Background

WEC Bonus Awards are three different kinds of awards which were usually given to four fighters after a WEC

World Extreme Cagefighting

World Extreme Cagefighting was an American mixed martial arts promotion. It was purchased by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of Ultimate Fighting Championship , in 2006. In its final incarnation, it was made up of 3 weight classes: 135, 145 and 155 lbs. To accommodate the smaller...

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Fight of the Night - Award given to the two fighters that fought each other and delivered the "most impressive" fight on the card.

Knockout of the Night - Award given to the fighter with the most impressive knockout/technical knockout.

Submission of the Night - Award given to the fighter with the most impressive submission.

Award Recipients

WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura

WEC 35

WEC 35: Condit vs. Miura was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on August 3, 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event drew an estimated 423,000 viewers on Versus...

Fighters were awarded $7,500 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Carlos Condit
  Carlos Condit
  Carlos Joseph Condit is an American mixed martial artist currently fighting for the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a welterweight.Condit initially received national attention for his run as the final WEC Welterweight Champion...
  
   vs.   Hiromitsu Miura
  Hiromitsu Miura
  Hiromitsu Miura is a Japanese Boxer and former mixed martial artist who competed in the welterweight division in MMA and now competes in the light heavyweight division in boxing.-Career:...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Brock Larson
  Brock Larson
  Brock Orville Larson is an American mixed martial artist from Brainerd, Minnesota. He most recently competed in the welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Larson also competed in World Extreme Cagefighting, before it discontinued its welterweight division, and on the...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Brian Bowles

WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown

WEC 36

WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on November 5, 2008 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida...

Fighters were awarded $7,500 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Donald Cerrone
  Donald Cerrone
  Donald Anthony Cerrone is an American mixed martial artist and Muay Thai kickboxer who fights out of Albuquerque, New Mexico and currently competes as a lightweight in the UFC...
  
   vs.   Rob McCullough
  Rob McCullough
  Robert Alexander McCullough IV is an American Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He was a five-time World Muay Thai Champion, and is a former WEC Lightweight Champion. He currently trains out of Huntington Beach, CA at HB Ultimate Training Center...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Mike Brown
  Mike Brown (fighter)
  Mike Thomas Brown is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization and is a former WEC Featherweight Champion...
  
   and   Leonard Garcia
  Leonard Garcia
  Leonard Garcia is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He previously fought for the UFC in the lightweight division before moving down to the featherweight division in the World Extreme Cagefighting...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Rani Yahya
  Rani Yahya
  Rani Ahmad Yahya is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist. Yahya won the 66 kg division of the prestigious ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in April 2007...
  
  

WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia

WEC 37

WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on December 3, 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event aired live on the Versus Network....

Fighters were awarded $7,500 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Cub Swanson
  Cub Swanson
  Kevin Luke Swanson is an American mixed martial artist . He is currently signed as a featherweight with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-World Extreme Cagefighting:...
  
   vs.   Hiroyuki Takaya
  Hiroyuki Takaya
  |-| Win|align=center| 16–9–1| Kazuyuki Miyata| Decision | Dream: Japan GP Final| |align=center| 3|align=center| 5:00|Tokyo, Japan, Japan| Defended DREAM Featherweight Championship|-| Loss|align=center| 15–9–1| Robbie Peralta| Decision...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Bart Palaszewski
  Bart Palaszewski
  Bart K. Palaszewski is a Polish-American mixed martial artist. He fought for the Quad City Silverbacks of the now defunct International Fight League. Following the UFC/WEC merger, Palaszewski is now under contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Brian Bowles

WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone

WEC 38

WEC 38: Varner vs. Cerrone was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on January 25, 2009. It aired live on the Versus Network....

Fighters were awarded $7,500 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Jamie Varner
  Jamie Varner
  James Christopher Varner is a mixed martial artist who fought for World Extreme Cagefighting. He is a former WEC Lightweight champion.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:...
  
   vs.   Donald Cerrone
  Donald Cerrone
  Donald Anthony Cerrone is an American mixed martial artist and Muay Thai kickboxer who fights out of Albuquerque, New Mexico and currently competes as a lightweight in the UFC...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Urijah Faber
  Urijah Faber
  Urijah Christopher Faber is an American mixed martial artist currently fighting as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization. Faber won the WEC featherweight championship at WEC 19 on March 17, 2006 and held the title for over two years until his loss to Mike Brown at WEC...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Jose Aldo
  Jose Aldo
  José Aldo is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who competes as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is the first and current UFC Featherweight Champion...
  
  

WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia

WEC 39

WEC 39: Brown vs. Garcia was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on March 1, 2009 in Corpus Christi, Texas. The event aired live on the Versus Network....

