NEWARK, N.J. – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 328 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $371,000.
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 328 took place at Prudential Center. The entire event streamed on Paramount+.
The full UFC 328 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Sean Strickland: $32,000 def. Khamzat Chimaev: $42,000
Joshua Van: $42,000 def. Tatsuro Taira: $32,000
Alexander Volkov: $16,000 def. Waldo Cortes-Acosta: $11,000
Sean Brady: $11,000 def. Joaquin Buckley: $16,000
King Green: $21,000 def. Jeremy Stephens: $21,000
Ateba Gautier: $4,500 def. Ozzy Diaz: $4,000
Yaroslav Amosov: $4,000 def. Joel Alvarez: $11,000
Grant Dawson: $11,000 def. Mateusz Rebecki: $6,000
Jim Miller: $21,000 def. Jared Gordon: $16,000
Roman Kopylov: $11,000 def. Marco Tulio: $4,500
Pat Sabatini: $11,000 def. William Gomis: $6,000
Baisangur Susurkaev: $4,000 def. Djorden Santos: $4,000
Jose Ochoa: $4,500 def. Clayton Carpenter: $4,500
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 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: $3,270,000
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: $42,408,000
**NOT ADDED YET**
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 328 Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts set new 2026 high