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WEC 47 Results: Bowles vs. Cruz, Torres vs. Benavidez

Brian BowlesMMA Fighting has WEC results of WEC 47 featuring a main event of Brian Bowles vs. Dominick Cruz for the bantamweight title at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

Also, former champs Miguel Torres and Jens Pulver return to action against Joseph Benavidez and Javier Vazquez, respectively.

Televised Bouts:

Dominick Cruz def. Brian Bowles by second-round TKO (live blog)
Joseph Benavidez def. Miguel Torres by submission (guillotine) (live blog)
Javier Vazquez def. Jens Pulver by submission (armbar) (live blog)
LC Davis def. Deividas Taurosevicius by majority decision
Bart Palaszewski def. Karen Darabedyan by submission (armbar)

Preliminary Bouts:

Scott Jorgensen def. Chad George by submission (guillotine)
Chad Mendes def. Erik Koch via unanimous decision
Anthony Pettis def. Danny Castillo via first-round TKO
Leonard Garcia vs. George Roop declared a split draw
Fredson Paixao def. Courtney Buck via submission (rear-naked choke)
Ricardo Lamas def. Bendy Casimir by first-round TKO

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