Gamburyan earned $36,000 for his decision win over fellow featherweight contender Leonard Garcia in the WEC 44 co-main event, while Aldo scored $26,000 (and the featherweight title) for his second-round knockout of champ Mike Brown in the event’s headliner.

The official salaries for WEC 44 were:

• Jose Aldo ($26,000 – includes $13,000 win bonus) def. Mike Brown ($15,000)
• Manny Gamburyan ($36,000 – $18,000 win bonus) def. Leonard Garcia ($14,000)
• Karen Darabedyan ($6,000 – $3,000 win bonus) def. Rob McCullough ($20,000)
• Shane Roller ($24,000 – $12,000 win bonus) def. Danny Castillo ($9,500)
• Kamal Shalorus ($6,000 – $3,000 win bonus) def. Will Kerr ($2,000)
• L.C Davis ($14,000 – $7,000 win bonus) def. Diego Nunes ($5,000)
• Cub Swanson ($18,000 – $9,000 win bonus) def. John Franchi ($4,000)
• Antonio Banuelos ($12,000 – $6000 win bonus) def. Kenji Osawa ($6,000)
• Ricardo Lamas ($8,000 – $4,000 win bonus) def. James Krause ($2,000)
• Frank Gomez ($6,000 – $3,000 win bonus) def. Seth Dikun ($3,000)

Remember, the salaries listed above are simply those reported by the WEC to the Nevada State Athletic Commission and do not represent a fighter’s actual earnings.

In addition to their salaries above, Aldo, Roller, Swanson, and Franchi each earned a $10,000 “fight night” bonus for their performances at the event.

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In addition to winning the featherweight title in his win over Mike Brown, Aldo earned “Knockout of the Night” honors for his second-round knockout in the WEC 44 headliner.

Roller secured a fight-ending rear naked choke of Danny Castillo in the third round of their main card matchup to win “Submission of the Night”.

“Fight of the Night” went to Swanson and Franchi for their exciting back-and-forth striking battle that ended when Swanson forced Franchi to tap to a guillotine with just 10-seconds remaining in the bout.

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Pictured: Shane Roller

Also on the Versus-televised main card, Manny Gamburyan topped fellow featherweight contender Leonard Garcia by unanimous decision, newcomer Karen Darabedyan scored a split decision win over former lightweight champ rob McCullough, Shane Roller submitted Danny Castillo with a third-round rear naked choke, and Kamal Shalorus knocked out Will Kerr in the opening round.

The complete results for WEC 44 were:

• Jose Aldo def. Mike Brown (c) via TKO (strikes) – Round 2, 1:20
  WEC Featherweight Championship
• Manny Gamburyan def. Leonard Garcia by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
• Karen Darabedyan def. Rob McCullough via split decision (30-27, 27-30, 29-28)
• Shane Roller def. Danny Castillo via submission (rear naked choke) – Round 3, 3:32
• Kamal Shalorus def. Will Kerr via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 1:26
• L.C. Davis def. Diego Nunes via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
• Cub Swanson def. John Franchi via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 3, 4:50
• Antonio Banuelos def. Kenji Osawa via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
• Ricardo Lamas def. James Krause via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Frank Gomez def. Seth Dikun via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)

Pictured: Jose Aldo

WEC 44, which is headlined by featherweight champ Mike Brown vs. Jose Aldo and airs live on Versus, now includes LC Davis vs. Diego Nunes, John Franchi vs. Cub Swanson, James Krause vs. Ricardo Lamas, and Seth Dikun vs. Frank Gomez.

Mark Miller vs. Deray Davis and Christian “Xaropinho” Uflacker vs. Jonatas Novaes have been confirmed for Strikeforce’s CBS debut, while features Fedor Emelianenko vs. Brett Rogers and Jason “Mayhem” Miller vs. Jake Shields.

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Pictured: LC Davis

WEC featherweight champ Mike Brown and challenger Jose Aldo are expected to headline the Versus-televised event, which is rumored to take place on November 11 at a location and venue to-be-determined.

Nunes (13-0) topped Rafael Dias at WEC 42 earlier this month to win his second-straight WEC bout, while Davis (14-2) won his WEC debut over Javier Vazquez on the same card.

