Former featherweight champions Urijah Faber ($52,000) and Mike Brown ($38,000) topped the $272,000 payroll for Sunday’s “WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson”, according to figures released Monday by the California State Athletic Commission, while main event winner and lightweight champion Ben Henderson earned $22,000 and former title-holder Jamie Varner took home $18,000.

A pair of submissions highlighted Sunday’s WEC 46 event in Sacramento, California, as Ben Henderson choked out Jamie Varner in the main event to become the undisputed WEC lightweight champion, while former featherweight champ Urijah Faber tapped Raphael Assuncao in the WEC 46 co-headliner.

All twenty fighters scheduled to be in action at tomorrow’s “WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson” at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California successfully made weight for the Versus-televised event at Friday’s official fighter weigh-ins.

The fight card for World Extreme Cagefighting’s upcoming “WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson” event is now complete, with the Versus-televised event slated to feature 10 bouts from the ARCO Arena on January 10 in Sacramento, California.

WEC 46 is headlined by lightweight champion Jamie Varner vs. interim title-holder Ben Henderson, and the main card also includes Raphael Assuncao vs. Urijah Faber, Dave Jansen vs. Kamal Shalorus, Mike Brown vs. Anthony Morrison, and Mackens Semerzier vs. Deividas Taurosevicius.

World Extreme Cagefighting has signed bantamweight Clint Godfrey, who will replace an injured Frank Gomez and debut against Wagnney Fabiano at WEC 46 on January 10 in Sacramento, California, the promotion recently announced.

Wagnney Fabiano is expected to make his bantamweight debut against Frank Gomez at WEC 46, while newcomer Bendy Casimir is likely to meet fellow lightweight Dave Jansen at the January 10 event in Sacramento, California.

The Versus-televised WEC 46 main card is headlined by a unificiation matchup between lightweight title-holders Jamie Varner and Ben Henderson, and also features Urijah Faber vs. Raphael Assuncao, while Fabiano-Gomez and Casimir-Jansen are slated for the event’s preliminary card.

Ben Henderson was crowned the WEC’s interim lightweight champion on Saturday after earning a unanimous decision victory over Donald Cerrone in an instant classic that headlined WEC 43 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Dave Jansen, Raphael Assuncao, and Damacio Page also picked up main card wins, while Anthony Njokuani, Scott Jorgensen, Mackens Semerzier, Eddie Wineland, Charlie Valencia, and Deividas Taurosevicius were victorious on the WEC 43 prelims.

Welcome to MMAFrenzy.com’s live coverage of WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson, a 10-fight card headlined by an interim lightweight championship matchup between Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

MMAFrenzy.com will have live results from the WEC 43 preliminary card beginning at approximately 7pm ET, followed by live updates from the Versus-televised main card at 10pm.

WEC 43 headliners Donald Cerrone and Ben Henderson, along with the rest of the ten-bout card, successfully made weight on Friday at the official fighter weigh-ins for Saturday’s event, which takes place at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Cerrone (154.4) and Henderson (155) meet for the WEC interim lightweight title in the WEC 43 main event, which airs live tomorrow on Versus.

WEC newcomer Mackens Semerzier is stepping in as a short notice replacement for Erik Koch against Wagnney Fabiano at WEC 43 on October 10. The change in the featherweight bout was announced by Semerzier on his facebook page, and was later confirmed by NWI.com

A trio of bouts have been added to the rumored lineup for WEC 43, which takes place on September 2 in Youngstown, Ohio and airs live on Versus.

Bantamweights Manny Tapia and Eddie Wineland have agreed to square off and featherweight contenders Wagnney Fabiano and Rafael Assuncao will take on WEC newcomers Erik Koch and Yves Jabouin respectively.

Luiz Cane says he’d like to fight fellow light heavyweight contender Rich Franklin, heavyweight prospect Bobby Lashley will next fight in September, and Diego Sanchez will get the next lightweight title shot against the BJ Penn-Kenny Florian.

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