WEC 47 - Bowles Vs Cruz - Official Event Program (2010)

World Extreme Cagefighting Official Event Program

WEC 47

Brian Bowles Vs Dominick Cruz

Featuring Legends such as  Anthony Pettis, Chad Mendes, Dominick Cruz, Brian Bowles, Miguel Torres, Joseph Benavidez, Jens Pulver & more

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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

The only WEC event held in Ohio, WEC 47 coincided with the Arnold Sports Festival, which annually draws up to 150,000 sports fans to Columbus, Ohio. Previously, the UFC held three cards – UFC 68, UFC 82 and UFC 96 – in Columbus during this festival.

Diego Nunes was originally slated to face Leonard Garcia at this event, but was forced from the card with an injury. Nunes was later replaced by George Roop.

Bryan Caraway was expected to face Fredson Paixao at this event, but was replaced by Courtney Buck after injuring his knee. The Paixao/Caraway bout was rescheduled for WEC 50 that August, where Paixao won via split decision.

Stephan Bonnar filled in for Frank Mir as color commentator, due to training commitments for Mir. Bonnar was named as the promotion's final permanent color commentator shortly afterwards.

This was the last WEC event to feature announcer Joe Martinez as the regular ring announcer, due to family reasons and to focus full-time on his work with Golden Boy Promotions. Martinez later made a one-off return at WEC 52, as his replacement Bruce Buffer was in Germany to announce UFC 122.

The event drew an estimated 373,000 viewers on Versus.
Results:
Bantamweight     Dominick Cruz     def     Brian Bowles (c)     TKO (hand injury)
Bantamweight     Joseph Benavidez     def     Miguel Torres     Submission (guillotine choke)
Featherweight     Javier Vazquez     def     Jens Pulver     Submission (armbar)      
Featherweight     LC Davis     def     Deividas Taurosevičius     Decision (majority) (29-28, 29-28, 29-29)
Lightweight     Bart Palaszewski     def     Karen Darabedyan     Submission (armbar)
Preliminary card
Bantamweight     Scott Jorgensen     def     Chad George     Submission (guillotine choke)
Featherweight     Chad Mendes     def     Erik Koch     Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27)
Lightweight     Anthony Pettis     def     Danny Castillo     KO (head kick and punches) 
Featherweight     Leonard Garcia     vs     George Roop     Draw (split) (29–27, 27–29, 28–28)
Featherweight     Fredson Paixão     def     Courtney Buck     Technical Submission (rear-naked choke)
Featherweight     Ricardo Lamas     def     Bendy Casimir     KO (knee)