Fighters were awarded $7,500 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Johny Hendricks
  Johny Hendricks
  Johny Hendricks is an American mixed martial artist and an accomplished former amateur wrestler. He currently fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's Welterweight division...
  
   vs.   Alex Serdyukov
• Submission of the Night:   Mike Brown
  Mike Brown (fighter)
  Mike Thomas Brown is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization and is a former WEC Featherweight Champion...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Damacio Page
  Damacio Page
  Damacio James Page is an American mixed martial arts fighter and who currently competes in the bantamweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
  

WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki

WEC 40

WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on April 5, 2009 at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. The event aired live on the Versus Network....

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Miguel Torres
  Miguel Torres (fighter)
  Miguel Angel Torres is an American mixed martial artist who fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization. He is a former WEC Bantamweight champion. Prior to fighting with the WEC, Torres also held the bantamweight title for the US Shooto organization, as well as for the Ironheart Crown...
  
   vs.   Takeya Mizugaki
  Takeya Mizugaki
  Takeya Mizugaki is a Japanese mixed martial artist who currently competes in the bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of October 2011, Mizugaki is ranked the #10 bantamweight in the world by Sherdog....
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Anthony Njokuani
  Anthony Njokuani
  Anthony Obinnia Njokuani is a Nigerian mixed martial artist who currently fights as a lightweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Early life:...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Rani Yahya
  Rani Yahya
  Rani Ahmad Yahya is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist. Yahya won the 66 kg division of the prestigious ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in April 2007...
  
  

WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2

WEC 41

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. It was the most successful show in the WEC's history....

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Mike Brown
  Mike Brown (fighter)
  Mike Thomas Brown is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization and is a former WEC Featherweight Champion...
  
   vs.   Urijah Faber
  Urijah Faber
  Urijah Christopher Faber is an American mixed martial artist currently fighting as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization. Faber won the WEC featherweight championship at WEC 19 on March 17, 2006 and held the title for over two years until his loss to Mike Brown at WEC...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Jose Aldo
  Jose Aldo
  José Aldo is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who competes as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is the first and current UFC Featherweight Champion...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Seth Dikun
  Seth Dikun
  Seth Dikun is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights in WEC's featherweight division. His debut for WEC was a unanimous-decision-loss to Charlie Valencia at WEC 38...
  
  

WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles

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, NevadaThe event drew an estimated 670,000 viewers on Versus.-Preliminary card:...

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Joseph Benavidez
  Joseph Benavidez
  Joseph Rolando Benavidez is an American mixed martial artist. After fighting in smaller shows while working as a screen printer in Las Cruces, New Mexico, he joined up with Urijah Faber's Team Alpha Male in 2007. He has since fought in Dream and most recently the World Extreme Cagefighting promotion...
  
  vs.   Dominick Cruz
  Dominick Cruz
  Dominick Cruz is an American mixed martial artist of Mexican descent, who competes as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is the current UFC Bantamweight Champion...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Brian Bowles
• Submission of the Night:   Rani Yahya
  Rani Yahya
  Rani Ahmad Yahya is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist. Yahya won the 66 kg division of the prestigious ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in April 2007...
  
  

WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson

WEC 43

WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on October 10, 2009 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.-Background:...

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses, with the Fight of the Night earners having their bonuses doubled to $20,000 each.

• Fight of the Night:   Ben Henderson
  Ben Henderson (fighter)
  Benson Henderson is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a lightweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Henderson, a former WEC Lightweight Champion, is known for his aggressive style and his ability to escape from deep submission attempts...
  
  vs.   Donald Cerrone
  Donald Cerrone
  Donald Anthony Cerrone is an American mixed martial artist and Muay Thai kickboxer who fights out of Albuquerque, New Mexico and currently competes as a lightweight in the UFC...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Anthony Njokuani
  Anthony Njokuani
  Anthony Obinnia Njokuani is a Nigerian mixed martial artist who currently fights as a lightweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Early life:...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Mackens Semerzier
  Mackens Semerzier
  Mackens Semerzier is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Semerzier has mostly fought in Virginia...
  
  

WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo

WEC 44

WEC 44: Brown vs. Aldo was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting. It took place on November 18, 2009 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.The event drew an estimated 414,000 viewers on Versus.-Preliminary card:...

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Cub Swanson
  Cub Swanson
  Kevin Luke Swanson is an American mixed martial artist . He is currently signed as a featherweight with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-World Extreme Cagefighting:...
  
  vs.   John Franchi
  John Franchi
  John Franchi is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights in WEC's featherweight division. His debut for WEC was a split-decision-win over Mike Budnik at WEC 39...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Jose Aldo
  Jose Aldo
  José Aldo is a Brazilian mixed martial artist, who competes as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is the first and current UFC Featherweight Champion...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Shane Roller
  Shane Roller
  Shane Derrick Roller is an American mixed martial artist, currently fighting as a lightweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
  

WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff

WEC 45

WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on December 19, 2009 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the first time the WEC has held back-to-back events at The Pearl at The Palms. The event drew an estimated...

