| WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2 | ||||
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 The poster for WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2 | ||||
| Promotion | World Extreme Cagefighting | |||
| Date | June 7, 2009 | |||
| Venue | Arco Arena | |||
| City | Sacramento, California | |||
| Attendance | 13,027 | |||
| Total gate | $815,415 | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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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. [1] It was the most successful show in the WEC's history.
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. [2]
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. [3]
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. [4]
The event drew an estimated 1,300,000 viewers on Versus. [5] UFC lightweight Kenny Florian acted as a special guest color commentator as Frank Mir was unavailable after his wife went into labor.
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Mike Brown (c) | def | Urijah Faber | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Featherweight | José Aldo | def | Cub Swanson | TKO (flying knee and punches) | 1 | 0:08 | |
| Lightweight | Donald Cerrone | def | James Krause | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:38 | |
| Featherweight | Josh Grispi | def | Jens Pulver | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 0:33 | |
| Preliminary card | |||||||
| Featherweight | Manvel Gamburyan | def | John Franchi | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Rafael Rebello | def | Kyle Dietz | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 2:55 | |
| Lightweight | Anthony Pettis | def | Mike Campbell | Submission (triangle choke) | 1 | 1:49 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Bantamweight | Antonio Banuelos | def | Scott Jorgensen | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Bantamweight | Frank Gomez | def | Noah Thomas | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 2 | 3:12 | |
| Bantamweight | Seth Dikun | def | Rolando Perez | Submission (flying triangle choke) | 1 | 2:30 | [lower-alpha 4] |
Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses. [6]
Mike Brown vs. Urijah Faber
José Aldo Seth DikunThe 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. [7]
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