WEC 42

WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles
A poster or logo for WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles.
Information
Promotion	World Extreme Cagefighting
Date	August 9, 2009
Venue	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
City	Paradise, Nevada
Attendance	2,082
Total gate	$175,835
Event chronology
WEC 41: Brown vs. Faber 2 WEC 42: Torres vs. Bowles WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson

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, Nevada

Kenji Osawa was originally scheduled to face Rani Yahya 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.

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.

^ 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.