LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 266 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $206,500.
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.
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UFC Fight Night 266 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 266 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Mario Bautista: $11,000 def. Vinicius Oliveira: $4,500
Kyoji Horiguchi: $6,000 def. Amir Albazi: $6,000
Rizvan Kuniev: $4,000 def. Jailton Almeida: $11,000
Michal Oleksiejczuk: $16,000 def. Marc-Andre Barriault: $16,000
Farid Basharat: $6,000 def. Jean Matsumoto: $4,500
Dustin Jacoby: $16,000 def. Julius Walker: $4,000
Daniil Donchenko: $4,000 def. Alex Morono: $21,000
Nikolay Veretennikov: $16,000 def. Niko Price: $6,000
Ketlen Souza: $6,000 def. Bruna Brasil: $6,000
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Javid Basharat: $6,000 def. Gianni Vazquez: $4,000
Wang Cong: $4,500 def. Eduarda Moura: $4,500
Jakub Wiklacz: $4,000 def. Muin Gafurov: $4,500
Klaudia Sygula: $4,000 def. Priscila Cachoeira: $11,000
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 2661 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 266: Bautista vs. Oliveira” – $206,500
Year-to-date total: $944,000
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: $40,082,000
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Vegas 113 Promotional Guidelines Compliance: Program tops $40 million
