.

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 280 took place at Etihad Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and ESPN+.

The full UFC 280 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Islam Makhachev: $32,000
def. Charles Oliveira: $32,000

Aljamain Sterling: $42,000
def. T.J. Dillashaw: $32,000

Sean O’Malley: $6,000
def. Petr Yan: $11,000

Beneil Dariush: $21,000
def. Mateusz Gamrot: $6,000

Manon Fiorot: $4,500
def. Katlyn Chookagian: $16,000

Belal Muhammad: $16,000
def. Sean Brady: $6,000

Caio Borralho: $4,000
def. Makhmud Muradov: $4,500

Nikita Krylov: $16,000
def. Volkan Oezdemir: $11,000

Abubakar Nurmagomedov: $4,000
def. Gadzhi Omargadzhiev: $4,000

Armen Petrosyan: $4,000
def. AJ Dobson: $4,000

Muhammad Mokaev: $4,000
def. Malcolm Gordon: $4,500

Karol Rosa: $6,000
def. Lina Lansberg: $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 2022 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev” – $306,500
• “UFC Fight Night 212: Grasso vs. Araujo” – $151,500
• “UFC Fight Night 211: Dern vs. Yan” – $164,500
• “UFC Fight Night 210: Sandhagen vs. Song” – $202,000
• “UFC 279: Chimaev vs. Diaz” – $202,000
• “UFC Fight Night 209: Gane vs. Tuivasa” – $155,000
• “UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2” – $226,000
• “UFC on ESPN 41: Vera vs. Cruz” – $195,000
• “UFC on ESPN 40: Santos vs. Hill” – $140,000
• “UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2” – $313,500
• “UFC Fight Night 208: Blaydes vs. Aspinall” – $179,000
• “UFC on ABC 3: Ortega vs. Rodriguez” – $179,000
• “UFC on ESPN 39: Dos Anjos vs. Fiziev” – $157,500
• “UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier” – $362,500
• “UFC on ESPN 38: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot” – $140,500
• “UFC on ESPN 37: Kattar vs. Emmett” – $189,000
• “UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Prochazka” – $258,000
• “UFC Fight Night 207: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik” – $149,000
• “UFC Fight Night 206: Holm vs. Vieira” – $127,000
• “UFC on ESPN 36: Blachowicz vs. Rakic” – $173,000
• “UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje” – $320,000
• “UFC on ESPN 35: Font vs. Vera” – $197,500
• “UFC Fight Night 205: Lemos vs. Andrade” – $149,500
• “UFC on ESPN 34: Luque vs. Muhammad 2” – $159,000
• “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: $6,929,000
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $13,106,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 280.