NEW YORK – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 322 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $350,500.
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 322 took place at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
The full UFC 322 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Islam Makhachev: $32,000 def. Jack Della Maddalena: $42,000
Valentina Shevchenko: $42,000 def. Zhang Weili: $32,000
Michael Morales: $6,000 def. Sean Brady: $6,000
Carlos Prates: $6,000 def. Leon Edwards: $16,000
Benoit Saint Denis: $11,000 def. Beneil Dariush: $21,000
Bo Nickal: $6,000 def. Rodolfo Vieira: $6,000
Gregory Rodrigues: $11,000 def. Roman Kopylov: $11,000
Erin Blanchfield: $6,000 def. Tracy Cortez: $6,000
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Ethyn Ewing: $4,000 def. Malcolm Wellmaker: $4,000
Kyle Daukaus: $6,000 def. Gerald Meerschaert: $21,000
Fatima Kline: $4,500 def. Angela Hill: $21,000
Pat Sabatini: $6,000 def. Chepe Mariscal: $6,000
Baisangur Susurkaev: $4,000 def. Eric McConico: $4,000
Matheus Camilo: $4,000 def. Viacheslav Borshchev: $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.
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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:
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“UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev” – $350,500
Year-to-date total: $7,904,500
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $38,883,000
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 322 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay is 2025’s most expensive
