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
Official Fight Card
Main Card
* Bantamweight Championship bout: United States Brian Bowles vs. United States Dominick Cruz
* Bantamweight bout: United States Miguel Torres vs. United States Joseph Benavidez
* Featherweight bout: United States Jens Pulver vs. Cuba Javier Vazquez
* Featherweight bout: Lithuania Deividas Taurosevičius vs. United States LC Davis
* Lightweight bout: Poland Bart Palaszewski vs. Armenia Karen Darabedyan
Preliminary Card
* Bantamweight bout: United States Scott Jorgensen vs. United States Chad George
* Featherweight bout: United States Chad Mendes vs. United States Erik Koch
* Lightweight bout: United States Danny Castillo vs. United States Anthony Pettis
* Featherweight bout: Brazil Fredson Paixao vs. United States Courtney Buck
* Lightweight bout: United States Ricardo Lamas vs. France Bendy Casimir
Background
WEC 47 will coincide with the popular Arnold Sports Festival, which annually draws up to 150,000 sports fans to Columbus, Ohio. 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.
Leonard Garcia was set to face Diego Nunes, but Nunes was forced from the card with an injury. A replacement has yet to be named.