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LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday's UFC 306 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $239,500.

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 306 took place at Sphere. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews and ESPN+.

The full UFC 306 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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Merab Dvalishvili: $32,000

def. Sean O'Malley: $42,000

Valentina Shevchenko: $32,000

def. Alexa Grasso: $42,000

Diego Lopes: $6,000

def. Brian Ortega: $11,000

Esteban Ribovics: $4,500

def. Daniel Zellhuber: $4,500

Ronaldo Rodriguez: $4,000

def. Ode Osbourne: $6,000

Norma Dumont: $6,000

def. Irene Aldana: $11,000

Ignacio Bahamondes: $6,000

def. Manuel Torres: $4,500

Ketlen Souza: $4,000

def. Yazmin Jauregui: $4,500

Joshua Van: $4,500

def. Edgar Chairez: $4,500

Raul Rosas Jr.: $4,500

def. Aori Qileng: $6,000

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 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

"UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC" – $239,500

"UFC Fight Night 242: Burns vs. Brady" – $157,500

"UFC on ESPN 62: Cannonier vs. Borralho" – $166,500

"UFC 305: Du Plessis vs. Adesanya" – $243,500

"UFC on ESPN 61: Tybura vs. Spivac 2" – $128,000

"UFC on ABC 7: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov" – $211,000

"UFC 304: Edwards vs. Muhammad 2" – $307,500

"UFC on ESPN 60: Lemos vs. Jandiroba" – $139,000

"UFC on ESPN 59: Namajunas vs. Cortez" – $180,500

"UFC 303: Pereira vs. Prochazka 2", – $311,500

"UFC on ABC 6: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov" – $186,000

"UFC on ESPN 58: Perez vs. Taira" – $116,000

"UFC on ESPN 57: Cannonier vs. Imavov" – $186,500

"UFC 302: Makhachev vs. Poirier" – $281,500

"UFC Fight Night 241: Barboza vs. Murphy" – $158,500

"UFC on ESPN 56: Lewis vs. Nascimento" – $186,000

"UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg" – $280,000

"UFC on ESPN 55: Nicolau vs. Perez" – $175,000

"UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill" – $460,000

"UFC Fight Night 240: Allen vs. Curtis 2" – $162,500

"UFC on ESPN 54: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot" – $173,000

"UFC on ESPN 53: Ribas vs. Namajunas" – $148,000

"UFC Fight Night 239: Tuivasa vs. Tybura" – $189,500

"UFC 299: O'Malley vs. Vera 2" – $359,000

"UFC Fight Night 238: Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev" – $133,500

"UFC Fight Night 237: Moreno vs. Royval 2" – $135,500

"UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria" – $243,000

"UFC Fight Night 236: Hermansson vs. Pyfer" – $236,500

"UFC Fight Night 235: Dolidze vs. Imavov" – $170,500

"UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis" – $285,500

"UFC Fight Night 234: Ankalaev vs. Walker 2" – $159,500

Year-to-date total: $5,721,500

2023 total: $8,188,000

2022 total: $8,351,500

2021 total: $6,167,500

Program-to-date total: $28,458,500

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC 306.

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