The former UFC and WEC lightweight champion took home $750,000 for a second-round submission loss to Steven Ray ($80,000) at PFL 5 on June 24.
The Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission released a full list of salaries to MMAjunkie.com from the PFL’s second set of regular season events, all of which took place at Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta.
Other top earners included two-time women’s lightweight champion Kayla Harrison, who garnered $500,000 for a first-round stoppage of Kaitlin Young ($20,000) at PFL 6 on July 1 and Rory MacDonald, who pocketed $250,000 in a decision loss to Sadibou Sy ($52,000) at the same event.
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 4 Salaries:
Alex Martinez: $38,000 (includes $19,000 win bonus)
Clay Collard: $28,000
Antonio Carlos Jr.: $98,000 (includes $49,000 win bonus)
Bruce Souto: $10,000
Olivier Aubin-Mercier: $54,000 (includes $27,000 win bonus)
Raush Manfio: $27,000
Jeremy Stephens: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
Myles Price: $12,000
Omari Akhmedov $206,000 (includes $103,000 win bonus)
Teodoras Aukstuolis: $15,000
Natan Schulte: $150,000 (includes $75,000 win bonus)
Marcin Held: $26,000
Delan Monte: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Emiliano Sordi: $53,000
Rob Wilkinson: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
Viktor Pesta: $18,000
Joshua Silveira: $50,000 (includes $25,000 win bonus)
Marthin Hamlet: $16,000
Nate Jennerman: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
Jake Childers: $8,000
PFL 5 Salaries:
Matheus Scheffel: $20,000 (includes $10,000 win bonus)
Bruno Cappelozza: $40,000
Steven Ray: $80,000 (includes $40,000 win bonus)
Anthony Pettis: $750,000
Klidson Abreu: $42,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus)
Renan Ferreira: $19,000
Chris Wade: $70,000 (includes $35,000 win bonus)
Kyle Bochniak: $15,000
Ante Delija: $66,000 (includes $33,000 win bonus)
Shelton Graves: $10,000
Bubba Jenkins: $98,000 (includes $49,000 win bonus)
Reinaldo Ekson: $10,000
Denis Goltsov: $70,000 (includes $35,000 win bonus)
Maurice Greene: $18,000
Lance Palmer: $170,000 (includes $85,000 win bonus)
Sheymon Moraes: $29,000
Juan Adams: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
Sam Kei: $10,000
Ryoji Kudo: $26,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus)
Alejandro Flores Garcia: $26,000
Brendan Loughnane: $170,000 (includes $85,000 win bonus)
Ago Huskic: $10,000
PFL 6 Salaries:
Kayla Harrison: $500,000 (no win bonus)
Kaitlin Young: $20,000
Sadibou Sy: $52,000 (includes $26,000 win bonus)
Rory MacDonald: $250,000
Ray Cooper III: $200,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)
Brett Cooper: $20,000
Magomed Magomedkerimov: $200,000 (includes $100,000 win bonus)
Dilano Taylor: $13,000
Larissa Pacheco: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
Genah Fabian: $20,000
Magomed Umalatov: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
Jarrah Al-Silawi: $56,000
Marina Mokhnatkina: $32,000 (includes $16,000 win bonus)
Abigail Montes: $13,000
Martina Jindrova: $42,000 (includes $21,000 win bonus)
Zamzagul Fayzallanova: $10,000
Helena Kolesnyk: $22,000 (includes $11,000 win bonus)
Vanessa Melo: $13,000