''WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson'' was a

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event held by

World Extreme Cagefighting World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) was an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion founded in 2001. It was purchased by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in 2006. In its final incarnation, it was mad ...

on January 10, 2010. It took place at the

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Background

Mark Hominick was scheduled to face

Yves Jabouin Fernand Yves Jabouin (born May 30, 1979) is a retired Haitian-Canadian mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2001, Jabouin also formerly comp ...

on this card, but Jabouin has been forced off the card with an injury. Jabouin was replaced by WEC newcomer Bryan Caraway. Hominick and Jabouin would later face off at

WEC 49 ''WEC 49: Varner vs. Shalorus'' was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on June 20, 2010 at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Background WEC 49 was the only event the organization had held outsi ...

on June 20, 2010, with Hominick winning via TKO.

Wagnney Fabiano Wagnney Silva Fabiano-Santos (born July 14, 1975) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is best known for fighting in the WEC, as well as for the Toronto Dragons of the International Fight League and is the former IFL Featherweight Champion ...

was scheduled to fight Frank Gomez at this event, however Gomez withdrew with an undisclosed injury and was replaced by Clint Godfrey. The Fabiano/Gomez bout was also rescheduled for WEC 49, where Fabiano won by unanimous decision. Bantamweight contests pitting

Eddie Wineland Eddie Wineland (born June 26, 1984) is an American retired mixed martial artist, who competed in the Bantamweight (MMA), Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor from 2003 until 2022, Wineland ...

against Rafael Rebello and WEC newcomer

George Roop George H. Roop (born November 10, 1981) is a retired mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's ''The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir'', winning his preliminary and first round fights. He fought as a Bantamweight (MMA), ...

against the returning Jesse Moreng were both scratched from this card after Rebello and Moreng both withdrew from the event. Rather than find new opponents, Wineland and Roop were instead matched up against each other on this card. A lightweight bout between

Dave Jansen David Hendrik Jansen (born August 21, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist who formerly competed in Bellator's Lightweight division. A professional competitor since 2007, Jansen has also formerly competed for the WEC and M-1 Global. Bac ...

and Bendy Casimir was once linked to this event, though it was later confirmed that Jansen would instead be facing Kamal Shalorus. This was the last WEC card to feature former UFC Heavyweight Champion

Frank Mir Francisco Santos Miranda III (; born May 24, 1979), is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight division. He competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) for sixteen years, and Bellator MMA. A former UFC Heavywe ...

on color commentary. He was officially replaced in April 2010 by Stephan Bonnar, who had filled in for Mir at

WEC 47 ''WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz'' was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on March 6, 2010. It was held at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio Background The only WEC event held in Ohio, WEC 47 coincided with the Arnold ...

due to training commitments. The event drew an estimated 640,000 viewers on Versus.

Results

Bonus Awards

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses. *Fight of the Night: Coty Wheeler vs. Will Campuzano *Knockout of the Night: Not awarded as no matches ended with knockout *Submission of the Night: Urijah Faber

Reported payout

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. *Benson Henderson: $22,000 (includes $11,000 win bonus) def. Jamie Varner: $18,000 *Urijah Faber: $52,000 ($26,000 win bonus) def. Raphael Assunção: $13,000 *Kamal Shalorus: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Dave Jansen: $4,000 *Mike Brown: $38,000 ($19,000 win bonus) def. Anthony Morrison: $4,000 *Deividas Taurosevičius: $14,000 ($7,000 win bonus) def. Mackens Semerzier: $4,000 *Charlie Valencia: $18,000 ($9,000 win bonus) def. Akitoshi Tamura: $8,000 *Wagnney Fabiano: $30,000 ($15,000 win bonus) def. Clint Godfrey: $3,000 *Mark Hominick: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Bryan Caraway: $4,000 *Eddie Wineland: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. George Roop: $3,000 *Will Campuzano: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Coty Wheeler: $3,000

External links

Official WEC website

References