<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>WEC featherweight champ Urijah Faber scored the biggest win of his career at Sunday's WEC 34 event, and he earned an event-high base salary of $44,000 in the process. MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today received the list of official salaries for the event, which took place at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, from the California State Athletic Commission. Other top earners included Faber's opponent, Jens Pulver ($33,000), as well as Rob McCullough ($32,000) and WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres ($28,000). The total disclosed payroll for the event was $260,000. The average salary was $11,818. The full list of salaries included: * Urijah Faber ($44,000) def. Jens Pulver ($33,000) * Miguel Torres ($28,000) def. Yoshiro Maeda ($6,000) * Mark Munoz ($16,000) def. Chuck Grigsby ($3,000) * Rob McCullough ($32,000) def. Kenneth Alexander ($3,000) * Donald Cerrone ($10,000) def. Danny Castillo ($3000) * Mike Brown ($10,000) def. Jeff Curran ($10,000) * Will Ribeiro ($6,000) def. Chase Beebe ($7,000) * Tim McKenzie ($12,000) def. Jeremy Lang ($4,000) * Alex Serdyukov ($6,000) def. Luis Sapo ($3,000) * Jose Aldo ($6,000) def. Alexandre Franca Nogueira ($8,000) * Dominic Cruz ($6,000) def. Charlie Valencia ($7,000) All of the winning fighters received "win bonuses" that doubled their salaries. For example, Faber earned a base salary of $22,000 and got an additional $22,000 for the victory. Had Pulver pulled off the victory, he would have been the event's highest-paid fighter with a $66,000 payday. Now, the usual disclaimer: 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 un-reported "locker room" bonuses that organizations sometime pay. In other words, these are simply base salaries reported to the CSAC and do not represent the total amounts earned by each fighter.</div> I also read that Faber, Pulver, Torress and Maeda all got $7,500 bonuses for fight of the night.
and here's the injury suspesions.. 11 fighters YOW, what a night of fights it was <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Eleven WEC 34 fighters issued medical suspensions The California State Athletic Commission had issued medical suspensions to 11 of the 22 fighters who took part in the June 1 "WEC: Faber vs. Pulver" event. The show, which featured WEC featherweight champ Urijah Faber's unanimous-decision victory over Jens Pulver, took place at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif., and aired live on VERSUS. A handful of hefty 180-day suspensions were issued to the fighters, including headliners Faber (hand injury) and Pulver (eye injury). MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) received the list of suspensions directly from the CSAC. The full list includes: * Alex Nogueira: 60-day suspension due to a cut; coincides with a 45-day suspension (with no contact for 30 days) due to suffering a knockout * Luis Do Santos: 45-day suspension with no contact for 30 days due to suffering a knockout * Jeremy Lang: 180-day suspension days due to a left-ankle injury; coincides with 60-day suspension for a cut and a 45-day suspension (with no contact for 30 days) due to suffering a knockout * Will Robeiro: 180-day suspension due to a right-hand injury (can be cleared early by doctor) * Rob McCullough: 60-day suspension due to a cut * Chuck Grigsby: indefinite suspension due to a head injury (must be cleared by a doctor) * Mark Munoz: 180-day suspension due to a right-hand injury * Yoshiro Maeda: 180-day suspension due to a right-eye orbital injury; coincides with 45-day suspension with no contact for 30 days due to suffering a knockout * Miguel Torres: 60-day suspension due to a cut * Jens Pulver: 180-day suspension due to a right-eye orbital injury * Urijah Faber: 180-day suspension due to a right-hand injury (can be cleared early by doctor) For more on this event, which drew 12,001 spectators for a live gate of $738,855, check out the "WEC 34: Faber vs. Pulver"</div> Good to see MMA grow such that the WEC can attract 12,000 fans
I wonder what the longest suspension a player can get is? We see 6 months (180 days), I wonder how much a suspension say Tim Silvia's broken arm would have warranted?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lavalamp @ Jun 4 2008, 09:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I wonder what the longest suspension a player can get is? We see 6 months (180 days), I wonder how much a suspension say Tim Silvia's broken arm would have warranted?</div> Might've been six because he fought Wes Sims almost to the day.