WEC 47
| WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz | ||||
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 The poster for WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz | ||||
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| Promotion | World Extreme Cagefighting | |||
| Date | March 6, 2010 | |||
| Venue | Nationwide Arena | |||
| City | Columbus, Ohio | |||
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WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz is an upcoming mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting to take place on March 6, 2010. It is scheduled to be held at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.[1]
Background
WEC 47 will coincide with the popular Arnold Sports Festival, which annually draws up to 150,000 sports fans to Columbus, Ohio.[2] This will be the first WEC event to take place in Ohio. The UFC has held three successful cards - UFC 68, UFC 82, and UFC 96 - in Columbus during the March sports festival.
Official Fight Card
Main Card
- Bantamweight Championship bout:
Brian Bowles vs. Dominick Cruz[3] - Bantamweight bout: Joseph Benavidez vs. Miguel Torres[3]
- Featherweight bout:
Deividas Taurosevičius vs. LC Davis[3] - Featherweight bout:
Javier Vazquez vs. Jens Pulver[3]
Preliminary Card
- Lightweight bout: Ricardo Lamas vs.
Bendy Casimir[3]
Other Announced Matchups
These matches have been reported as finalized by sources, but have not yet been added to the card on WEC.tv.
- Featherweight bout: Leonard Garcia vs.
Diego Nunes[4] - Lightweight bout:
Karen Darabedyan vs. 
Bart Palaszewski[5] - Featherweight bout: Chad Mendes vs. TBA[6]
See also
External links
References
- ^ "Brian Bowles defends bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz at WEC 47 on March 6". mmajunkie.com. 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
- ^ "It's Official! WEC 47 set for Columbus, Ohio on March 6th". watchkalibrun.com. 2009-12-14.
- ^ a b c d e "WEC®: BOWLES vs. CRUZ". wec.tv. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- ^ "Leonard Garcia and Diego Nunes agree to WEC 47 bout". mmajunkie.com. 2010-01-18.
- ^ "Karen Darabedyan announces he will face Bart Pasazewski on Sherdog radio". Sherdog.com. 2010-01-23.
- ^ "CHAD MENDES MAKES WEC DEBUT MARCH 6". mmaweekly.com. 2009-01-05.