Official WEC 33 Salaries

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Official WEC 33 Salaries - MMAjunkie.com

Brian Stann picked up the biggest victory at Wednesday's "WEC: Marshall vs. Stann" event, but Chael Sonnen got the biggest check, earning an official reported salary of $34,000.

MMAjunkie.com (MMA blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps - MMAjunkie.com) today acquired from the Nevada State Athletic Commission the list of official salaries for all 20 fighters.

Wednesday's event, which featured Stann's win over former WEC light heavyweight champion Doug Marshall, took place at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and aired live on VERSUS.

Sonnen, who was originally slated to face Paulo Filho in the main event, instead defeated late replacement Bryan Baker in his bout. Filho pulled out of the fight to deal with personal issues.

The total reported payroll for WEC 33 was $213,000.

The individual results included:

* 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 Jr. ($20,000) def. Sergio Gomez ($4,000)
* Alex Serdyukov ($12,000) def. Ryan Stonitsch ($3,000)
* Chris Manuel ($3,000) vs. Kenji Osawa ($5,000)
* Logan Clark ($12,000) def. J. Scott Harper ($3,000)

All of the night's winning fighters earned 50 percent of their pay to "show" and an additional 50 percent as "win bonuses." For example, Sonnen earned a guaranteed $17,000 for the fight plus an additional $17,000 for his victory.

In the case of the Manuel vs. Osawa fight, no win bonus was awarded because the final result was a split draw. NSAC executive director Keith Kizer today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com that neither fighter is awarded a win bonus, as specified in the bout agreements, in the case of draws.

Now, the usual disclaimer: the figures do not include deductions for items such as insurance, licenses and taxes. Additionally, the figures do not include money paid by sponsors, which can oftentimes be a substantial portion of a fighter's income. In other words, these are simply base salaries reported to the NSAC and do not represent the total amounts earned by each fighter.