​LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 293 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $181,500.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 293 took place at Meta APEX. The entire card streamed on Paramount+.The full UFC Fight Night 293 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:Johnny Walker: $16,000 def. Waldo Cortes Acosta: $11,000Tatiana Suarez: $11,000 def. Virna Jandiroba: $11,000Elijah Smith: $4,500 def. Davey Grant: $16,000Lucas Fernando: $4,000 def. Billy Elekana: $4,500Nina Milosevic: $4,000 def. Priscila Cachoeira: $11,000Mitch Raposo: $4,500 def. Marcos Degli: $4,000Ollie Schmid: $4,000 def. Keiichiro Nakamura: $4,000Thomas Petersen: $6,000 def. Gabriel Lorenco: $4,000Karine Silva: $6,000 def. Gabriella Fernandes: $6,000Murtazali Magomedov: $4,000 def. Jose Delano: $4,000Austin Bashi: $4,500 def. Carlos Calderon: $4,000Andre Petroski: $11,000 def. Mantas Kondratavicius: $4,000Seokhyeon Ko: $4,500 def. Wellington Turman: $6,000Jose Souza: $4,000 def. Jonny Parsons: $4,000Under 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 2931 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 Fight Night 293: Cortes Acosta vs. Walker” – $181,500″UFC Fight Night 292: Moicano vs. Nolan” – $188,500″UFC 333: Volkanovski vs. Evloev” – $314,500″UFC Fight Night 291: Buckley vs. Malott” – $186,500″UFC Fight Night 290: Allen vs. Duncan” – $199,500″UFC 332: Silva vs. Wang” – $299,500″UFC Fight Night 289: Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos” – $151,000″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