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Here are the official fighter salary numbers from last nights WEC 30 event.

Rob McCullough: $24,000
John Alessio: $22,000
Miguel Torres: $20,000
Rich Crunkilton: $10,000
Chase Beebe: $10,000
Brian Stann: $10,000
Marcus Hicks: $8,000
Donald Cerrone: $6,000
Bryan Baker: $6,000
Rani Yahya: $6,000
Blas Avena: $6,000
Jeff Bedard: $4,000
Ian McCall: $4,000
Jesse Forbes: $4,000
Kenneth Alexander: $3,000
Marcelo Brito: $3,000
Jeremiah Billington: $2,000
Scott McAfee: $2,000
Joe Benoit: $2,000
Coty Wheeler: $2,000

The total fighter [...]

WEC 30 proved to be an excellent night of fights with both title holders retaining their belts at the end of the evening.
“Razor” Rob McCullough made easy work of challenger Rich Crunkilton in the first round. Both guys were throwing heavy punches from the opening bell as McCullough staggered Crunkilton and then Crunkilton returned [...]

The MMA-heavy month of September gets rolling this Saturday night when UFC 75 takes place in London, England. UFC 75: Champion vs Champion features a main event between Quinton Jackson, the current UFC Light Heavyweight champion, and Dan Henderson, the current Pride Welterweight and Middleweight champion. While the fight is being billed as [...]

World Extreme Cagefighting will hold their WEC 30 show tonight in Las Vegas. The event will be available for free, live on the Versus network at 9pm EST.
The main event of the evening is between current WEC champ Rob McCullough and Rich Crunkilton for the WEC Lightweight belt. McCullough won the WEC title [...]

For those of you who haven’t signed up for MMAPlayground’s fantasy MMA game yet, don’t forget to signup before this Saturday nights UFC 75: Champion vs Champion event.
Sign up for your free account and then request an invitation to the MMAHQ fight camp. I’ll add you to our group and we’ll see who reigns [...]

The long-awaited fourth episode of Inside the Cage Radio is now available for your listening pleasure!

This week hosts Sam Caplan (FiveOuncesOfPain.com) and Matt Cava (UFCTakedown.com) welcomed both Dann Stupp of UFCjunkie.com and Luke Thomas of BloodyElbow.com into the cage as guests.
Dann joined the crew to help break down UFC 74. He was in Vegas for [...]