UFC Fight Night 250 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Israel Adesanya leads card
Fighters from Saturday's UFC Fight Night 250 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $137,500.
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 250 took place at ANB Arena. The entire card streamed on ESPN+.
The full UFC Fight Night 250 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:
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Nassourdine Imavov: $11,000
def. Israel Adesanya: $16,000
Michael Page: $4,000
def. Shara Magomedov: $4,500
Sergei Pavlovich: $6,000
def. Jairzinho Rozenstruik: $11,000
Vinicius Oliveira: $4,000
def. Said Nurmagomedov: $6,000
Fares Ziam: $6,000
def. Mike Davis: $6,000
Muhammad Naimov: $4,500
def. Kaan Ofli: $4,000
Shamil Gaziev: $4,500
def. Thomas Petersen: $4,000
Terrance McKinney: $6,000
def. Damir Hadzovic: $6,000
Jasmine Jasudavicius: $6,000
def. Mayra Bueno Silva: $11,000
Bogdan Grad: $4,000
def. Lucas Alexander: $4,500
Hamdy Abdelwahab: $4,000
def. Jamal Pogues: $4,500
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 2501 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 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: $617,000
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $31,634,500
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC Fight Night 250.
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