WEC 38 Official Salaries - MMAUniverse.com

Despite the recent loss of his title and the demotion from conistent headliner to co-main-event fighter, Urijah Faber picked up the largest reported payday from the Jan. 25 World Extreme Cagefighting 38: Varner vs Cerrone event.

Faber earned $48,000, half of which was a win bonus, with his quick victory over Jens Pulver (who earned $35,000) at the event, which took place at the San Diego Sports Arena in California.

Headliner and WEC lightweight champion Jamie Varner earned $34,000 (which included a $17,000 win bonus) for his successful title defense over Donald Cerrone, who earned $9,000.

The total disclosed payroll for the event was $217,000.

MMAjunkie.com recently requested and today received the list of salaries from the California State Athletic Commission.

World Extreme Cagefighting 38: Varner vs Cerrone, which aired on Versus, was the first-ever WEC event to take place in San Diego.

A total of 10,201 attendees created a live gate of $486,324, according to the CSAC.

The full payout results included:

Jamie Varner: $34,000 (includes $17,000 win bonus)
def. Donald Cerrone: $9,000

Urijah Faber: $48,000 (includes $24,000 win bonus)
def. Jens Pulver: $35,000

Danilo Villefort: $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus)
def. Mike Campbell: $3,000

Jose Aldo Jr: $10,000 (includes $5,000 win bonus)
def. Rolando Perez: $3,000

Ben Henderson: $5,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Anthony Njokuani: $2,000

Edgar Garcia: $6,000 (includes $3,000 win bonus)
def. Hiromitsu Miura: $6,000

Dominic Cruz: $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus)
def. Ian McCall: $3,000

Scott Jorgensen: $8,000 (includes $4,000 win bonus)
def. Frank Gomez: $2,O00

Jesse Lennox: $4,000 (includes $2,000 win bonus)
def. Blas Avena: $7,000

Charlie Valencia: $14,000 (includes $7,000 win bonus)
def. Seth Dikun: $2,000

The figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. They also do not include any other special bonuses the organization may have paid its fighters.

In other words, these are simply base salaries reported to the commission and do not reflect entire compensation packages for the event.

Source: mmajunkie.com