The California State Athletic Commission has released the fighter payouts for Aldo vs. Faber. The WEC paid out a total of $336,500 in disclosed purses and another $280,000 in disclosed fight bonuses. Courtesy of MMAWeekly: MAIN EVENT FIGHTERS -Jose Aldo $40,000 (includes $20,000 win bonus) def. Urijah Faber $28,000 -Ben Henderson $26,000 (includes $13,000 […]
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Aldo vs. Faber: Gate and Attendance
Dana White announced that the WEC’s debut on PPV broke the organization’s best marks for attendance and live gate receipts when it brought Aldo vs. Faber to Sacramento, California on Saturday, April 24th. The show drew 14, 144 people to the ARCO Arena and generated a live gate of over $1 million. Payout Perspective: No […]
Aldo vs. Faber: Payout Perspective
Welcome to another edition of Payout Perspective! This week we’ll be taking a look at WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber (only it wasn’t titled WEC 48 for various reasons we’ll cover below) that was held on Saturday, April 24th from the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California. The event featured a plethora of great match-ups, including […]
Aldo vs. Faber Sans the WEC
John Morgan of MMAJunkie.com has written an interesting piece that features Dana White discussing the rationale for removing the WEC from this weekend’s event title and fight promos: But is White at all concerned that the missing logo – and the UFC-esque feel of “Aldo vs. Faber” – will make it difficult to use the […]