UFC Fight Night 254 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Marvin Vettori among highest earners

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 254 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $173,000.

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 Fight Night 254 took place at the UFC Apex. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC Fight Night 254 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Roman Dolidze: $11,000
def. Marvin Vettori: $16,000

Chidi Njokuani: $6,000
def. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos: $16,000

Alexander Hernandez: $11,000
def. Kurt Holobaugh: $6,000

Da'Mon Blackshear: $6,000
def. Cody Gibson: $6,000

Brendson Ribeiro: $4,500
def. Diyar Nurgozhay: $4,000

Kevin Vallejos: $4,000
def. SeungWoo Choi: $6,000

Waldo Cortes-Acosta: $6,000
def. Ryan Spann: $11,000

SuYoung You: $4,000
def. AJ Cunningham: $4,000

Carlos Vera: $4,000
def. Josias Musasa: $4,000

Sam Hughes: $6,000
def. Stephanie Luciano: $4,000

Andre Lima: $4,500
def. Daniel Barez: $4,000

Priscila Cachoeira: $11,000
def. Josiane Nunes: $6,000

Carli Judice: $4,000
def. Yuneisy Duben: $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 2541 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 Fight Night 254: Vettori vs. Dolidze 2” – $173,000
• “UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev” – $213,500
• “UFC Fight Night 253: Kape vs. Almabayev” – $134,500
• “UFC Fight Night 252: Cejudo vs. Song” – $185,000
• “UFC Fight Night 251: Cannonier vs. Rodrigues” – $168,000
• “UFC 312: Du Plessis vs. Strickland 2” – $254,500
• “UFC Fight Night 250: Adesanya vs. Imavov” – $137,500
• “UFC 311: Makhachev vs. Moicano” – $306,000
• “UFC Fight Night 249: Dern vs. Ribas 2” – $173,500

Year-to-date total: $1,745,500
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $32,763,000

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 254.