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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〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WEC: Bowles vs. Cruz )〕 ==Background== 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=It's Official! WEC 47 set for Columbus, Ohio on March 6th )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Injury forces Diego Nunes to withdraw from WEC 47 on March 6 in Columbus )〕 Nunes was later replaced by George Roop.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=George Roop tapped as late replacement, faces Leonard Garcia at WEC 47 )〕 Bryan Caraway was expected to face Fredson Paixao at this event, but was replaced by Courtney Buck after injuring his knee.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Courtney Buck replaces injured Brian Caraway, WEC 47 fight card now complete )〕 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.〔http://www.mmamania.com/2010/3/4/1356376/frank-mir-out-stephan-bonnar-in〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Announcer Joe Martinez Leaves WEC )〕 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.〔http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/events/wec-47-bowles-vs-cruz〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WEC 47」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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