McCullough (17-5) has not fought since a March majority decision victory over Marcus Hicks, while Pettis made his WEC debut in June with a first-round submission of Mike Campbell.

Both Swanson (13-3) and Franchi (5-1) enter their featherweight matchup off losses, as Swanson suffered an eight-second knockout to Jose Aldo in June and Franchi dropped a unanimous decision to Manny Gamburyan on the WEC 41 card.

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Pulver, a former UFC lightweight champion who suffered his fourth-straight loss and likely retired at the event, took home an event-high $31,253 for his first-round submission loss to Josh Grispi.

Gamburyan, the runner up on the fifth season of The Ultimate Fighter 5, surprisingly out-earned both Brown and Faber with his unanimous decision victory over John Franchi on the WEC 41 preliminary card, scoring $26,960 for his debut win.

Brown and Faber took home nearly identical purses, with Brown earning $25,256 (including a $13,000 win bonus) for his main event victory while Faber received $25,790.

WEC 41, which aired live on Versus, attracted a WEC record live crowd of 13,027 for a WEC record live gate of $818,415.

The official WEC 41 salaries, as reported to the CSAC, were:

• Mike Brown ($25,256 – includes win bonus of $13,000) def. Urijah Faber ($25,790)
• Jose Aldo ($17,625 – includes win bonus of $11,000) def. Cub Swanson ($8,940)
• Donald Cerrone ($17,682.54 – includes win bonus of $9,000) def. James Krause ($1,692)
• Josh Grispi ($17,381 – includes win bonus of $9,000) def. Jens Pulver ($31,253)
• Manny Gamburyan ($26,960 – includes win bonus of $14,000) def. John Franchi ($3,108)
• Rafael Rebello ($3,650 – includes win bonus of $2,000) def. Kyle Dietz ($1,840)
• Anthony Pettis ($3,302.10 – includes win bonus of $2,000) def. Mike Campbell ($2,950)
• Antonio Banuelos ($9,840 – includes win bonus of $5,000) def. Scott Jorgensen ($5,530)
• Frank Gomez ($3,962.41 – includes win bonus of $2,000) def. Noah Thomas ($2,630)
• Seth Dikun ($3,940 – includes win bonus was $2,000) def. Rolando Perez ($2,890)

The total disclosed payroll for the card was $216,222.05.

Brown, Faber, Aldo, and Dikun all took home additional $10,000 “fight night” bonuses for their WEC 41 performances.

Check out MMAFrenzy.com’s recap and official results for WEC 41 here.

[Pictured: Urijah Faber]

Brown stalked Faber throughout the bout, using superior striking to pick Faber apart en route to a unanimous decision victory with official scores of 49-46, 49-46, and 48-47 (MMAFrenzy.com scored the bout 48-47 Brown). Faber, unable to muster much offense from the middle of the first round onward after suffering a broken hand, attempted several submissions and connected with elbows but was unable to finish Brown off over the five, 5-minute rounds.

Brown, who has now defended his title twice since winning it from Faber last November, improves to 22-4 with the victory, his 11th-straight, while Faber falls to 22-3.

In the evening’s co-main event, Jose Aldo made extremely quick work of Cub Swanson, knocking out his opponent with a flying knee and followup punches a mere 8-seconds into the opening round. The win likely secures Aldo the next crack at Brown and his featherweight title later this year, though should Brown win the matchup a rubber match with Faber likely looms once his hand is healed.

In other notable action, Donald Cerrone picked up a first-round submission win over James Crause then called out lightweight title-holder Jamie Varner for a rematch, Josh Grispi retired Jens Pulver with a 33-second submission victory, and Manny Gamburyan got his first featherweight win with a unanimous decision over John Franchi.

The rest of the undercard was a submission clinic with four of the five fights ending by submission as Rafael Rebello, Anthony Pettis, Frank Gomez, and Seth Dikun picked up submission victories while Chuck Liddell-cornered Antonio Banuelos defeated Scott Jorgensen by split decision.

