Despite a loss to Josh Grispi in what might prove to be his final professional MMA fight, Jens Pulver earned an event-high disclosed salary of $31,253 at Sunday's World Extreme Cagefighting 41: Brown vs Faber 2 event.

Pulver suffered a first-round submission loss to Grispi in the first Versus-televised bout at World Extreme Cagefighting 41: Brown vs Faber 2, which took place at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif.

WEC featherweight champ Mike Brown defended his belt and defeated Urijah Faber in the night's main event. Brown earned $25,256 ($13,000 of which was a win bonus) for the victory. Faber received $25,790.

MMA Junkie today requested and received the full list of fight purses from the California State Athletic Commission.

The total disclosed payroll for the event was $215,942.05.

The full reported paydays include:

Champ Mike Brown: $25,256 (includes $13,000 win bonus)

def. Urijah Faber: $25,790

Jose Aldo Jr: $17,625 ($11,000 win bonus)

def. Cub Swanson: $8,940

Donald Cerrone: $17,682.54 ($9,000 win bonus)

def. James Krause: $1,692

Josh Grispi: $17,381 ($9,000 win bonus)

def. Jens Pulver: $31,253

Manny "Pitbull" Gamburyan: $26,960 ($14,000 win bonus)

def. John Franchi: $3,108

Rafael Rebello: $3,650 ($2,000 win bonus)

def. Kyle Dietz: $1,840

Anthony Pettis: $3,302.10 ($2,000 win bonus)

def. Mike Campbell: $2,950

Antonio Banuelos: $9,840 ($5,000 win bonus)

def. Scott Jorgensen: $5,530

Frank Gomez: $3,962.41 ($2,000 win bonus)

def. Noah Thomas: $2,350

Seth Dikun: $3,940 ($2,000 win bonus)

def. Rolando Perez: $2,890

The figures do not necessarily include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes that the CSAC collects during the event.

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, such as the $10,000 fight-night bonuses that went Brown and Faber (Fight of the Night) and Jose Aldo Jr (KO of the Night) and Seth Dikun (Submission of the Night).

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