The return of veteran Jens Pulver next month at WEC 47 against fellow featherweight Javier Vazquez, previously slated for the event’s unaired preliminary card, will now air live on Versus, as the televised main card was recently expanded to feature five bouts.

In other WEC news, rising bantamweight Antonio Banuelos recently announced that he’ll next fight at “WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber” on April 24 in Sacramento, California.

World Extreme Cagefighting will return to the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California on Saturday, April 24, for WEC 48, the promotion’s anticipated pay-per-view debut which will be headlined by featherweight champion Jose Aldo vs. former title-holder and local favorite Urijah Faber.

WEC 48 will also feature a rematch between lightweight champion Ben Henderson and Donald Cerrone as well as former featherweight champ Mike Brown vs. fellow 145-pound contender Manny Gamburyan.

Former WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown will next fight in May at WEC 48, the promotion’s pay-per-view debut headlined by featherweight title-holder Jose Aldo vs. former champ Urijah Faber. Brown will likely face Manny Gamburyan or the winner of a March matchup between LC Davis and Deividas Taurosevicius in the bout.

World Extreme Cagefighting will make its anticipated pay-per-view debut in May with “WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber,” which features a main event between featherweight champion Jose Aldo and former title-holder Urijah Faber.

Featherweights Bryan Caraway and Fredson Paixao are expected to meet on the preliminary card of “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” on March 6 in Columbus, Ohio, with both fighters looking to rebound from recent losses and pickup their first WEC victories in the matchup.

Featherweight prospect Chad Mendes will make his WEC debut against fellow undefeated 145-pounder Erik Koch on the preliminary card of “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” on March 6 in Columbus, Ohio.

Strikeforce light heavyweight champ Gegard Mousasi is rumored to fight Muhammed “King Mo” Lawal at Strikeforce’s April event on CBS, former UFC welterweight Karo Parisyan said he expects to return to action in “the next few months,” and Carlos Condit expects to return to UFC action this spring.

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Lightweights Bart Palaszewski and Karen Darabedyan will clash at “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” on March 6 in Columbus, Ohio, World Extreme Cagefighting announced on Tuesday. Palaszewski (33-13) evened his WEC record at 2-2 with a win over Anthony Pettis in December, while Darabedyan (9-1) debuted in November with a win over former champ Rob McCullough.

Lightweights Danny Castillo and Anthony Pettis will look to bounce back from recent losses when they meet on the preliminary card of “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” on March 6 in Columbus, Ohio. World Exteme Cagefighting officially announced the bout on Monday.

Bantamweights Scott Jorgensen and Chad George will meet at “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” on March 6 in Columbus, Ohio, the WEC announced on Monday. Jorgensen is coming off back-to-back wins over Noah Thomas and Takeya Mizugai, while George pushed his win streak to six-straight with a win over John Hosman in his WEC debut.

Rising featherweights LC Davis and Deividas Taurosevicius will look to extend their winning streaks when they square off at “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz,” while lightweight Bendy Casimir debuts against Ricardo Lamas at the March 6 event in Columbus, Ohio.

Featherweights Leonard Garcia and Diego Nunes have agreed to meet at “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” on March 6 in Columbus, Ohio.

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.

A pair of previously reported matchups are now official for “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” on March 6 in Columbus, Ohio, as former bantamweight champion Miguel Torres looks to rebound against fellow contender Joseph Benavidez, while veteran Jens Pulver takes on Javier Vazquez at the Versus-televised event.

640,000 viewers tuned in for Sunday’s Versus-broadcast of “WEC 46: Varner vs. Henderson,” which took place at the ARCO Arena in Saramento, California and was headlined by a title-unification bout between Ben Henderson and Jamie Varner.

The WEC’s previous event, WEC 45 in December headlined by Donald Cerrone vs. Ed Ratcliff, drew just 330,000 viewers.

Former lightweight champion Jamie Varner, who lost the title to Ben Henderson on Sunday after suffering a third-round submission in the WEC 46 main event, injured his foot and knee in the loss and was among six fighters who received 180 day medical suspensions from the California State Athletic Commission on Monday.

Also suspended for 180 days were Kamal Shalorus, Dave Jansen, Charlie Valencia, Will Campuzano, and Coty Wheeler.