UFC 318 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Max Holloway's $42,000 tops card
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 318 took place at Smoothie King Center in Louisiana. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+.
The full UFC 318 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
Max Holloway: $42,000 def. Dustin Poirier: $32,000
Paulo Costa: $11,000 def. Roman Kopylov: $6,000
Daniel Rodriguez: $11,000 def. Kevin Holland: $21,000
Patricio Freire: $4,000 def. Dan Ige: $16,000
Michael Johnson: $21,000 def. Daniel Zellhuber: $6,000
Vinicius Oliveira: $4,500 def. Kyler Phillips: $6,000
Brendan Allen: $16,000 def. Marvin Vettori: $16,000
Nikolay Veretennikov: $4,000 def. Francisco Prado: $4,500
Ateba Gautier: $4,000 def. Robert Valentin: $4,000
Islam Dulatov: $4,000 def. Adam Fugitt: $4,500
Jimmy Crute: $11,000 def. Marcin Prachnio: $11,000
Ryan Spann: $11,000 def. Lukasz Brzeski: $6,000
Brunno Ferreira: $6,000 def. Jackson McVey: $4,000
Carli Judice: $4,000 def. Nicolle Caliari: $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.
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 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:
Year-to-date total: $3,966,000
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $34,983,000
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