Injured Diego Nunes out of WEC 47 fight with Leonard Garcia, WEC seeks replacement

An injury has forced Diego Nunes (13-1 MMA, 2-1 WEC) out of a scheduled WEC 47 preliminary-card fight with Leonard Garcia (13-5 MMA, 3-2 WEC).

MMAjunkie.com today confirmed with a source close to Nunes that the featherweight has pulled out of the bout. MMAWeekly.com first reported the undisclosed injury on Wednesday.

Sources close to the event told MMAjunkie.com that as of Thursday afternoon a replacement has not been secured but that WEC officials hope to keep Garcia on the March 6 card.


An injury has forced Diego Nunes (13-1 MMA, 2-1 WEC) out of a scheduled WEC 47 preliminary-card fight with Leonard Garcia (13-5 MMA, 3-2 WEC).

MMAjunkie.com today confirmed with a source close to Nunes that the featherweight has pulled out of the bout. MMAWeekly.com first reported the undisclosed injury on Wednesday.

Sources close to the event told MMAjunkie.com that as of Thursday afternoon a replacement has not been secured but that WEC officials hope to keep Garcia on the March 6 card.