{"id":39036,"date":"2026-06-28T17:20:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T17:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/PFL-San-Diego-salaries-Main-event-fighter-earns-3610000-201675"},"modified":"2026-06-28T17:20:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T17:20:51","slug":"pfl-san-diego-salaries-main-event-fighter-earns-10000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/pfl-san-diego-salaries-main-event-fighter-earns-10000\/","title":{"rendered":"PFL San Diego salaries: Main event fighter earns $10,000"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Featherweight prospect Salamat
\nIsbulaev<\/a> saw his undefeated run come to an end in the
\nPFL San Diego<\/a> headliner.<\/p>\n

Given that his opponent was A.J. McKee<\/a>,
\nthat result wasn\u2019t especially surprising. However, Isbulaev\u2019s purse
\nwas: The 29-year-old Kazakhstan native took home just $10,000 for
\nhis work. The California State Athletic Commission initially
\nreleased salary figures from the event to MMAFighting.com<\/a> on Saturday. McKee, meanwhile,
\nearned a flat rate of $100,000 in victory.<\/p>\n

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\n

Crowd LOVING this main event!!
\n#PFLSanDiego<\/a> | LIVE NOW on ESPN 2 for MAIN CARD pic.twitter.com\/lLzyj5Imkg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 PFL (@PFLMMA)
\nJune 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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McKee and Liz
\nCarmouche<\/a>, who garnered $100,000 for a submission victory over
\nViviane
\nAraujo<\/a> ($20,000) in the evening\u2019s co-main event, where the
\ncard\u2019s high earners. The next highest salary was Alexandr
\nShabliy<\/a>, who took home $50,000 for a unanimous decision triump
\nover Alfie Davis<\/a>
\n($20,000).<\/p>\n

Note: The disclosed purses reported by state athletic
\ncommissions do not include any performance-based or discretionary
\nbonuses that may be awarded to a fighter by the promotion.
\nAdditionally, the reported figures do not reflect any deductions
\nmade by the commission for taxes, insurance, etc., and do not
\ninclude any sponsorship money that a fighter may acquire for their
\nperformance.<\/i><\/p>\n

PFL San Diego Salaries:<\/h2>\n

A.J.
\nMcKee<\/a>: $100,000
Salamat
\nIsbulaev<\/a>: $10,000<\/p>\n

Liz
\nCarmouche<\/a>: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
Viviane
\nAraujo<\/a>: $20,000<\/p>\n

Alexandr
\nShabliy<\/a>: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
Alfie
\nDavis<\/a>: $20,000<\/p>\n

Rob
\nWilkinson<\/a>: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Abraham
\nBably<\/a>: $10,000<\/p>\n

Khasan
\nMagomedsharipov<\/a>: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Joshua
\nWeems<\/a>: $10,000<\/p>\n

Jena
\nBishop<\/a>: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Ariane
\nLipski da Silva<\/a>: $13,000<\/p>\n

Sarvarjon
\nKhamidov<\/a>: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Justin
\nWetzell<\/a>: $10,000<\/p>\n

Shannon
\nClark<\/a>: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus)
Ilara
\nJoanne<\/a>: $10,000<\/p>\n

Cobey
\nFehr<\/a> $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
Daniel
\nBzdigian<\/a>: $5,000 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Featherweight prospect Salamat Isbulaev saw his undefeated run come to an end in the PFL San Diego headliner. Given that his opponent was A.J. McKee, that result wasn\u2019t especially surprising. However, Isbulaev\u2019s purse was: The 29-year-old Kazakhstan native took home just $10,000 for his work. The California State Athletic Commission initially released salary figures from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}