LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday's UFC Fight Night 290 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $199,500.
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 Fight Night 290 took place at Meta APEX. The entire card streamed on Paramount+.
The full UFC Fight Night 290 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Brendan Allen: $16,000 def. Christian Leroy Duncan: $11,000
Jai Herbert: $11,000 def. Matheus Camilo: $4,500
Loopy Godinez: $16,000 def. Ketlen Souza: $6,000
Andre Fili: $21,000 def. Kai Kamaka III: $6,000
Otari Tanzilovi: $4,000 def. Malcolm Wellmaker: $4,500
Julius Walker: $4,500 def. Gerald Meerschaert: $21,000
Francisco
Prado: $6,000 def. Ismael Bonfim: $6,000
Niko Price: $21,000 def. Leon Shahbazyan: $4,000
Brendson Ribeiro: $6,000 def. Felipe Franco: $4,000
Allen Frye Jr.: $4,000 def. RJ Harris: $4,000
Alice Pereira: $4,000 def. Daria Zhelezniakova: $4,500
Ernesta Kareckaite: $4,500 vs. Melissa Gatto: $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 2901 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 290: Allen vs. Duncan" – $199,500
- "UFC 332: Silva vs. Wang" – $299,500
- "UFC Fight Night 289: Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos" – $151,000
- "UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2"– $270,500
- "UFC Fight Night 288: Silva vs. Delgado" – $244,000
- "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: $7,405,000
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: $46,523,000
**NOT ADDED YET**
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Fight Night 290 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Three vets lead card













