LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 263 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $144,500.
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.
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UFC Fight Night 263 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 263 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Steve Garcia: $6,000 def. David Onama: $6,000
Waldo Cortes-Acosta: $6,000 def. Ante Delija: $4,000
Jeremiah Wells: $6,000 def. Themba Gormibo: $6,000
Yadier del Valle: $4,000 def. Isaac Dulgarian: $4,500
Charles Radtke: $4,500 def. Daniel Frunza: $4,000
Allan Nascimento: $4,500 def. Cody Durden: $11,000
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Billy Elekana: $4,000 def. Kevin Christian: $4,000
Timmy Cuamba: $4,500 def. ChangHo Lee: $4,000
Donte Johnson: $4,000 def. Sedriques Dumas: $6,000
Norma Dumont: $11,000 def. Ketlen Vieira: $11,000
Alice Ardelean: $4,500 def. Montserrat Conejo Ruiz: $4,500
SeokHyeon Ko: $4,000 def. Phil Rowe: $6,000
Talita Alencar: $4,500 def. Arianne Carnelossi: $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 2631 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.
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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 263: Garcia vs. Onama” – $144,500
Year-to-date total: $7,360,500
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $38,339,000
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Vegas 101 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Program milestone