WEC 46 Salaries and Analysis

WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson  are now public.

• Ben Henderson $22,000 ($11,000 to show, $11,000 to win) def. Jamie Varner $18,000
• Urijah Faber $52,000 ($26,000 to show, $26,000 to win)* def. Raphael Assuncao $13,000
• Kamal Shalorus $10,000 ($5,000 to show, $5,000 to win def. Dave Jansen $4,000
• Mike Brown $38,000 ($19,000 to show, $19,000 to win) def. Anthony Morrison $4,000
• Deividas Taurosevicius $14,000 ($7,000 to show, $7,000 to win) def. Mackens Semerzier $4,000
• Charlie Valencia $18,000 ($9,000 to show, $9,000 to win) def. Akitoshi Tamura $8,000
• Wagnney Fabiano $30,000 ($15,000 to show, $15,000 to win) def. Clint Godfrey $3,000
• Mark Hominick $10,000 ($5,000 to show, $5,000 to win) def. Bryan Caraway $4,000
• Eddie Wineland $8,000 ($4,000 to show, $4,000 to win) def. George Roop $3,000
• Will Campuzano $6,000 ($3,000 to show, $3,000 to win)* def. Coty "Ox" Wheeler $3,000*

*- The following fighters received $10,000 "Fight Night" bonuses.

 Total salary for WEC 46 (including "Fight Night bonuses) was $302,000. Without "Fight Night" bonuses total salary was $272,000. Total base salary was $168,000.

Total bonus money was $134,000. Without "Fight Night" bonuses total bonus money was $104,000.

Urijah Faber's salary made up 19.1% of the total salary and 15.4% of the base salary ("Fight Night" bonus money excluded).

Mike Brown's salary made up 13.9% of total salary and 11.3% of base salary.

Wagney Fabiano's salary made up 11% of total salary and 9.0% of base salary.

Ben Henderson's salary made up 8% of total salary and 6.5% of the base salary. Jamie Varner's salary was 10.7% of base salary.

The main event participants' salaries made up 17.2% of the base salary.

The co-main event participants salaries made up 23.1% of the base salary.

The main event and co-main event participants made up 40.3% of base salary.

Urijah Faber and Mike Brown made up 33% of the total salary and 26.7% of base salary.

"Fight Night" bonuses made up 9.93% of total salary.

SBN coverage of WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson

After the jump WKR continues our new feature where we rank the fighters based upon their perceived value to Zuffa (based on "to show" money). Followed by our own rankings.

Urijah Faber > Mike Brown > Jamie Varner > Wagnney Fabiano > Raphael Assuncao > Ben Henderson > Charlie Valencia > Akitoshi Tamura > Mark Hominick/Kamal Shalorus > Bryan Caraway/Mackens Semerzier/Anthony Morrison/Dave Janse/Eddie Wineland > Coty "Ox" Wheeler/Will Campuzano/George Roop/Clint Godfrey

Now this is what WKR believes the ranking should look like.

Urijah Faber > Mike Brown > Jamie Varner > Ben Henderson > Wagnney Fabiano > Raphael Assuncao > Charlie Valencia > Akitoshi Tamura > Mark Hominick/Kamal Shalorus > Bryan Caraway/Mackens Semerzier/Anthony Morrison/Dave Janse/Eddie Wineland > Coty "Ox" Wheeler/Will Campuzano/George Roop/Clint Godfrey

Not a whole lot of differences here except for Henderson's elevated status.