WEC 46 Payday: A Big Game
One way or the other, stars will always remain the stars! The same is proved again when the former World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) champions Urijah Faber and Mike Brown remain the top earners at the WEC 46 event that took place last weekend. The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) has recently declared the list of paydays which revealed this stunning fact.
The event took place at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California on January 10th and the total payroll for the event was a staggering $272, 000! The show was aired on Versus and the key attraction of the event was the first-ever title unification match in the history of the brand. It was also the headliner of the match where the then-Lightweight champion Jamie Varner competed against the interim-title holder Benson Henderson. Benson earned $22,000 from the match and unified the titles with a third round submission victory over Jamie Varner who earned $18,000 from the match. Deividas Taurosevicius earned $14,000 as he won against Mackens Semerzier who earned $4,000. This match has now put Semerzier away from the ring for several injuries. Urijah Faber was the highest earner of the event; he earned $52,000 as he defeated Raphael Assuncao who won $13,000. The second highest amount was paid to Mike Brown who earned $38,000 on his way to defeat Anthony Morrison who earned $4,000 from the bout. The rest of the payment details are as follows:
Kamal Shalorus: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus)
def. Dave Jansen: $4,000
Charlie Valencia: $18,000 ($9,000 win bonus)
def. Akitoshi Tamura: $8,000
Wagnney Fabiano: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus)
def. Clint Godfrey: $3,000
Mark Hominick: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus)
def. Bryan Caraway: $4,000
Eddie Wineland: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus)
def. George Roop: $3,000
Will Campuzano: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus)
def. Coty “Ox” Wheeler: $3,000
The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. They don’t include the money paid by sponsors either which can often be a substantial portion of a fighter’s income.
In other words, the above salary figures are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.
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