· WEC 41: Brown vs Faber Official Salaries

The results are in for World Extreme Cagefighting’s “WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber II”.  Though the second fight between Featherweight Champion Mike Brown (22-4) and Uriah “The California Kid” Faber (22-3) lasted much longer than their first meeting, the outcome was once again favorable to Brown.  Brown outlasted a tough and courageous Faber, winning by unanimous decision at the end of five rounds, 49-46, 49-46 and 48-47.  Much to his credit, Faber gutted out the twenty-five minute contest after breaking his right hand early in the first round. 

In an evening filled with entertaining and impressive performances, four fighters, Mike Brown, Urijah Faber, Jose Aldo, and Seth Dikun all took home $10,000 "fight night" bonuses.  “Fight of the Night” was awarded to both Brown and Faber for their fever-pitched five round war, whose intensity spanned the entire length of the bout, from the opening to the closing bell.  Antonio Banuelos and Scott Jorgensen’s back-and-forth slugfest, a split-decision, was the obvious runner up for the award.

Jose “Junior” Aldo (15-1) received the “Knockout of the Night” for his flying knee KO of Cub Swanson (13-3) just eight seconds into their featherweight contest.  It has been rumored that the winner of this bout would be next in line for a title shot. 

Seth "2 Quik" Dikun (7-3) garnered the “Submission of the Night” bonus, securing a flying triangle choke on Rolando Perez (4-3-1) at 2:30 of the first round.

In disappointing news, Jens “Little Evil” Pulver (22-12-1) was submitted in just thirty-three seconds by rising star Josh "The Fluke" Grispi  (13-1).  An accomplished and storied veteran, Pulver’s run looks to be nearing his end.  “I started right here, and I'm not going to be that guy who keeps saying he's retiring. But I think I just ended where I started. I love all you guys,” Pulver stated. For his effort Pulver pulled in an event high $31,253 I reported salary.

“WEC 41” took place at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif.  According to a report from WEC General Manager Reed Harris the event was attended by 13,027 fans and brought in a live gate of $818,415.

The total reported payout for the event was $215,942.05.

The full reported salaries are below:

Champ Mike Brown: $25,256 (includes $13,000 win bonus)
def. Urijah Faber: $25,790

Jose Aldo: $17,625 ($11,000 win bonus)
def. Cub Swanson: $8,940

Donald Cerrone: $17,682.54 ($9,000 win bonus)
def. James Krause: $1,692

Josh Grispi: $17,381 ($9,000 win bonus)
def. Jens Pulver: $31,253

Manny Gamburyan: $26,960 ($14,000 win bonus)
def. John Franchi: $3,108

Rafael Rebello: $3,650 ($2,000 win bonus)
def. Kyle Dietz: $1,840

Anthony Pettis: $3,302.10 ($2,000 win bonus)
def. Mike Campbell: $2,950

Antonio Banuelos: $9,840 ($5,000 win bonus)
def. Scott Jorgensen: $5,530

Frank Gomez: $3,962.41 ($2,000 win bonus)
def. Noah Thomas: $2,350

Seth Dikun: $3,940 ($2,000 win bonus)
def. Rolando Perez: $2,890

The figures do not necessarily include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes that the CSAC collects during the event. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can sometimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. They also do not include any other special bonuses the organization may have paid its fighters, such as the $10,000 fight-night bonuses that went Brown and Faber (Fight of the Night) and Jose Aldo (KO of the Night) and Seth Dikun (Submission of the Night).