WEC 41

WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2
A poster or logo for WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2.
Information
Promotion	World Extreme Cagefighting
Date	June 7, 2009
Venue	Arco Arena
City	Sacramento, California
Attendance	13,027
Total gate	$815,415
Event chronology
WEC 40: Torres vs. Mizugaki WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2 WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles

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.

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.

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.

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.

The event drew an estimated 1,300,000 viewers on Versus. UFC lightweight Kenny Florian acted as a special guest color commentator.

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses.

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Nevada 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.