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Donald Cerrone
  Donald Cerrone
  Donald Anthony Cerrone is an American mixed martial artist and Muay Thai kickboxer who fights out of Albuquerque, New Mexico and currently competes as a lightweight in the UFC...
  
  vs.   Ed Ratcliff
  Ed Ratcliff
  Edward Norris Ratcliff is an American mixed martial artist. He was recently cut by UFC in January.-World Extreme Cagefighting:Ratcliff debuted at WEC 27, defeating Johnny Sampaio via TKO in the second round....
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Anthony Njokuani
  Anthony Njokuani
  Anthony Obinnia Njokuani is a Nigerian mixed martial artist who currently fights as a lightweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Early life:...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Brad Pickett
  Brad Pickett
  Brad Pickett is an English mixed martial artist and the former Cage Rage British Featherweight champion and Ultimate Challenge MMA Featherweight Champion. He currently competes as a Bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
  

Fighters were awarded $5,000 bonuses.

• Second Fight of the Night:  Takeya Mizugaki
  Takeya Mizugaki
  Takeya Mizugaki is a Japanese mixed martial artist who currently competes in the bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of October 2011, Mizugaki is ranked the #10 bantamweight in the world by Sherdog....
  
  vs.   Scott Jorgensen
  Scott Jorgensen
  Scott Roger Jorgensen is an American mixed martial artist competing in the UFC Bantamweight division and is a member of the Twisted Genetiks Fight Team based out of Boise, Idaho. He is considered a perennial top 5 ranked bantamweight fighter...
  
  

WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson

WEC 46

WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on January 10, 2010. It took place at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.-Background:...

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Coty Wheeler
  Coty Wheeler
  Coty Wheeler is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights for the WEC. He lost his fight to Charlie Valencia at WEC 43 on October 10, 2009.Wheeler lost to Will Campuzano via unanimous decision on January 10, 2010 at WEC 46...
  
  vs.   Will Campuzano
  Will Campuzano
  William Campuzano is a Mexican American professional mixed martial artist from Mount Pleasant, Texas. He currently fights in the bantamweight division.-Early career:...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night: Not awarded as no matches ended with knockout
• Submission of the Night:   Urijah Faber
  Urijah Faber
  Urijah Christopher Faber is an American mixed martial artist currently fighting as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization. Faber won the WEC featherweight championship at WEC 19 on March 17, 2006 and held the title for over two years until his loss to Mike Brown at WEC...
  
  

WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz

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:...

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Leonard Garcia
  Leonard Garcia
  Leonard Garcia is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He previously fought for the UFC in the lightweight division before moving down to the featherweight division in the World Extreme Cagefighting...
  
  vs.   George Roop
  George Roop
  George H. Roop is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir, winning his preliminary and first round fights...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Anthony Pettis
  Anthony Pettis
  Anthony Pettis is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Pettis has made a name for himself mainly fighting in his home state of Wisconsin. He is a former fighter for the World Extreme Cagefighting , where he was the...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Joseph Benavidez
  Joseph Benavidez
  Joseph Rolando Benavidez is an American mixed martial artist. After fighting in smaller shows while working as a screen printer in Las Cruces, New Mexico, he joined up with Urijah Faber's Team Alpha Male in 2007. He has since fought in Dream and most recently the World Extreme Cagefighting promotion...
  
  

WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber

WEC 48

UFC Presents: Aldo vs. Faber, also referred to as WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on April 24, 2010 at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California...

Fighters were awarded $65,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Leonard Garcia
  Leonard Garcia
  Leonard Garcia is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in the featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He previously fought for the UFC in the lightweight division before moving down to the featherweight division in the World Extreme Cagefighting...
  
  vs.   Chan Sung Jung
• Knockout of the Night:   Manvel Gamburyan
  Manvel Gamburyan
  Manvel "Manny" Gamburyan is an Armenian American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter 5. Besides The Ultimate Fighter, Gamburyan has fought for notable promotions such as King of the Cage and the Ultimate Fighting Championship.Gamburyan is fighting in the...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Ben Henderson
  Ben Henderson (fighter)
  Benson Henderson is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a lightweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Henderson, a former WEC Lightweight Champion, is known for his aggressive style and his ability to escape from deep submission attempts...
  
  

WEC 49: Varner vs. Shalorus

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:...

