UFC Fight Night 277 at Galaxy Macau in Macau produced $215,000 in UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts for the athletes on the card.
The entire event streamed on Paramount+, with a lineup that included names such as Song Yadong, Deiveson Figueiredo, Alonzo Menifield, Zhang Mingyang, Serghei Pavlovich, Tallison Teixeira, Kai Asakura, Cameron Smotherman, Jake Matthews, Carlston Harris, Alex Perez, Su Mudaerji and more.
Among the disclosed figures, Song Yadong received $16,000 in compliance pay, while Deiveson Figueiredo received $21,000.
Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program, fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000, those with 4-5 bouts receive $4,500, 6-10 bouts receive $6,000, 11-15 bouts receive $11,000, 16-20 bouts receive $16,000, and athletes with 21 or more bouts receive $21,000. Champions earn $42,000 and title challengers earn $32,000. In addition, UFC fighters receive royalty payments of 20-30 percent of UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness.
The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program, which replaced the previous UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy, covers outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct. The year-to-date total for the program is listed as $4,023,000, and the program-to-date total for UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts has reached $43,161,000.
