WEC was recently purchased by Zuffa, current owners of PrideFC and the UFC.
On Sunday August 5th, the WEC held an event (WEC on Versus) in Nevada and here are the paychecks given to each of the fighters (total payroll= $199,500):
**Carlos Condit ($26,000) def. Brock Larson ($12,000)
**Paulo Filho ($50,000) def. Joe Doerksen ($30,000)
**Jeff Curran ($10,000) def. Stephen Ledbetter ($5,000)
**Jamie Varner ($14,000) def. Sherron Leggett ($4,000)
**Hiromitsu Miura ($6,000) def. Fernando Gonzalez ($3,000)
**Antonio Banuelos ($8,000) def. Justin Robbins ($2,000)
**Eric Schambari ($8,000) def. Logan Clark ($6,000)
**Steve Cantwell ($6,000) def. Justin McElfresh ($3,000)
**Blas Avena ($4,500) def. Tiki Ghosn ($5,000)
