SEATTLE – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 252 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $185,000.
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 252 took place at Climate Pledge Arena in Washington. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 252 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Song Yadong: $11,000
def. Henry Cejudo: $11,000
Anthony Hernandez: $6,000
def. Brendan Allen: $16,000
Rob Font: $16,000
def. Jean Matsumoto: $4,000
Jean Silva: $4,500
def. Melsik Baghdasaryan: $4,500
Alonzo Menifield: $11,000
def. Julius Walker: $4,000
Ion Cutelaba: $16,000
def. Ibo Aslan: $4,000
Melquizael Costa: $4,500
def. Andre Fili: $21,000
Mansur Abdul-Malik: $4,000
def. Nick Klein: $4,000
Ricky Simon: $11,000
def. Javid Basharat: $6,000
Austin Vanderford: $4,000
def. Nikolay Veretennikov: $4,000
Nursulton Ruziboev: $4,500
def. Eric McConico: $4,000
Modestas Bukauskas: $6,000
def. Rafael Cerqueira: $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 2521 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 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: $1,224,500
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $32,242,000
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night 252.
