Dakota Ditcheva is reportedly set to earn $1 million for every of her subsequent two PFL fights, inserting her alongside light-weight champion Usman Nurmagomedov on the prime of the promotion’s reported pay scale. The determine is an distinctive assure in MMA.
A number of sources say the unbeaten British flyweight has agreed to a two-fight PFL deal price $1 million per look. If correct, the deal offers Ditcheva a assured $2 million throughout two bouts and adjustments the stakes round her subsequent transfer after greater than a 12 months disrupted by hand accidents.
Dakota Ditcheva Reportedly Set for $1 Million Per Battle in Enormous PFL Deal
Ditcheva is scheduled to return on July 31 at PFL New York, the place she meets Dutch veteran Denise Kielholtz within the ladies’s flyweight co-main occasion at UBS Enviornment on Lengthy Island. The cardboard is topped by Nurmagomedov’s light-weight title defence in opposition to unbeaten challenger Archie Colgan. The PFL lists Ditcheva at No. 1 in its flyweight rankings, whereas Kielholtz is No. 6.
The 27-year-old Manchester fighter has not competed since July 2025, when she beat Sumiko Inaba by unanimous determination at PFL Cape City. The English striker suffered a damaged hand throughout that battle, then fractured one other hand in coaching in Thailand, forcing her withdrawal from a deliberate February assembly with Kielholtz in Dubai.
Her rise has made a big new deal believable from a promotional standpoint. Ditcheva received the 2024 PFL ladies’s flyweight season by stopping former UFC title challenger Taila Santos within the second spherical, incomes the $1 million event prize. She went 4-0 that season with 4 knockouts and prolonged her skilled document to 14-0. The Inaba victory moved her to 15-0.
The reported two-fight settlement leaves room for a significant determination after Kielholtz. A win in New York would give Ditcheva one bout remaining below the deal. A UFC change would seemingly require a decrease assured purse than the reported PFL phrases, a path Kayla Harrison beforehand took after constructing her profile within the PFL. Harrison signed with the UFC in 2024 after successful two PFL light-weight tournaments, buying and selling the league’s tournament-prize construction for a run at UFC titles.
For Ditcheva, the quick process is Kielholtz. The 37-year-old is a former Bellator kickboxing world champion with a 9-5 MMA document, and their three-round contest is predicted to check Ditcheva’s return following consecutive damage setbacks.
