Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 283 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $192,000.
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.
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UFC Fight Night 283 took place at Belgrade Arena in Belgrade, Serbia. The entire card streamed on Paramount+.
The full UFC Fight Night 283 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Uros Medic: $11,000 def. Daniel Rodriguez: $11,000
Navajo Stirling: $6,000 def. Jan Blachowicz: $21,000
Aleksandar Rakic: $11,000 def. Marcin Tybura: $21,000
Robert Valentin: $4,500 def. Dusko Todorovic: $11,000
Gilbert Urbina: $4,500 def. Vlasto Cepo: $4,000
Noah Gugnon: $4,000 def. Milos Janicic: $4,000
Tofiq Musayev: $4,000 def. Ludovit Klein: $11,000
Michael Oliveira: $4,000 def. Oban Elliott: $6,000
Borislav Nikolic: $4,000 def. Mark Vologdin: $4,000
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Bogdan Grad: $4,500 def. Dennis Buzukja: $6,000
Mateusz Rebecki: $6,000 def. Kyle Prepolec: $4,500
Nina Milosevic: $4,000 def. Hailey Cowan: $4,500
Jovan Leka: $4,000 def. Alexander Poppeck: $4,000
Stephanie Luciano: $4,500 def. Marina Spasic: $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 2831 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.
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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:
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“UFC Fight Night 283: Medic vs. Rodriguez” – $192,000
Year-to-date total: $5,567,500
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: $44,685,500
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Fight Night 283 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: $21,000 for ex-champ
