Dakota Ditcheva is reportedly set to earn $1 million for every of her two upcoming PFL fights, which might put her on the prime of the promotion’s reported salaries alongside light-weight champion Usman Nurmagomedov. This quantity is an unprecedented assure in MMA.
The undefeated British flyweight has agreed to a two-fight PFL deal price $1 million per look, in response to a number of sources. If right, the deal would assure Ditcheva $2 million for 2 fights and alter the stakes surrounding her subsequent transfer after greater than a 12 months on maintain as a result of a hand damage.
Dakota Dicheva reportedly has an enormous PFL contract price $1 million per recreation
Ditcheva is scheduled to return to PFL New York on July thirty first, when she is going to face Dutch veteran Denise Kielholz within the ladies’s flyweight co-main occasion on the UBS Enviornment on Lengthy Island. The cardboard is headlined by Nurmagomedov defending his light-weight title in opposition to undefeated challenger Archie Colgan. PFL has Ditcheva ranked No. 1 in its flyweight rankings, with Kielholz ranked No. 6.
The 27-year-old Manchester fighter has not competed since defeating Sumiko Inaba by unanimous resolution at PFL Cape City in July 2025. The English striker broke his hand throughout that match after which his different hand whereas coaching in Thailand, forcing him to overlook his scheduled match in opposition to Kielholz in Dubai in February.
Along with her rise to prominence, a significant new contract has develop into a actuality from a promotional standpoint. Dicheva received the 2024 PFL ladies’s flyweight season by stopping former UFC title challenger Tyra Santos in two rounds, incomes her $1 million in match prize cash. She went 4-0 with 4 KOs that season, bettering her skilled file to 14-0. Inaba’s victory improved his file to fifteen wins and 0 losses.
The reported two-fight settlement leaves vital room for resolution after Kielholz. A win in New York would imply Ditcheva has one recreation left on her contract. A transfer to the UFC would seemingly require decrease assured cash than the reported PFL phrases, a path Kayla Harrison beforehand took after making a reputation for herself within the PFL. After two wins within the PFL light-weight match, Harrison signed with the UFC in 2024, incomes him a UFC title shot in change for the league’s match prize construction.
Dičeva’s instant problem is Kielholz. The 37-year-old Ditcheva is a former Bellator kickboxing world champion with a 9-5 MMA file, and the three-round bout is predicted to check Ditcheva’s comeback after a string of damage setbacks.
