UFC Baku Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay among lowest of 2026

Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 280 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $162,000.

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 Fight Night 280 took place at Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan. The entire card streamed on Paramount+.

The full UFC Fight Night 280 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

Rafael Fiziev: $11,000 def. Manuel Torres: $6,000

Shara Magomedov: $6,000 def. Michel Pereira: $16,000

Matheus Camilo: $4,000 def. Nazim Sadykhov: $6,000

Asu Almabayev: $6,000 def. Charles Johnson: $11,000

Ikram Aliskerov: $6,000 def. Brunno Ferreira: $6,000

Abus Magomedov: $6,000 def. Michal Oleksiejczuk: $16,000

Farman Hasanov: $4,000 def. Eric Nolan: $4,000

Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev: $4,000 def. Julius Walker: $4,500

Nursulton Ruziboev: $6,000 def. Andrey Pulyaev: $4,500

Kaan Ofli: $4,500 def. Javier Reyes: $4,000

Daniil Donchenko: $4,000 def. Theodor Berggren: $4,000

Jean Matsumoto: $6,000 def. Bekzat Almakhan: $4,500

Tahir Abdullaev: $4,000 def. Jefferson Nascimento: $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 2801 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 2026 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

• “UFC Fight Night 280: Fiziev vs. Torres” – $162,000
• “UFC Fight Night 279: Kape vs. Horiguchi 2” – $168,000
• “UFC Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje” – $241,500
• “UFC Fight Night 278: Muhammad vs. Bonfim” – $194,000
• “UFC Fight Night 277: Song vs. Figueiredo” – $215,000
• “UFC Fight Night 276: Allen vs. Costa” – $167,000
• “UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland” – $371,000
• “UFC Fight Night 275: Della Maddalena vs. Prates” – $188,500
• “UFC Fight Night 274: Sterling vs. Zalal” – $239,500
• “UFC Fight Night 273: Burns vs. Malott” – $176,500
• “UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg” – $312,000
• “UFC Fight Night 272: Moicano vs. Duncan” – $151,500
• “UFC Fight Night 271: Adesanya vs. Pyfer” – $239,000
• “UFC Fight Night 270: Evloev vs. Murphy” – $137,000
• “UFC Fight Night 269: Emmett vs. Vallejos” – $238,500
• “UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2” – $261,000
• “UFC Fight Night 268: Moreno vs. Kavanagh” – $175,000
• “UFC Fight Night 267: Strickland vs. Hernandez” – $207,500
• “UFC Fight Night 266: Bautista vs. Oliveira” – $206,500
• “UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2” – $234,000
• “UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett” – $269,500

Year-to-date total: $4,788,500

2025 total: $8,441,500

2024 total: $8,280,500

2023 total: $8,131,000

2022 total: $8,351,500

2021 total: $6,167,500

Program-to-date total: $43,906,500

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