WEC 28 FIGHTER SALARY BREAKDOWN

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WEC 28 FIGHTER SALARY BREAKDOWN
Monday, June 04, 2007 - by Ivan Trembow - MMAWeekly.com


Pictured: Urijah Faber (Photo by Scott Petersen - MMAWeekly.com)

MMAWeekly has obtained the fighter salary information for WEC 28, which took place last night, June 3rd, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The event was the WEC's fourth since being purchased by UFC parent company Zuffa, and it was also the WEC's live debut on cable television channel Versus.

The following figures are based on the fighter salary information that Zuffa and the WEC are required by law to submit to the state athletic commissions, including the winners' bonuses.

Although MMA fighters do not have collective bargaining or a union, the fighters' salaries are still public record, just as with every other major sport in the United States. Any undisclosed bonuses that Zuffa and the WEC also pay its fighters, but do not disclose to the athletic commissions (specifically, pay-per-view bonuses for the top pay-per-view main event fighters, which would not apply since this event was not on pay-per-view), are not included in the figures below.

In the listings below, "Title Match & Main Event Fighters" are defined as fighters who compete in the main event of a show and/or compete in a title fight on a show. "Preliminary Match Fights" are fights that are taped before a television or pay-per-view show goes on the air, regardless of whether or not those fights aired on the telecast or pay-per-view broadcast.


Title Match & Main Event Fighters

-Urijah Faber: $20,000 (defeated Chance Farrar)

-Chance Farrar: $4,000 (lost to Urijah Faber)


Main Card Fighters

-Alex Karalexis: $10,000 (defeated Josh Smith)

-Rani Yahya: $10,000 (defeated Mark Hominick)

-Brian Stann: $8,000 (defeated Craig Zellner)

-Mark Hominick: $6,000 (lost to Rani Yahya)

-Craig Zellner: $2,000 (lost to Brian Stann)

-Josh Smith: $1,000 (lost to Alex Karalexis)


Preliminary Match Fighters

-John Alessio: $18,000 (defeated Alex Serdyukov)

-Brock Larson: $16,000 (defeated Kevin Knabjian)

-Cub Swanson: $8,000 (defeated Micah Miller)

-Alex Serdyukov: $6,000 (lost to John Alessio)

-Jeff Bedard: $6,000 (defeated Mike French)

-Charlie Valencia: $6,000 (lost to Brian Bowles)

-Brian Bowles: $4,000 (defeated Charlie Valencia)

-Micah Miller: $4,000 (lost to Cub Swanson)

-Mike French: $3,000 (lost to Jeff Bedard)

-Kevin Knabjian: $2,000 (lost to Brock Larson)

Disclosed Fighter Payroll: $134,000

[Zaraki Kenpachi]

Main event loser made 4000. That sux.

[MMA_Fan]

Not much money compared to big promoters like UFC and Pride. Their fighter salary is usually like 10x that amount.

But, these smaller venues provides places for no name fighters to make a name for themselves so they can eventually get invited to fight in the big league.