''WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz'' was a

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event held by

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on March 6, 2010. It was held at the

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Background

The only WEC event held in Ohio, WEC 47 coincided with the

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, which annually draws up to 150,000 sports fans to

. Previously, the

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held three cards – ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' – in Columbus during this festival. Diego Nunes was originally slated to face

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at this event, but was forced from the card with an injury. Nunes was later replaced by

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was expected to face

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at this event, but was replaced by Courtney Buck after injuring his knee. The Paixao/Caraway bout was rescheduled for

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that August, where Paixao won via split decision. Stephan Bonnar filled in for

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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

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. Martinez later made a one-off return at

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, as his replacement

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was in

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to announce

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. The event drew an estimated 373,000 viewers on Versus.

Results

Bonus Awards

Fighters were awarded $10,000 bonuses. *Fight of the Night: Leonard Garcia vs. George Roop *Knockout of the Night: Anthony Pettis *Submission of the Night: Joseph Benavidez

Reported payout

The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to the Ohio 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. *Dominick Cruz: $18,000 (includes $9,000 win bonus) def. Brian Bowles: $12,000 *Joseph Benavidez: $29,000 ($14,500 win bonus) def. Miguel Torres: $26,000 *Javier Vazquez: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Jens Pulver: $14,000 *LC Davis: $18,000 ($9,000 win bonus) def. Deividas Taurosevičius: $9,000 *Bart Palaszewski: $12,000 ($6,000 win bonus) def. Karen Darabedyan: $4,000 *Scott Jorgensen: $16,000 ($8,000 win bonus) def. Chad George: $3,000 *Chad Mendes: $8,000 ($4,000 win bonus) def. Erik Koch: $3,000 *Anthony Pettis: $6,000 ($3,000 win bonus) def. Danny Castillo: $9,500 *Leonard Garcia: $14,000 vs. George Roop: $3,000 ^ *Fredson Paixao: $4,000 ($2,000 win bonus) def. Courtney Buck: $3,000 *Ricardo Lamas: $10,000 ($5,000 win bonus) def. Bendy Casimir $3,000 ^ ''Both fighters earned show money; bout declared split draw.''

External links

Official WEC website

References