Main card winners Manny Gamburyan and Jose Aldo topped the $236,500 payroll for Wednesday’s WEC 44 event, which took place at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas and aired live on Versus.

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.

Jose Aldo became the WEC’s new featherweight champion on Wednesday with a second-round TKO of title-holder Mike Brown in the main event of WEC 44, which took place at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas.

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.

A foot injury has forced bantamweight Kenji Osawa to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Rani Yahya at WEC 42 on August 9 in Las Vegas, according to Versus.com.

John Hosman has agreed to replace Osawa and take on Yahya on short notice on the preliminary card of the Versus-televised event.

World Extreme Cagefighting has released the complete fight card for WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles, which takes place on August 9 at The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Joining a headlining matchup between bantamweight champ Miguel Torres and challenger Brian Bowles on the Versus-televised main card are Joseph Benavidez vs. Dominick Cruz, Danny Castillo vs. Ricardo Lamas, Jeff Curran vs. Takeya Mizugaki.

WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown submitted Leonard Garcia just 1:57 into their WEC 39 headliner to retain the 145-pound title. Ricardo Lamas, Jose Aldo, and Rob McCullough also earned victories on the evening's main card.

All twenty WEC 39 fighters, including featherweight champion Mike Brown and challenger Leonard Garcia, successfully made weight this morning at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.
WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia takes place tomorrow evening at the American Bank Center and airs live on Versus.
Mike Brown, who captured the 145-pound title from Urijah Faber [...]

The Nevada State Athletic Commission today released the official fighter salaries for WEC 35.
The ten-bout event took place on Sunday, August 3rd, at The Joint at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and aired live on Versus.
Reigning WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit was the highest paid fighter of the event, taking [...]

Carlos Condit (c) def. Hiromitsu Miura via TKO – Round 4, 4:43
WEC Welterweight Championship
Steve Cantwell def. Brian Stann (c) via TKO – Round 2, 4:01
WEC Light Heavyweight Championship
Jamie Varner (c) def. Marcus Hicks via TKO – Round 1, 2:08
WEC Lightweight Championship
Brian Bowles def. Damacio Page via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 3:30
Josh Grispi def. [...]

Hiromitsu Miura (169) vs. Carlos Condit (169.5)
WEC Welterweight Championship
Steve Cantwell (205) vs. Brian Stann (201.5)
WEC Light Heavyweight Championship
Marcus Hicks (155*) vs. Jamie Varner (155)
WEC Lightweight Championship
Damacio Page (135) vs. Brian Bowles (136)
Josh Grispi (145) vs. Micah Miller (145)
Carlo Prater (170) vs. Brock Larson (171)
Dave Terrel (170) vs. Blas Avena (170)
Todd Moore (154) vs. Shane [...]

The World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) organization will return to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on August 3rd for WEC 35, a championship tripleheader which will be aired live on Versus.
Carlos Condit, Brian Stann and Jamie Varner will all be in action on the main card looking to defend their WEC crowns.
Carlos [...]

FIGHTER SALARIES

Brian Stann ($18,000) def. Doug Marshall ($10,000)
Chael Sonnen ($34,000) def. Bryan Baker ($5,000)
Marcus Hicks ($10,000) def. Ed Ratcliff ($7,000)
Steve Cantwell ($8,000) def. Tim McKenzie ($6,000)
Hiromitsu Miura ($8,000) def. Blas Avena ($6,000)
Brock Larson ($24,000) def. John Alessio ($15,000)
Richard Crunkilton ($20,000) def. Sergio Gomez ($4,000)
Alex Serdyukov ($12,000) def. Ryan Stonitsch ($3,000)
Kenji Osawa ($5,000) vs. Chris Manuel [...]

Brian Stann def. Doug Marshall via TKO – Round 1, 1:35
Chael Sonnen def. Bryan Baker via unanimous decision
Marcus Hicks def. Ed Ratcliff via submission – Round 1, 1:42
Steve Cantwell def. Tim McKenzie via submission – Round 1, 2:13
Hiromitsu Miura def. Blas Avena via TKO – Round 1, 2:35
Brock Larson def. [...]

Brian Stann (204) vs. Doug Marshall (204)
Ed Ratcliff (155) vs. Marcus Hicks (156)
Bryan Baker (184) vs. Chael Sonnen (186)
Steve Cantwell (203) vs. Tim McKenzie (203)
Hiromitsu Miura (170) vs. Blas Avena (170)
John Alessio (170) vs. Brock Larson (171)
Sergio Gomez (156) vs. Richard Crunkilton (156)
Ryan Stonitsch (171) vs. Alex Serdyukov (169)
Chris Manuel [...]