NEWARK, N.J. – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 316 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $320,500.
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 316 took place at Prudential Center. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
The full UFC 316 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Merab Dvalishvili: $42,000 def. Sean O’Malley: $32,000
Kayla Harrison: $32,000 def. Julianna Peña: $42,000
Joe Pyfer: $6,000 def. Kelvin Gastelum: $21,000
Mario Bautista: $11,000 def. Patchy Mix: $4,000
Kevin Holland: $21,000 def. Vicente Luque: $21,000
Waldo Cortes-Acosta: $6,000 def. Serghei Spivac: $11,000
Joshua Van: $6,000 def. Bruno Silva: $6,000
Azamat Murzakanov: $4,500 def. Brendson Ribeiro: $4,500
Wang Cong: $4,500 def. Ariane da Silva: $11,000
Andreas Gustafsson: $4,000 def. Khaos Williams: $6,000
Joo Sang Yoo: $4,000 def. Jeka Saragih: $4,500
Quillan Salkilld: $4,000 def. Yanal Ashmouz: $4,500
MarQuel Mederos: $4,000 def. Mark Choinski: $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 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
- “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: $3,223,000
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $34,240,500
