Mike Brown, Urijah Faber, Jose Aldo, Seth Dikun earn $10K "fight night" bonuses at WEC 41
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Mike Brown, Urijah Faber, Jose Aldo and Seth Dikun each earned $10,000 "fight night" bonuses for their performances at "WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber II."
WEC 41 took place Sunday night at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif., and aired live on VERSUS. The bonus amounts were on par with the $10,000 bonuses that were given out at WEC 40 in April.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) confirmed the amounts and winners following the event.
Despite the vocal support of Faber's hometown crowd, a broken right hand suffered early in the fight – coupled with a relentless attack by the champion – left "The California Kid" unable to reclaim the belt he lost in November 2008.
The effort was valiant, and much closer than the score indicated, but Brown successfully defended his title for the second time. The five-round affair, the WEC's second such title fight in as many cards, earned Brown and Faber the evening's "Fight of the Night" – wrestling that honor away from Antonio Banuelos and Scott Jorgensen, who went toe-to-toe in a close split decision on the evening's preliminary card.
In the bout prior to the main event, Aldo shocked the crowd in attendance – not to mention opponent Cub Swanson – by opening the bout with a stellar flying knee. The blow dropped Swanson, opened a massive wound over his left eye, and left him unable to continue the bout just eight seconds after the opening bell. The impressive attack also earned Aldo the evening's "Knockout of the Night."
The winner of the "Submission of the Night" was determined quickly, as Dikun claimed the honors in the first fight of the 10-bout affair. Dikun pulled off a slick flying triangle choke at the mid-point of the opening round in his bout with Rolando Perez The win was Dikun's first in the WEC after dropping a decision to Charlie Valencia in Januray.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Mike Brown, Urijah Faber, Jose Aldo and Seth Dikun each earned $10,000 "fight night" bonuses for their performances at "WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber II."
WEC 41 took place Sunday night at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, Calif., and aired live on VERSUS. The bonus amounts were on par with the $10,000 bonuses that were given out at WEC 40 in April.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) confirmed the amounts and winners following the event.
Despite the vocal support of Faber's hometown crowd, a broken right hand suffered early in the fight – coupled with a relentless attack by the champion – left "The California Kid" unable to reclaim the belt he lost in November 2008.
The effort was valiant, and much closer than the score indicated, but Brown successfully defended his title for the second time. The five-round affair, the WEC's second such title fight in as many cards, earned Brown and Faber the evening's "Fight of the Night" – wrestling that honor away from Antonio Banuelos and Scott Jorgensen, who went toe-to-toe in a close split decision on the evening's preliminary card.
In the bout prior to the main event, Aldo shocked the crowd in attendance – not to mention opponent Cub Swanson – by opening the bout with a stellar flying knee. The blow dropped Swanson, opened a massive wound over his left eye, and left him unable to continue the bout just eight seconds after the opening bell. The impressive attack also earned Aldo the evening's "Knockout of the Night."
The winner of the "Submission of the Night" was determined quickly, as Dikun claimed the honors in the first fight of the 10-bout affair. Dikun pulled off a slick flying triangle choke at the mid-point of the opening round in his bout with Rolando Perez The win was Dikun's first in the WEC after dropping a decision to Charlie Valencia in Januray.
