Leonard Garcia vs. Diego Nunes Agreed for WEC 47 in March
Featherweights Leonard Garcia and Diego Nunes have agreed to meet at “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” on March 6 in Columbus, Ohio, according to MMAjunkie.
Garcia (13-5), a former UFC lightweight, is 3-2 since transitioning to the WEC’s 145-pound division in early-2008, but has lost 2 of his last 3 including a loss to Manny Gamburyan in his most-recent fight in November.
Nunes (13-1) won back-to-back bouts over Cole Province and Rafael Dias to begin his WEC career, but suffered his first career loss against LC Davis in November.
WEC 47, which airs live on Versus from the Nationwide Arena, is headlined by bantamweight champion Brian Bowles vs. Dominick Cruz and also features Miguel Torres vs. Joseph Benavidez and Jens Pulver vs. Javier Vazquez.
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I hope the “Bad Boy” can get back on the winning road. Seems like a nice kid that tried to turn his life around and loves to fight.
This should be a good stand up war but I think Nunez will win this one with his more technical striking.