PFL Salaries: Anthony Pettis Earns $750,000 for Loss in Second Regular Season Bout

Anthony Pettis may not have been victorious in his second regular season appearance for the Professional Fighters League, but he was nonetheless the promotion’s top earner.

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