​LOS ANGELES – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 331 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $270,500.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 331 took place at Crypto.com Arena. The entire event streamed on Paramount+.The full UFC 331 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:Joshua Van: $42,000 def. Alexandre Pantoja: $32,000Arman Tsarukyan: $11,000 def. Mauricio Ruffy: $6,000Patricio Freire: $4,500 def. Dooho Choi: $11,000Sean Sharaf: $4,000 def. Gable Steveson: $4,000Alonzo Menifield: $16,000 def. Iwo Baraniewski: $4,500Marlon Vera: $21,000 def. Charles Jourdain: $16,000Robelis Despaigne: $4,500 def. Tai Tuivasa: $16,000Michael Aswell Jr.: $4,500 vs. JooSang Yoo: $4,000Ryan Gandra: $4,000 def. Ozzy Diaz: $4,500Edmen Shahbazyan: $16,000 def. Brunno Ferreira: $11,000Casey O’Neill: $6,000 def. Eduarda Moura: $6,000Joanderson Brito: $11,000 def. Giga Chikadze: $11,000Under 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 2026 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:”UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2″ – $270,500″UFC Fight Night 288: Silva vs. Delgado” – $244,000″UFC Fight Night 287: Hooker vs. Parnasse” – $185,500″UFC Fight Night 286: Nurmagomedov vs. Song” – $164,500″UFC Fight Night 285: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues” – $181,000″UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry” – $327,000″UFC Fight Night 284: Gamrot vs. Salkilld” – $165,500″UFC Fight Night 283: Medic vs. Rodriguez” – $192,000″UFC Fight Night 282: Ankalaev vs. Guskov” – $160,500″UFC Fight Night 281: Du Plessis vs. Usman” – $151,500″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. Za