UFC Fight Night 288 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: One ex-champ surpassed

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Fighters from Saturday's UFC Fight Night 288 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $244,000.

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: $21,000 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:

Year-to-date total: $6,835,000

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: $45,953,000

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Fight Night 288 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: One ex-champ surpassed