WEC 41 Salaries and Bonuses

The fighter who received the largest salary at WEC 41 was not Urijah Faber nor Mike Brown instead it was Jens Pulver. 

Jens Pulver earned $31,253 in what will most likely be his last bout. Pulver was submitted by Josh Grispi in the first thirty seconds of the first round. Pulver has lost four fights in a row and is 1-6 since September 2006.

Urijah Faber was the next highest paid fighter at $25,790. Mike Brown was right behind Faber at $24,256 though that included a $13,000 win bonus. Had Faber won he would of been the top earner for WEC 41.  

Also Mike Brown and Urijah Faber both received $10,000 "Fight of the Night" bonuses. Top featherweight prospect, Jose Aldo, received a $10,000 bonus for his eight second knockout victory over Cub Swanson. Seth Diukin received the $10,000 bonuses for submission of the night. Diukin utilized the rarely seen flying triangle. 

Full fighter disclosed salaries after the jump. 

Televised card
WEC Featherweight Champion Mike Brown $25,256 (includes win bonus of $13,000) def. Urijah Faber $25,790
*Brown and Faber also earned an additional $10,000 for "WEC 41 Fight of the Night"
Jose Aldo $17,625 (includes win bonus of $11,000) def. Cub Swanson $8,940
*Aldo also earned an additional $10,000 for "WEC 41 Knockout of the Night"
Donald Cerrone $17,682.54 (includes win bonus of $9,000) def. James Krause $1,692
Josh Grispi $17,381 (includes win bonus of $9,000) def. Jens Pulver $31,253

Preliminary Card
Manny Gamburyan $26,960 (includes win bonus of $14,000) def. John Franchi $3,108
Rafael Rebello $3,650 (includes win bonus of $2,000) def. Kyle Dietz $1,840
Anthony Pettis $3,302.10 (includes win bonus of $2,000) def. Mike Campbell $2,950
Antonio Banuelos $9,840 (includes win bonus of $5,000) def. Scott Jorgensen $5,530
Frank Gomez $3,962.41 (includes win bonus of $2,000) def. Noah Thomas $2,630
Seth Dikun $3,940 (includes win bonus was $2,000) def. Rolando Perez $2,890
*Dikun also earned an additional $10,000 for "WEC 41 Submission of the Night"

WEC 41 DISCLOSED FIGHTER PAYROLL: $216,222.05    

fighter salaries via mmaweekly.com