The revolution may be coming. We’re not big on discussing the pay scale of fighters because so much of what the major stars make in UFC and WEC is off the books, or at least far from the public eye. But you’d have to imagine salaries of $35,000 (includes $10,000 Fight of the Night bonus) for their fight at WEC 41 rub WEC stars Mike Brown and Urijah Faber the wrong way. Do those guys deserve any less than Chuck Liddell, Anderson Silva, Brock Lesnar, Quinton Jackson and Georges St. Pierre? That fight helped draw a WEC record crowd of 13,067 in Sacramento and a big audience on Versus. Hell guys, like Brandon Vera and Antonio Rogerio Nogueira made six figures in their last fights.
Brown, a very reserved guy, won’t say anything publicly but Faber and Miguel Torres, the WEC’s bantamweight champ have already started dropping hints to the media and fans.
Is WEC’s business model going to work much longer?
The revolution may be coming. We’re not big on discussing the pay scale of fighters because so much of what the major stars make in UFC and WEC is off the books, or at least far from the public eye. But you’d have to imagine salaries of $35,000 (includes $10,000 Fight of the Night bonus)…
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