Fighters from Saturday's UFC Fight Night 288 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $239,000.
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 288 took place at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz. The entire card streamed on Paramount+.
The full UFC Fight Night 288 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Jean Silva: $6,000 def. Jose Delgado: $6,000
Brandon Moreno: $16,000 def. Joseph Morales: $6,000
Tommy McMillen: $4,000 def. Marwan Rahiki: $4,000
Alexa Grasso: $16,000 def. Manon Fiorot: $6,000
Curtis Blaydes: $21,000
def. Waldo Cortes Acosta: $11,000
David Martinez: $4,500 def. Dan Ige: $21,000
Tim Elliott: $21,000 def. Edgar Chairez: $6,000
Ignacio Bahamondes: $11,000 def. Muslim Salikhov: $11,000
Yousri Belgaroui: $4,000 def. Djorden Santos: $4,500
Thomas Gantt: $4,000 def. Drakkar Klose: $11,000
Rong Zhu: $6,000 def. Rafa Garcia: $11,000
Sean King III: $4,000 def. Jessie Rosas: $4,000
Regina Tarin: $4,000 def. JJ Aldrich: $16,000
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 2881 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 288: Silva vs. Delgado" – $239,000
- "UFC Fight Night 287: Hooker vs. Parnasse" – $185,500
- "UFC Fight Night 286: Nurmagomedov vs. Song" – $164,500
- "UFC Fight Night 285: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues" – $181,000
- "UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry" – $327,000
- "UFC Fight Night 284: Gamrot vs. Salkilld" – $165,500
- "UFC Fight Night 283: Medic vs. Rodriguez" – $192,000
- "UFC Fight Night 282: Ankalaev vs. Guskov" – $160,500
- "UFC Fight Night 281: Du Plessis vs. Usman" – $151,500
- "UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2" – $275,000
- "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: $6,830,000
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: $45,948,000
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Fight Night 288 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Two ex-champs surpassed
