WEC 46 Salaries: Urijah Faber Earns $62,000

By Ray Hui - Editor

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California native Urijah Faber was the big draw for Sunday's WEC 46 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento and was rewarded with an event-high payday of $62,000.

Faber earned $26,000 to show, a $26,000 bonus for winning and another $10,000 for Submission of the Night. Faber's rear-naked choke over Raphael Assuncao may have brought him a bigger prize, though: Faber will be next in line to challenge Jose Aldo for the title.

Mike Brown, another former featherweight champion, was the second highest earner with $38,000 for his win over Anthony Morrison. Salaries for all 18 fighters are below.

Please note the figures were provided by the California state athletic commission and may not represent a fighter's final earnings. In addition to below, Will Campuzano (Fight of the Night), Coty Wheeler (Fight of the Night) and Urijah Faber (Knockout of the Night) were each awarded a $10,000 bonus at the post-fight press conference.

Ben Henderson -- $22,000 ($11,000 bonus) def. Jamie Varner -- $18,000
Urijah Faber -- $52,000 ($26,000 bonus) def. Raphael Assuncao -- $13,000
Kamal Shalorus -- $10,000 ($5,000 bonus) def. Dave Jansen -- $4,000
Mike Brown -- $38,000 ($19,000 bonus) def. Anthony Morrison -- $4,000
Deividas Taurosevicius -- $14,000 ($7,000 bonus) def. Mackens Semerzier -- $4,000
Charlie Valencia -- $18,000 ($9,000 bonus) def. Akitoshi Tamura -- $8,000
Wagnney Fabiano -- $30,000 ($15,000 bonus) def. Clint Godfrey -- $3,000
Mark Hominick -- $10,000 ($5,000 bonus) def. Bryan Caraway -- $4,000
Eddie Wineland -- $8,000 ($4,000 bonus) def. George Roop -- $3,000

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