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’t especially surprising. However, Isbulaev’s 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 the event to MMAFighting.com on Saturday. McKee, meanwhile,
earned a flat rate of $100,000 in victory.
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McKee and Liz
Carmouche, who garnered $100,000 for a submission victory over
Viviane
Araujo ($20,000) in the evening’s co-main event, where the
card’s high earners. The next highest salary was Alexandr
Shabliy, who took home $50,000 for a unanimous decision triump
over Alfie Davis
($20,000).
Note: The disclosed purses reported by state athletic
commissions do not include any performance-based or discretionary
bonuses that may be awarded to a fighter by the promotion.
Additionally, the reported figures do not reflect any deductions
made by the commission for taxes, insurance, etc., and do not
include any sponsorship money that a fighter may acquire for their
performance.
PFL San Diego Salaries:
A.J.
McKee: $100,000
Salamat
Isbulaev: $10,000
Liz
Carmouche: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
Viviane
Araujo: $20,000
Alexandr
Shabliy: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
Alfie
Davis: $20,000
Rob
Wilkinson: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Abraham
Bably: $10,000
Khasan
Magomedsharipov: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Joshua
Weems: $10,000
Jena
Bishop: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Ariane
Lipski da Silva: $13,000
Sarvarjon
Khamidov: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
Justin
Wetzell: $10,000
Shannon
Clark: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus)
Ilara
Joanne: $10,000
Cobey
Fehr $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
Daniel
Bzdigian: $5,000