Despite the championship belt loss, Miguel Torres was the leading earner with a payday of $26,000 at Sunday's WEC 42 in Las Vegas.Torres would have earned another $26,000 for a total of $52,000 had he successfully defended the bantamweight belt. The new champ, Brian Bowles, walked away with $28,000 with his disclosed purse at $9,000 to show, $9,000 bonus to win and his $10,000 bonus for the Knockout of the Night.
For the other performance awards, Rani Yahya won $10,000 for Submission of the Night and and Dominick Cruz-Joseph Benavidez each received $10,000 for participating in the Fight of the Night.
Here are the salary figures obtained by FanHouse from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (without the post-fight bonuses factored in).
1. Dominick Cruz - $14,000 ($7,000 + $7,000 win) def. Joseph Benavidez - $12,500
2. Danny Castillo - $14,000 ($7,000 + $7,000 win) def. Ricardo Lamas - $4,000
3. Takeya Mizugaki - $12,000 ($6,000 + $6,000 win) def. Jeff Curran - $8,000
4. Leonard Garcia - $24,000 ($12,000 + $12,000 win) def. Jameel Massouh - $3,000
5. Cole Province - $6,000 ($3,000 + $3,000 win) def. Fredson Paixao - $2,000
6. Shane Roller $20,000 ($10,000 + $10,000 win) def. Marcus Hicks - $8,000
7. Ed Ratciff - $14,000 ($7,000 + $7,000 win) def. Phil Cardella - $3,000
8. Rani Yahya - $16,000 ($8,000 + $8,000 win) def. John Hosman - $3,000
9. Diego Nunes - $8,000 ($4,000 + $4,000 win) def. Rafael Dias - $4,000
10. LC Davis - $10,000 ($5,000 + $5,000 win) def. Javier Vasquez - $6,000
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