(Not) Gettin Paid: WEC 44 Salaries

This is still so bad. We just heard about the possible merger of the UFC and WEC being put on hold due to a brand spanking new deal from the Versus network, yet the brand new featherweight champ is making just $36,000. That’s after he got a knockout of the night bonus in addition to his win bonus.

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The true test will be when the most handsome man in MMA, Urijah Faber, gets back in the cage. Let’s see how big that new deal that the WEC gave him really is.

Somebody cut these guys a check. Here’s the full list from Sherdog:

WEC 44 Payouts

Jose Aldo — $36,000 (including $13,000 win bonus, $10,000 knockout bonus)
def.
Mike Thomas Brown — $15,000

Manny Gamburyan — $36,000 (including $18,000 win bonus)
def.
Leonard Garcia — $14,000

Karen Darabedyan — $6,000 (including $3,000 win bonus)
def.
Rob McCullough — $20,000

Shane Roller — $34,000 (including $12,000 win bonus, $10,000 submission bonus)
def.
Danny Castillo — $9,500

Kamal Shalorus — $6,000 (including $3,000 win bonus)
def.
Will Kerr — $3,000

L.C. Davis — $14,000 (including $7,000 win bonus)
def.
Diego Nunes — $5,000

Cub Swanson — $27,000 (including $8,000 win bonus, $10,000 fight of the night bonus)
def.
John Franchi — $18,000 (including $10,000 fight of the night bonus

Antonio Banuelos — $12,000 (including $6,000 win bonus)
def.
Kenji Osawa — $6,000

Ricardo Lamas — $8,000 (including $4,000 win bonus)
def.
James Krause — $2,000

Frank Gomez — $6,000 (including $3,000 win bonus)
def.
Seth Dikun — $3,000

We’ll be updating our Featherweight Rankings before the weekend is out. Here’s a preview: Aldo is at the top. Big shocker.

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