UFC 311 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Renato Moicano makes money with move up card

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 311 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $306,000.

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 311 took place at Intuit Dome. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews/Disney+/FX and ESPN+.

The full UFC 311 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Islam Makhachev: $42,000
def. Renato Moicano: $32,000

Merab Dvalishvili: $42,000
def. Umar Nurmagomedov: $32,000

Jiri Prochazka: $6,000
def Jamahal Hill: $6,000

Jailton Almeida: $6,000
def. Serghei Spivac: $11,000

Reinier de Ridder: $4,000
def. Kevin Holland: $21,000

Raoni Barcelos: $11,000
def. Payton Talbott: $4,500

Azamat Bekoev: $4,000
def. Zach Reese: $4,500

Bogdan Guskov: $4,500
def. Billy Elekana: $4,000

Grant Dawson: $11,000
def. Diego Ferreira: $16,000

Ailin Perez: $6,000
def. Karol Rosa: $11,000

Muin Gafurov: $4,500
def. Rinya Nakamura: $4,500

Bernardo Sopaj: $4,000
def. Ricky Turcios: $4,500

Tagir Ulanbekov: $6,000
def. Clayton Carpenter: $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:

• “UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano” – $306,000
• “UFC Fight Night 249: Dern vs. Ribas 2” – $173,500

Year-to-date total: $479,500
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $31,497,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 311.