WEC 41

WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on June 7, 2009 at the Arco Arena in Sacramento, California. It was the most successful show in the WEC's history.

Background
Featherweight champion Mike Brown defended his title in a rematch against former champion and no. 1 contender Urijah Faber in the main event.

Eddie Wineland was expected to face Frank Gomez at the event, but was forced off the card with an injury and replaced by WEC newcomer Noah Thomas.

Richard Crunkilton was expected to face Donald Cerrone at this event, but was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by James Krause.

Charlie Valencia was originally slated to face WEC newcomer Kyle Dietz at this event, but withdrew from the bout due to injury and was replaced by Rafael Rebello.

The event drew an estimated 1,300,000 viewers on Versus. UFC lightweight Kenny Florian acted as a special guest color commentator as Frank Mir was unavailable after his wife went into labor.

Bonus Awards
Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.


 * Fight of the Night: 🇺🇸 Mike Brown vs. 🇺🇸 Urijah Faber
 * Knockout of the Night: 🇧🇷 José Aldo
 * Submission of the Night: 🇺🇸 Seth Dikun

Payouts
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the California State Athletic Commission. It does not include sponsor money or "locker room" bonuses often given by the WEC and also do not include the WEC's traditional "fight night" bonuses.


 * Mike Brown: $26,000 (includes $13,000 win bonus) def. Urijah Faber: $26,000
 * José Aldo: $22,000 ($11,000 win bonus) def. Cub Swanson: $9,000
 * Donald Cerrone: $18,000 ($9,000 win bonus) def. James Krause: $2,000
 * Josh Grispi: $18,000 ($9,000 win bonus) def. Jens Pulver: $33,000
 * Manny Gamburyan: $28,000 ($14,000 win bonus) def. John Franchi: $4,000
 * Rafael Rebello: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus) def. Kyle Dietz: $2,000
 * Anthony Pettis: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus) def. Mike Campbell: $4,000
 * Antonio Banuelos: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Scott Jorgensen: $6,000
 * Frank Gomez: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus) def. Noah Thomas: $3,000
 * Seth Dikun: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus) def. Rolando Perez: $3,000