Despite losing his WEC bantamweight title, Miguel “Angel” Torres was the highest paid fighter of the night, pocketing $25,000 for his main event first round knockout loss to Brian Bowles. Bowles, the new champ pocketed $18,000 for his labours.
Here is the complete list of WEC 42 payouts:
Brian Bowles — $18,000 ($9,000, $9,000 to win)
Miguel Torres — $25,000
Dominick Cruz — $14,000 ($7,000 to show, $7,000 to win)
Joseph Benavidez — $12,500
Danny Castillo — $14,000 ($7,000 to show, $7,000 to win)
Ricardo Lamas — $4,000
Takeya Mizugaki — $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 to win)
Jeff Curran — $8,000
Leonard Garcia — $24,000 ($12,000 to show, $12,000 to win)
Jameel Massouh — $3,000
Cole Province — $6,000 ($3,000 to show, $3,000 to win)
Fredson Paixao — $2,000
Shane Roller — $20,000 ($10,000 to show, $10,000 to win)
Marcus Hicks — $8,000
Ed Ratcliff — $14,000 ($7,000 to show, $7,000 to win)
Phil Cardella — $3,000
Diego Nunes — $8,000 ($4,000 to show, $4,000 to win)
Rafael Dias — $4,000
Rani Yahya — $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win)
John Hosman — $3,000
LC Davis — $10,000 ($5,000 to show, $5,000 to win)
Javier Vasquez — $6,000
Keep in mind the salaries listed above do not include fight bonuses, sponsorships, percentages and other unofficial payments. It also does not include deductions for expenses such as insurance, taxes, etc.
The total base fighter payroll for the Versus network event was $234,500.
To see the results of the WEC 42 card, please go here.
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