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Mark Hominick
  Mark Hominick
  Mark Hominick is a Canadian mixed martial artist, former TKO Featherweight Champion, and current UFC fighter. Hominick is currently ranked as the #4 featherweight fighter in the world by MMAWeekly.-Mixed martial arts career:...
  
  vs.   Yves Jabouin
  Yves Jabouin
  Yves Jabouin is a Haitian-Canadian mixed martial artist who currently competes in the bantamweight division of the UFC.-Mixed martial arts career:...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Eddie Wineland
  Eddie Wineland
  Eddie Wineland is an American professional mixed martial artist from Highland, Indiana who fights in the bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Wineland is a former World Extreme Cagefighting Bantamweight Champion...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Josh Grispi
  Josh Grispi
  Josh Richard Grispi is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the UFC featherweight division.-Background:Grispi started mixed martial arts training when he was 13. It was suggested to him by his dad as an outlet when he got kicked out of a paintball facility after repeated scuffles with...
  
  

WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez 2

WEC 50

WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on August 18, 2010 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Background:...

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Scott Jorgensen
  Scott Jorgensen
  Scott Roger Jorgensen is an American mixed martial artist competing in the UFC Bantamweight division and is a member of the Twisted Genetiks Fight Team based out of Boise, Idaho. He is considered a perennial top 5 ranked bantamweight fighter...
  
  vs.   Brad Pickett
  Brad Pickett
  Brad Pickett is an English mixed martial artist and the former Cage Rage British Featherweight champion and Ultimate Challenge MMA Featherweight Champion. He currently competes as a Bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Maciej Jewtuszko
  Maciej Jewtuszko
  Maciej Jewtuszko is a Polish mixed martial artist. He has competed in the lightweight division of various European MMA promotions and most recently fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Background:...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Anthony Pettis
  Anthony Pettis
  Anthony Pettis is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Pettis has made a name for himself mainly fighting in his home state of Wisconsin. He is a former fighter for the World Extreme Cagefighting , where he was the...
  
  

WEC 51: Aldo vs. Gamburyan

WEC 51

WEC 51: Aldo vs. Gamburyan was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on September 30, 2010 at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. The event was the first that the WEC hosted in Colorado.-Background:...

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Donald Cerrone
  Donald Cerrone
  Donald Anthony Cerrone is an American mixed martial artist and Muay Thai kickboxer who fights out of Albuquerque, New Mexico and currently competes as a lightweight in the UFC...
  
  vs.   Jamie Varner
  Jamie Varner
  James Christopher Varner is a mixed martial artist who fought for World Extreme Cagefighting. He is a former WEC Lightweight champion.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   George Roop
  George Roop
  George H. Roop is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir, winning his preliminary and first round fights...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Miguel Torres
  Miguel Torres (fighter)
  Miguel Angel Torres is an American mixed martial artist who fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization. He is a former WEC Bantamweight champion. Prior to fighting with the WEC, Torres also held the bantamweight title for the US Shooto organization, as well as for the Ironheart Crown...
  
  

WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki

WEC 52

WEC 52: Faber vs. Mizugaki was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on November 11, 2010 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Background:...

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Cub Swanson
  Cub Swanson
  Kevin Luke Swanson is an American mixed martial artist . He is currently signed as a featherweight with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-World Extreme Cagefighting:...
  
  vs.   Mackens Semerzier
  Mackens Semerzier
  Mackens Semerzier is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Semerzier has mostly fought in Virginia...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Erik Koch
  Erik Koch
  Erik Koch is an American mixed martial artist who currently fights as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Personal Life:Koch enrolled in Taekwondo classes at the ripe age of four peaking his interest in MMA...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Urijah Faber
  Urijah Faber
  Urijah Christopher Faber is an American mixed martial artist currently fighting as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization. Faber won the WEC featherweight championship at WEC 19 on March 17, 2006 and held the title for over two years until his loss to Mike Brown at WEC...
  
  

WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis

WEC 53

WEC 53: Henderson vs. Pettis was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on December 16, 2010 at Jobing.com Arena in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona. The event was the first time that Zuffa has hosted an event in Arizona...

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

• Fight of the Night:   Ben Henderson
  Ben Henderson (fighter)
  Benson Henderson is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a lightweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Henderson, a former WEC Lightweight Champion, is known for his aggressive style and his ability to escape from deep submission attempts...
  
  vs.   Anthony Pettis
  Anthony Pettis
  Anthony Pettis is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Pettis has made a name for himself mainly fighting in his home state of Wisconsin. He is a former fighter for the World Extreme Cagefighting , where he was the...
  
  
• Knockout of the Night:   Eddie Wineland
  Eddie Wineland
  Eddie Wineland is an American professional mixed martial artist from Highland, Indiana who fights in the bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Wineland is a former World Extreme Cagefighting Bantamweight Champion...
  
  
• Submission of the Night:   Shane Roller
  Shane Roller
  Shane Derrick Roller is an American mixed martial artist, currently fighting as a lightweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship...