WEC 48 fighter salaries: Jose Aldo leads $336,500 payroll with $40,000 payday
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on Apr 28, 2010 at 2:10 pm ET
WEC featherweight champion Jose Aldo established himself as one of the world's top fighter with a five-round destruction of former champ Urijah Faber, he also earned an event-high $40,000 payday at this past weekend's WEC 48 event.
MMAjunkie.com (
www.mmajunkie.com) recently requested and today received the list of salaries from the California State Athletic Commission.
The total disclosed payroll for the event was $336,500 – a WEC record and $100,000 more than was disclosed for March's WEC 47 event.
"WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber" took place April 24 at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif., and aired live on Spike TV and pay-per-view. Aldo defended his 145-pound title for the first time with his win over "The California Kid."
Aldo edged out main-card winner Manvel Gamburyan, who earned a $36,000 purse for his win over Mike Brown.
The full payouts included:
Jose Aldo: $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus)
def. Urijah Faber: $28,000
Ben Henderson: $26,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus)
def. Donald Cerrone: $14,000
Manvel Gamburyan: $36,000 (includes $18,000 win bonus)
def. Mike Brown: $21,000
Scott Jorgensen: $21,000 (includes $10,500 win bonus)
def. Antonio Banuelos: $7,000
Shane Roller: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Anthony Njokuani: $7,000
Leonard Garcia: $28,000 (includes $14,000 win bonus)
def. Chan Sung Jung: $5,000
Anthony Pettis: $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus)
def. Alex Karalexis: $10,000
Brad Pickett: $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus)
def. Demetrious Johnson: $3,000
Chad Mendes: $8,500 (includes $4,000 win bonus)
vs. Anthony Morrison: $4,000
Takeya Mizugaki: $16,000 (includes $8,000 win bonus)
def. Rani Yahya: $9,000
Tyler Toner: $5,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Brandon Visher: $4,000
Now, the usual disclaimer: The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. They also do not include any other "locker room" or special bonuses that are not disclosed by the organization.
They also do not include the WEC's traditional "fight night" bonuses – which were a record $65,000 for WEC 48. The "Aldo vs. Faber" bonuses went to Garcia and Jung (Fight of the Night), Gamburyan (Knockout of the Night) and Henderson (Submission of the Night).
Including bonuses, Gamburyan earned an event high $101,000, followed by Garcia, who netted $93,000 after collecting his second-straight "Fight of the Night" bonus.
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.
For complete coverage of "WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber," check out the MMA Events section of MMAjunkie.com.
