Payroll And Bonuses For WEC 44, Brown vs Aldo

Winners Manny Gamburyan and newly-crowned featherweight champ Jose Aldo topped the $236,500 payroll for Wednesday’s WEC 44 from The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas.

Gamburyan earned $36,000 for his decision win over Leonard Garcia in the WEC 44 co-main event, while Aldo banked $26,000  for his second-round knockout of champ Mike Brown in the event’s headliner.

The  salaries for WEC 44 were:

• Jose Aldo ($26,000 – includes $13,000 win bonus) def. Mike Brown ($15,000)
• Manny Gamburyan ($36,000 – $18,000 win bonus) def. Leonard Garcia ($14,000)
• Karen Darabedyan ($6,000 – $3,000 win bonus) def. Rob McCullough ($20,000)
• Shane Roller ($24,000 – $12,000 win bonus) def. Danny Castillo ($9,500)
• Kamal Shalorus ($6,000 – $3,000 win bonus) def. Will Kerr ($2,000)
• L.C Davis ($14,000 – $7,000 win bonus) def. Diego Nunes ($5,000)
• Cub Swanson ($18,000 – $9,000 win bonus) def. John Franchi ($4,000)
• Antonio Banuelos ($12,000 – $6000 win bonus) def. Kenji Osawa ($6,000)
• Ricardo Lamas ($8,000 – $4,000 win bonus) def. James Krause ($2,000)
• Frank Gomez ($6,000 – $3,000 win bonus) def. Seth Dikun ($3,000)

The WEC reported these salaries to the Nevada State Athletic Commission and they do not represent a fighter’s total earnings.

Aldo, Roller, Swanson, and Franchi each earned a $10,000 “fight night” bonuses for their performances at the event on top of their reported checks.

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