WEC 41 official payout numbers
by Jason Benfari on June 08, 2009

FiveKnuckles.com was sent the official fighter payouts for WEC 41: "Brown vs. Faber 2" courtesy of the California State Athletic Commission. The event took place last night at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA.

The payout numbers pale in comparison to its UFC cousin, but these base salaries don't reflect locker room bonuses and sponsorship dollars so the actual figures could be substantially highter.

UFC transplants Jens Pulver and Manny Gamburyan pocketed the biggest paychecks at $31,000 and 26,960, respectively, according to the CSAC. Pulver took home the earned the most of any participant for his 33-seconds of work in a loss to 20-year-old up-and-comer Josh GrispiManny Gamburyan took out John Franchi in a three-round unanimous decision. Main event fighters, Mike Brown and Urijah Faber, trailed just behind Gamburyan at $25,256 and $25,790 respectively.

Below is the official list of WEC 41 payouts according to the California State Athletic Commission:

Mike Brown - $25,256 (Includes $13,000 win bonus)
Urijah Faber - $25,790
Brown defeated Faber via unanimous decision to remain WEC featherweight champion

Jose Aldo - $17,625 (Includes $11,000 win bonus)
Cub Swanson - $8,940
Aldo defeated Swanson via technical knockout (strikes) in round one

Donald Cerrone - $17,682.54 (Includes $9,000 win bonus)
James Krause - $1,692
Cerrone defeated Krause via submission (rear naked choke) in round one

Josh Grispi - $17,381 (Includes $9,000 win bonus)
Jens Pulver - $31,253
Grispi defeated Pulver via submission (guillotine choke) in round one

Manuel Gamburyan - $26,960 (Includes $14,000 win bonus)
John Franchi - $3,108
Gamburyan defeated Franchi via unanimous decision

Rafael Rebello $3,650 (Includes $2,000 win bonus)
Kyle Dietz - $1,840
Rebello defeated Dietz via submission (rear-naked choke) in round one

Anthony Pettis - $3,302.10 (Includes $2,000 win bonus)
Mike Campbell - $2,950
Pettis defeated Campbell via submission (triangle choke) in round one

Antonio Banuelos $9,840 (Includes $5,000 win bonus)
Scott Jorgensen - $5,530
Banuelos defeated Jorgensen via split decision

Frank Gomez - $3,962.41 (Includes $2,000 win bonus)
Noah Thomas - $2,350
Gomez defeated Thomas via submission (arm triangle choke) in round two

Seth Dikun - $3,940 (Includes $2,000 win bonus)
Rolando Perez - $2,890
Seth "2 Quick" Dikun defeats Rolando Perez via submission (triangle choke) in round one

The total official fighter payroll for WEC 41 was $ $215,942.

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