PHILADELPHIA – Fighters from Saturday's UFC 330 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $327,000. 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 330 took place at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Pennsylvania. The entire event streamed on Paramount+. The full UFC 330 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included: Islam Makhachev: $42,000 def. Ian Machado Garry: $32,000 Mackenzie Dern: $42,000 def. Gillian Robertson: $32,000 Jalin Turner: $11,000 def. Kaue Fernandes: $4,500 Dustin Stoltzfus: $11,000 def. Mansur Abdul-Malik: $6,000 Esteban Ribovics: $6,000 def. Edson Barboza: $21,000 Chidi Njokuani: $11,000 def. Joel Alvarez: $11,000 Charles Johnson: $11,000 def. Eduardo Chapolin: $4,000 Donte Johnson: $4,000 def. Eric McConico: $4,500 Tresean Gore: $6,000 def. Vicente Luque: $21,000 Lucas Fernando: $4,000 def. Rafael Tobias: $4,000 Neil Magny: $21,000 def. Ramiz Brahimaj: $6,000 Jeremiah Wells: $6,000 def. Myktybek Orolbai: $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. 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 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: $6,060,000 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: $45,178,000 This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 330 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Makhachev, Dern lead way