WEC 42

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

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.''