Fighters from Saturday's UFC Fight Night 291 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $186,500.
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 291 took place at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The entire card streamed on Paramount+.
The full UFC Fight Night 291 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Mike Malott: $6,000 def. Joaquin Buckley: $16,000
Jasmine Jasudavicius: $11,000 def. Erin Blanchfield: $6,000
Cristian Perez: $4,000 def. Kyle Nelson: $11,000
Marc-Andre Barriault: $16,000 def. Kyle Daukaus: $11,000
Timmy Cuamba: $6,000 def. Louis Jourdain: $4,000
Mandel Nallo: $4,000 def. Nate Landwehr: $11,000
Tanner Boser: $11,000 def. Jhonata Diniz: $6,000
Nick Galanti: $4,000 def. Julien Leblanc: $4,000
Javad Mahjoub: $4,000 vs. Joel Faglier: $4,000
Katlyn Cerminara: $16,000 def. Mackenzie Stiller: $4,000
Steven Koslow: $4,000 def. Chad Anheliger: $4,500
Chelsea Chandler: $6,000 def. Melissa Croden: $4,500
SuYoung You: $4,500 def. Cody Chovancek: $4,000
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 2911 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 291: Buckley vs. Malott" – $186,500
- "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: $7,604,500
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: $46,722,500
**NOT ADDED YET**
The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program has now paid out XX to athletes since its deal began with Venum.
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This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Fight Night 291 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: No fighters reach $21k tier