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WEC 42

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Date
  
August 9, 2009

Attendance
  
2,082

City
  
Paradise, Nevada

Total gate
  
$175,835

Promotion
  
World Extreme Cagefighting

Venue
  
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on August 9, 2009 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada

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Background

Kenji Osawa was originally scheduled to face Rani Yahya at this event, but was pulled from the bout due to injury and replaced by WEC newcomer John Hosman.

The event drew an estimated 670,000 viewers on Versus.

Bonus Awards

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

  • Fight of the Night: Joseph Benavidez vs. Dominick Cruz
  • Knockout of the Night: Brian Bowles
  • Submission of the Night: Rani Yahya

    • Reported payout

    The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the WEC.

  • Brian Bowles: $18,000 (includes $9,000 win bonus) def. Miguel Torres: $26,000
  • Dominick Cruz: $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus) def. Joseph Benavidez: $12,500
  • Danny Castillo: $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus) def. Ricardo Lamas: $4,000
  • Takeya Mizugaki: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Jeff Curran: $8,000
  • Leonard Garcia: $24,000 ($12,000 win bonus) def. Jameel Massouh: $3,000
  • Cole Province: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Fredson Paixao: $2,000
  • Shane Roller: $21,200 ($10,000 win bonus) def. Marcus Hicks: $6,800 ^
  • Ed Ratciff: $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus) def. Phil Cardella: $3,000
  • Rani Yahya: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. John Hosman: $3,000
  • Diego Nunes: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Rafael Dias: $4,000
  • LC Davis: $10,000 ($$5,000 win bonus) def. Javier Vasquez: $6,000

    • ^ Roller was contracted to earn $10,000 in show money, while Hicks was scheduled to make $8,000. When Hicks was unable to make the contracted weight of 156 pounds at Saturday's weigh-ins, the two parties agreed to a catchweight bout of 159 pounds, and Roller was awarded 15 percent (or $1,200) of his opponent's show money.

    References

    WEC 42 Wikipedia
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