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the country to eventually win the belt in the CFA. Later in his career, Parsons trained with some of the best fighters and coaches in the world. This led Jordan to signing with
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154:Years active
148:Blackzilians
145:Alliance MMA
66:(2016-05-04)
1395:2016 deaths
1390:1990 births
1368:November 1,
1007:Bruce Reis
783:KO (punch)
622:Julio Cesar
525:By decision
499:By knockout
407:Range Rover
352:Julio Cesar
82:Other names
64:May 4, 2016
1384:Categories
1128:2015-05-17
1075:References
664:Tim Bazer
416:Boca Raton
85:Pretty Boy
47:1990-08-26
567:Location
549:Opponent
157:2010–2016
143:2010-2013
492:2 losses
345:meniscus
269:Bellator
106:Division
1345:17 June
1289:17 June
552:Method
546:Record
487:11 wins
253:Sherdog
570:Notes
561:Round
555:Event
219:Losses
169:record
131:, U.S.
98:Weight
90:Height
73:, U.S.
56:, U.S.
1060:2:59
1024:2:34
988:5:00
952:1:39
916:5:00
877:5:00
838:5:00
797:1:11
774:Loss
758:5:00
719:1:10
683:0:04
661:10–1
642:4:09
618:11–1
602:5:00
578:11–2
575:Loss
564:Time
558:Date
543:Res.
401:Death
251:from
175:Total
116:Reach
1370:2016
1347:2016
1291:2016
1040:1–0
1037:Win
1004:2–0
1001:Win
968:3–0
965:Win
932:4–0
929:Win
896:5–0
893:Win
857:6–0
854:Win
816:7–0
813:Win
777:7–1
738:8–1
735:Win
699:9–1
696:Win
658:Win
615:Win
185:Wins
137:Team
61:Died
41:Born
409:in
376:at
365:at
271:'s
1386::
1338:.
1282:.
1196:^
1057:1
1021:1
985:3
949:1
913:3
874:3
835:5
794:1
755:3
716:1
680:2
639:3
599:3
532:1
529:5
519:0
516:3
506:1
503:3
296:.
279:.
189:11
179:13
1372:.
1349:.
1293:.
1131:.
239:1
231:1
223:2
213:5
205:3
197:3
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