Alexander Shabliy made his return after virtually two years outdoors of MMA competitors and whereas he gained, it didn’t precisely gentle the creativeness of PFL’s CEO on hearth. PFL San Diego noticed Shabliy return to preventing after a previous loss to Usman Nurmagomedov in September 2024 and Shabliy went 2-0 over Alfie Davis in his June twenty seventh comeback bout.
Their rematch performed out the identical as their first encounter in as far as Alexander Shabliy secured one other unanimous resolution victory. This may theoretically place him nicely for a crack on the winner of the aforementioned Nurmagomedov PFL light-weight title protection as he takes on Archie Colgan within the coming weeks at PFL New York.
The 33-year-old curiously sufficient additionally indicated some curiosity in a conflict with PFL San Diego victor AJ McKee and Shabliy talked about he would transfer right down to 145 kilos to conflict with ‘The Mercenary’ in a featherweight title battle, if supplied. The native of Russia put out a number of desired choices throughout his post-fight press convention mic time. However when it was PFL CEO John Martin’s flip to handle on-site reporters and reply to a few of Alexander Shabliy’s desired subsequent bouts, Martin stated,
“I believe we’d have to take a look at each of them. I imply, [Alexander] Shabliy had a extremely sturdy win at this time. It wasn’t terribly convincing, so I believe we’ll check out it, however he had a great win tonight.”
Alexander Shabliy’s disclosed payout at PFL San Diego
The California State Athletic Fee is among the few remaining commissions that discloses fighter pay after occasions and so they continued with this sample within the aftermath of PFL San Diego. In figures disclosed to MMA Preventing, Alexander Shabliy made $50,000 general which incorporates 25 Ok to indicate and a 25 Ok win bonus. The remaining of the payouts for this California-based foray for the PFL reads as follows:
A.J. McKee: $100,000, sans win bonus
Salamat Isbulaev: $10,000 to indicate, $10,000 to win – $10,000 – LOST
Liz Carmouche: $50,000 to indicate, $50,000 to win – $100,000 – WIN
Viviane Araujo: $20,000 to indicate, $20,000 to win – $20,000 – LOST
Alfie Davis: $20,000 to indicate, $20,000 to win – $20,000 – LOST
Abraham Bably: $10,000 to indicate, $10,000 to win – $10,000 – LOST
Rob Wilkinson: $20,000 to indicate, $20,000 to win – $40,000 – WON
Khasan Magomedsharipov: $20,000 to indicate, $20,000 to win – $40,000 – WON
Joshua Weems: $10,000 to indicate, $10,000 to win – $10,000 – LOST
Ariane Da Silva: $13,000 to indicate, $13,000 to win – $13,000 – LOST
Jena Bishop: $20,000 to indicate, $20,000 to win – $40,000 – WON
Justin Wetzell: $10,000 to indicate, $10,000 to win – $10,000 – LOST
Sarvardzhon Hamidov: $20,000 to indicate, $20,000 to win – $40,000 – WON
Shannon Clark: $3,000 to indicate, $3,000 to win – Made $6,000 – WON
Ilara Joanne: $10,000 to indicate, $10,000 to win – Made $10,000 – LOST
Cobey Fehr: $5,000 to indicate, $5,000 to win – Made $10,000 – WON
Daniel Bzdigian: $5,000 to indicate, $5,000 to win – Made $5,000 – LOST
