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323:Ian McCall
282:M-1 Global
127:Team Oyama
48:1971-11-20
1395:16 August
1128:, Brazil
1126:São Paulo
1092:, Brazil
1090:São Paulo
510:Location
492:Opponent
319:Bao Quach
307:jiu jitsu
148:2005–2013
58:São Paulo
1545:Archived
870:, Japan
435:3 losses
357:for the
349:veteran
270:Bellator
92:Division
1563:Sherdog
1497:24 July
1471:24 July
1448:24 July
1421:24 July
495:Method
489:Record
430:18 wins
321:, and
254:Sherdog
239:Website
1338:24 May
1296:Korea
1263:Korea
1230:Korea
1197:Korea
513:Notes
504:Round
498:Event
210:Losses
160:record
84:Weight
76:Height
62:Brazil
1561:from
1293:5:00
1260:2:54
1227:2:11
1194:2:34
1158:2:00
1122:2:00
1086:4:20
1050:0:51
1014:1:45
978:2:46
956:10–0
940:1:49
918:11–0
902:5:00
880:11–1
877:Loss
868:Tokyo
864:4:05
842:12–1
830:Seoul
826:3:47
802:13–1
786:4:27
764:14–1
748:4:37
726:15–1
710:0:29
686:16–1
667:2:00
645:17–1
626:5:00
602:17–2
599:Loss
586:2:33
564:18–2
545:1:12
521:18–3
518:Loss
507:Time
501:Date
486:Res.
278:ShoXC
252:from
166:Total
102:Reach
1525:2013
1499:2013
1473:2013
1450:2013
1423:2013
1397:2011
1340:2011
1273:1–0
1270:Win
1240:2–0
1237:Win
1207:3–0
1204:Win
1174:4–0
1171:Win
1138:5–0
1135:Win
1102:6–0
1099:Win
1066:7–0
1063:Win
1030:8–0
1027:Win
994:9–0
991:Win
953:Win
915:Win
839:Win
799:Win
761:Win
723:Win
683:Win
642:Win
561:Win
280:and
176:Wins
132:Rank
124:Team
40:Born
459:16
353:at
272:'s
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937:1
899:3
861:1
823:1
783:3
745:2
707:1
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623:3
583:2
542:2
475:2
472:1
462:0
449:1
446:1
337:.
317:,
313:,
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180:18
170:21
116:,
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230:2
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