UFC 329 Full Promotional Guidelines Compliance Payouts Revealed

UFC 329 is in the books, and the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts have been revealed.

UFC 329 took place on Saturday, July 11th, 2026 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and streamed live on Paramount +.

In total, $275,000 was handed out to Fighters from Saturday night’s UFC 329 event. The program, which is a comprehensive plan including outfitting requirements, media obligations, and other items that fall under the fighter code of conduct. The program replaces the previous payments which were made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.

Full UFC 329 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

• Max Holloway: $21,000 defeated Conor McGregor: $11,000
• Benoit Saint Denis: $11,000 defeated Paddy Pimblett: $6,000
• Mario Bautista: $11,000 defeated Cory Sandhagen: $16,000
• Brandon Royval: $11,000 defeated Lone’er Kavanagh: $4,500
• King Green: $21,000 defeated Terrance McKinney: $11,000
• Robert Whittaker: $21,000 defeated Nikita Krylov: $21,000
• Gable Steveson: $4,000 defeated Elisha Ellison: $4,000
• Adrian Yanez: $11,000 defeated Cody Garbrandt: $16,000
• Luke Riley: $4,500 defeated Kai Kamaka III: $6,000
• Wang Cong: $6,000 defeated Tracy Cortez: $6,000
• Damian Pinas: $4,000 defeated Cesar Almeida: $6,000
• Farid Basharat: $6,000 defeated John Garza: $4,000
• Ryan Gandra: $4,000 defeated Zach Reese: $6,000
• Alessandro Costa: $6,000 defeated Cody Durden: $16,000

Under the UFC’s Promotional Guidelines Compliance program, fighter payouts are determined by experience inside the Octagon. The program, which is funded through the UFC’s long-term sponsorship agreement with Venum, bases payments on a competitor’s total number of UFC appearances, along with eligible bouts in the Zuffa-owned WEC (from January 2007 onward) and Strikeforce (from April 2011 onward).

Fighters with one to three qualifying bouts receive $4,000 per event, while those with four or five appearances earn $4,500. Competitors with six to 10 bouts are paid $6,000, increasing to $11,000 for those with 11 to 15 appearances. Fighters with 16 to 20 qualifying bouts receive $16,000, and anyone with 21 or more appearances earns $21,000 per event. Current UFC champions receive $42,000 under the program, while title challengers are paid $32,000 for championship bouts.

Full 2026 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

• “UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2” – $275,000
• “UFC Fight Night 280: Fiziev vs. Torres” – $162,000
• “UFC Fight Night 279: Kape vs. Horiguchi 2” – $168,000
• “UFC Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje” – $241,500
• “UFC Fight Night 278: Muhammad vs. Bonfim” – $194,000
• “UFC Fight Night 277: Song vs. Figueiredo” – $215,000
• “UFC Fight Night 276: Allen vs. Costa” – $167,000
• “UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland” – $371,000
• “UFC Fight Night 275: Della Maddalena vs. Prates” – $188,500
• “UFC Fight Night 274: Sterling vs. Zalal” – $239,500
• “UFC Fight Night 273: Burns vs. Malott” – $176,500
• “UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg” – $312,000
• “UFC Fight Night 272: Moicano vs. Duncan” – $151,500
• “UFC Fight Night 271: Adesanya vs. Pyfer” – $239,000
• “UFC Fight Night 270: Evloev vs. Murphy” – $137,000
• “UFC Fight Night 269: Emmett vs. Vallejos” – $238,500
• “UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2” – $261,000
• “UFC Fight Night 268: Moreno vs. Kavanagh” – $175,000
• “UFC Fight Night 267: Strickland vs. Hernandez” – $207,500
• “UFC Fight Night 266: Bautista vs. Oliveira” – $206,500
• “UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2” – $234,000
• “UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett” – $269,500

Year-to-date total: $5,063,500

2025 total: $8,441,500

2024 total: $8,280,500

2023 total: $8,131,000

2022 total: $8,351,500

2021 total: $6,167,500

Program-to-date total: $44,181,500

(h/t MMAJunkie)