The official WEC 41 results were:

• Mike Brown (c) def. Urijah Faber via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47)
  WEC Featherweight Championship
  
• Jose Aldo def. Cub Swanson via KO (flying knee) — Round 1, 0:08
• Donald Cerrone def. James Krause via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 4:38
• Josh Grispi def. Jens Pulver via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 1, 0:33
• Manny Gamburyan def. John Franchi via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Rafael Rebello def. Kyle Dietz via submission (rear-naked choke), Round 1, 2:55.
• Anthony Pettis def. Mike Campbell via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1, 1:49
• Antonio Banuelos def. Scott Jorgensen via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Frank Gomez def. Noah Thomas via submission (arm triangle choke) — Round 2, 3:12
• Seth Dikun def. Rolando Perez via submission (triangle choke) — Round 1, 2:30

[Pictured: Mike Brown]

The event’s preliminary card is scheduled to begin at 6:00pm ET with the main, Versus-televised card, headlined by a rematch between WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown and former title-holder Urijah Faber, getting underway at 9pm ET.

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WEC 41: BROWN VS. FABER 2 RESULTS

• Mike Brown (c) def. Urijah Faber via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47)
  WEC Featherweight Championship
  
• Jose Aldo def. Cub Swanson via KO (flying knee) — Round 1, 0:08
• Donald Cerrone def. James Krause via submission (rear naked choke) — Round 1, 4:38
• Josh Grispi def. Jens Pulver via submission (guillotine choke) — Round 1, 0:33
• Manny Gamburyan def. John Franchi via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
• Rafael Rebello def. Kyle Dietz via submission (rear-naked choke), Round 1, 2:55.
• Anthony Pettis def. Mike Campbell via submission (triangle choke) – Round 1, 1:49
• Antonio Banuelos def. Scott Jorgensen via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
• Frank Gomez def. Noah Thomas via submission (arm triangle choke) — Round 2, 3:12
• Seth Dikun def. Rolando Perez via submission (triangle choke) — Round 1, 2:30

[Pictured: Mike Brown and Urijah Faber]

Brown and Faber came in under the 145-pound limit for the championship matchup, both tipping the scales at 143.5 pounds.

Bantamweight Frank Gomez, who is scheduled to fight late-replacement Noah Thomas on the WEC 41 preliminary card, was the lone fighter to miss weight, weighing in 1.5 pounds over the 136-pound division limit. He has up to two additional hours to make weight.

The WEC 41 weigh-in results were:

MAIN CARD

• Mike Brown (c) (143.5) vs. Urijah Faber (143.5)
  WEC Featherweight Championship
• Jose Aldo (144.5) vs. Cub Swanson (144)
• Donald Cerrone (155) vs. James Krause (155)
• Josh Grispi (145.5) vs. Jens Pulver (144)

PRELIMINARY CARD

• John Franchi (145.5) vs. Manny Gamburyan (144)
• Kyle Dietz (134) vs. Rafael Rebello (134.5)
• Mike Campbell (155) vs. Anthony Pettis (156)
• Antonio Banuelos (135.5) vs. Scott Jorgensen (134)
• Frank Gomez (137.5)* vs. Noah Thomas (134.5)
• Seth Dikun (136) vs. Rolando Perez (135.5)

* After missing weight on his first attempt and given an two additional hours to make weight, Gomez made weight on his second attempt.

Manny Gamburyan

Manny Gamburyan, the lightweight runner up on The Ultimate Fighter 5, is likely to make his WEC and featherweight debut against John Franchi at WEC 41 on June 7th at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California, according to MMA Madness.

After losing to Nate Diaz at The Ultimate Fighter 5 Finale due to a shoulder injury, Gamburyan (8-4) picked up back-to-back victories over Nate Mohr and Jeff Cox. However, he most-recently dropped two-straight bouts to Rob Emerson and Thiago Tavares that resulted in his drop to featherweight and move to the UFC’s sister promotion.

Fanchi (5-0) in undefeated in five professional bouts, most-recently defeating Mike Budnik via split decision in his WEC debut earlier this month.

WEC 41 is headlined by a featherweight championship rematch featuring title-holder Mike Brown against former champion Urijah Faber and airs live on Versus.

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