''WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles'' was a

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event held by

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on August 9, 2009 at the

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Background

Kenji Osawa Kenji Osawa (born November 4, 1976) is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist from Tokyo. He debuted in MMA over a decade ago, and trains and fights out of Wajitsu Keishukai, where he teaches once a week. MMA career Osawa's fight record is 21 ...

was originally scheduled to face

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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.

Results

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

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. 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.''

External links

Official WEC website

References