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WEC 45 Payouts

December 21, 2009 by Kelsey Philpott 4 Comments

MMAPayout.com has retrieved the disclosed payouts for WEC 45 – held this past Saturday, December 19th – from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Please note the following represent only a portion of the fighters total purse.

Disclosed Payouts

Main Event:

Donald Cerrone $24,000 ($12,000 show/win) def. Ed Ratcliff $9,000

Main Card:

Anthony Njokuani $8,000 ($4,000 show/win) def. Chris Horodecki $12,000
Joseph Benavidez $25,000 ($12,500 show/win) def. Rani Yahya $9,000
Scott Jorgensen $14,000 ($7,000 show/win) def. Takeya Mizugaki $8,000
Bart Palaszewski $10,000 ($5,000 show/win) def. Anthony Pettis $3,000

Under Card:

Zachary Micklewright $4,000 ($2,000 show/win) def. Muhsin Corbbrey $4,000
Chad George $5,000 ($3,000 show, $2,000 win) def. John Hosman $3,000
Brandon Visher $6,000 ($3,000 show/win) def. Courtney Buck $3,000
Brad Pickett $6,000 ($3,000 show/win) def. Kyle Dietz $2,000
Erik Koch $4,000 ($2,000 show/win) def. Jameel Massouh $3,000

Total Disclosed Salary: $162,000

Disclosed Bonuses

Fight of the Night: Donald Cerrone vs. Ed Ratcliff ($10,000 each)
Knockout of the Night: Anthony Njokuani ($10,000)
Submission of the Night: Brad Pickett ($6,000)

*Additional bonus of $5,000 each to Scott Jorgensen and Takeya Mizugaki for their spirited bout.

Filed Under: payouts, WEC

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Comments

  1. Jeremy says

    December 21, 2009 at 3:06 pm

    Jorgensen and Mizugaki each also get an additional $5,000. That was posted by MMA Weekly with confirmation from WEC officials.

    Reply
  2. Jeremy says

    December 21, 2009 at 3:06 pm

    also gOt…english can be so hard sometimes.

    Reply
  3. Kelsey Philpott says

    December 21, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    Oh, that’s right!

    Added. Thanks for the reminder!

    KP

    Reply
  4. Michael Hutchison says

    January 1, 2010 at 11:24 pm

    Donald Cerrone win or lose is one of the most exciting fighters in MMA period. bring on BJ

    Reply

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