WEC 47 Salaries and Analysis

WEC 47's salaries are now public.

• Dominick Cruz $18,000 ($9,000 to show, $9,000 to win) def. Brian Bowles $12,000
• Joseph Benavidez $29,000* ($14,500 to show, $14,500 to win) def. Miguel Torres $26,000
• Javier Vazquez $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 to win) def. Jens Pulver $14,000
• L.C. Davis $18,000 ($9,000 to show, $9,000 to win) def. Deividas Taurosevicius $9,000
• Bart Palaszewski $12,000 ($6,000 to show, $6,000 to win) def. Karen Darabedyan $4,000
• Scott Jorgensen $16,000 ($8,000 to show, $8,000 to win def. Chad George $3,000
• Chad Mendes $8,000 ($4,000 to show, $4,000 to win) def. Erik Koch $3,000
• Anthony Pettis $6,000* ($3,000 to show, $3,000 to win) def. Danny Castillo $9,500
• Leonard Garcia $14,000* vs. George Roop $3,000* (split draw)
  
• Fredson Paixao $4,000 ($2,000 to show, $2,000 to win) def. Courtney Buck $3,000
• Ricardo Lamas $10,000 ($5,000 to show, $5,000 to win) def. Bendy Casimir $3,000

*- Fighters were awarded $10,000 "Fight Night" bonuses.

Total salary (without "Fight Night" bonuses) $236,500. Base salary $170,000. Total money paid out $276,500.

Total bonus money was $106,500. Without "Fight Night" bonuses, bonus money was $66,500.

Miguel Torres received 15.2% of the base salary. Jens Pulver received 8.2% of base salary.Together Torres and Pulver received 23.2% of the base salary.

Joseph Benavidez received 14.1% of total money.

SBN coverage of WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz

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

Miguel Torres > Joseph Benavidez > Leonard Garcia/Jens Pulver > Brian Bowles > Danny Castillo > Dominick Cruz/L.C. Davis/ Deividas Taurosevicius > Scott Jorgensen > Bart Palaszewski/Javier Vazquez > Ricardo Lamas > Karen Darabedyan/Chad Mendes > Anthony Bettis/Erik Koch/Courtney Buck/Bendy Casimir/George Roop/Chad George > Fredson Paixao

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

Miguel Torres > Joseph Benavidez/Dominick Cruz/Brian Bowles > Jens Pulver > Scott Jorgensen > Javier Vazquez > Danny Castillo > L.C. Davis > Deividas Taurosevicius > Karen Darabedyan/Chad Mendes > Bart Palaszewski > Ricardo Lamas > Leonard Garcia > Anthony Bettis/Erik Koch/Courtney Buck/Bendy Casimir/George Roop/Chad George > Fredson Paixao

SBN coverage of WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz