SYDNEY – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 325 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $234,000.
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 325 took place at Qudos Bank Arena in Australia. The entire event streamed on Paramount+.
The full UFC 325 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Alexander Volkanovski: $42,000 vs. Diego Lopes: $32,000
Dan Hooker: $21,000 vs. Benoit Saint Denis: $11,000
Rafael Fiziev: $11,000 vs. Mauricio Ruffy: $4,500
Tai Tuivasa: $16,000 vs. Tallison Teixeira: $4,000
Quillan Salkilld: $4,500 vs. Jamie Mullarkey: $11,000
Billy Elekana: $4,500 def. Junior Tafa: $6,000
Cam Rowston: $4,000 def. Cody Brundage: $11,000
Jacob Malkoun: $6,000 def. Torrez Finney: $4,000
Jonathan Micallef: $4,000 def. Oban Elliott: $4,500
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Kaan Ofli: $4,500 def. Yi Zha: $4,500
Dom Mar Fan: $4,000 def. Sangwook Kim: $4,000
Keiichiro Nakamura: $4,000 def. Sebastian Szalay: $4,000
Lawrence Lui: $4,000 def. Sulang Rangbo: $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 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.
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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 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2” – $234,000
Year-to-date total: $737,500
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: $39,875,500
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 325 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Volkanovski lead earner
