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449:By knockout
403:Phil Harris
392:John Moraga
376:Bellator 27
320:Marc Laimon
303:Club Puebla
279:Los Angeles
56:Other names
45:Los Angeles
1466:Categories
1298:6 December
1114:References
596:, England
314:Background
283:California
273:Early life
49:California
35:1983-05-25
517:Location
499:Opponent
263:flyweight
94:(2010-12)
84:Flyweight
1101:Pancrase
442:5 losses
80:Division
1443:Sherdog
1365:7 April
1339:7 April
502:Method
496:Record
247:Sherdog
126:Trainer
59:Useless
594:London
520:Notes
511:Round
505:Event
437:9 wins
205:Losses
163:record
138:
72:Weight
64:Height
51:, U.S.
1441:from
1080:0:41
1042:0:51
1002:3:00
975:Loss
962:1:45
924:0:36
886:4:31
842:5:00
801:5:00
767:Lost
757:5:00
730:Loss
714:1:21
670:2:36
630:3:46
603:Loss
590:5:00
563:Loss
550:1:29
525:Loss
514:Time
508:Date
493:Res.
245:from
169:Total
100:Reach
1367:2022
1341:2022
1300:2012
1058:1–0
1055:Win
1018:2–0
1015:Win
978:2–1
940:3–1
937:Win
902:4–1
899:Win
864:5–1
861:Win
820:6–1
817:Win
779:7–1
776:Win
733:7–2
692:8–2
689:Win
680:Won
646:9–2
643:Win
606:9–3
566:9–4
528:9–5
301:and
265:and
179:Wins
134:Rank
118:Team
29:Born
1457:UFC
1455:at
285:to
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1149:^
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1039:1
999:3
959:1
921:2
883:1
839:5
798:3
754:5
711:2
667:3
627:1
587:3
547:1
482:3
479:2
469:1
466:7
456:1
453:0
305:.
281:,
173:14
47:,
37:)
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