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• Watch the 57-second knockout that earned Greg Hardy a UFC contract in his pro MMA debut

  13-06-2018 23:53 via mmafighting.com
  All it took was one fight for Greg Hardy to be signed by the UFC.
  Fighting in his professional MMA debut, the controversial ex-NFL All-Pro needed just 57 seconds to flatten Austen Lane on the season two debut of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. Hardy first brought the previously undefeated Lane to his knees with a devastating right hand, then finished his fellow NFL veteran with a brutal left-hand bomb. The performance was enough to impress Dana White, as the UFC president awa
  
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• Erick Silva Signs With LFA, Promotional Debut Booked

  13-06-2018 23:16
  Erick Silva is now a member of the Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) roster. Silva is set to compete on the LFA 45 card on July 20. He’ll go one-on-one with Nick Barnes. The action is set to take place inside the Morongo Casino Outdoor Pavilion in Cabazon, California. Check out the announcement below: .@LFAfighting brings welterweight […]
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• Heavyweight Prospect Tyrell Fortune Returns to Face Josue Lugo at Bellator 201

  13-06-2018 23:07 via sherdog.com
  Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Tyrell Fortune will square off against Josue Lugo at Bellator 201.
  
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• Former 205-Pound Champ Jon Jones Listed as Favorite in Potential Bout vs. Brock Lesnar

  13-06-2018 22:32 via sherdog.com
  Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has opened as a decent favorite against ex heavyweight king Brock Lesnar, according to online oddsmaker Bovada.
  
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• Undefeated heavyweight Tyrell Fortune books next fight vs. Josue Lugo for Bellator 201

  13-06-2018 22:31 via mmafighting.com
  Tyrell Fortune’s perfect record will be put to the test against his most experienced opponent yet.
  A heavyweight bout between Fortune and Josue Lugo has been added to the preliminary card of Bellator 201, which takes place at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calif., on June 29, officials told MMA Fighting on Wednesday.
  Fortune, a junior college and Division II national champion in wrestling, made his pro debut with Bellator back in November 2016 and has since defeated all four
  
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• Completed Invicta FC 30 Lineup Includes Debut of ‘TUF 20’ Veteran Heather Clark

  13-06-2018 22:27 via sherdog.com
  “The Ultimate Fighter 20” cast member Heather Clark will make her promotional debut against Kinberly Novaes at Invicta FC 30 on July 21.
  
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• James Nakashima to Defend Welterweight Crown vs. Kyle Stewart in LFA 46 Main Event

  13-06-2018 22:03 via sherdog.com
  A pair of fighters with Arizona ties will vie for welterweight gold when James Nakashima defends his 170-pound title against Kyle Stewart at Legacy Fighting Alliance 46.
  
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• Tyron Woodley opens as slight betting favorite over Colby Covington in title unification bout

  13-06-2018 22:00 via mmafighting.com
  Oddsmakers are giving Colby Covington a markedly better chance to beat UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley than they gave Demian Maia.
  After opening for his last title defense as a more than 2-to-1 favorite to defeat Maia, Woodley (-140) opened only as a slight betting favorite over the interim UFC welterweight champion Covington (+110) in a potential title unification match between the two rivals, according to lines posted Wednesday by online sportsbook Bovada.
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• Darren Till Insists UFC Liverpool Weight Cut Wasn’t as Bad as it Looked

  13-06-2018 21:51
  Darren Till claims his weight cut ahead of UFC Liverpool looked worse than what it really was. Till missed weight by 3.5 pounds ahead of his bout with Stephen Thompson. “The Gorilla” agreed not to weigh in more than 188 pounds on the afternoon of the fight. He was able to fulfill that commitment. In […]
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• Card for Invicta FC 30 Announced, Atomweight Title Fight to Headline

  13-06-2018 21:14
  Invicta Fighting Championship has announced its next event as well as the fight card to go along with it. The promotion made the official announcement about Invicta FC 30 on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The Ultimate Fighter and UFC veteran Heather Jo Clark will make her promotional debut at this event when she takes on […]
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• Heather Jo Clark makes debut, full card announced for Invicta FC 30

  13-06-2018 21:00 via mmafighting.com
  A “Hurricane” is coming to Invicta.
  Heather Jo Clark will make her debut for the promotion at Invicta FC 30 on July 21 in Kansas City, Mo., it was announced Wednesday. The Ultimate Fighter and UFC veteran will take on Brazilian prospect Kinberly Novaes in a strawweight bout.
  Clark (7-6) has not fought since a unanimous decision loss to Alexa Grasso in November 2016. She is on a two-fight losing streak. Clark, 37, is a longtime veteran of women’s MMA, making her debut in 2010.
  
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• Brad Tavares Denies Being Pulled From TUF 27 Finale

  13-06-2018 20:12
  Brad Tavares says he’s still on for “The Ultimate Fighter” 27 Finale. Last week, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White claimed that Tavares had a broken foot and was forced off the card set for July 6. White noted that Thiago Santos offered to step in, but a decision hadn’t been made. It appears […]
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• After defeating Yoel Romero twice, Robert Whittaker not interested in third meeting

  13-06-2018 20:00 via mmafighting.com
  It was a curious idea put forth with vigor by the UFC’s commentary booth.
  Robert Whittaker had just defeated Yoel Romero for the second time in 11 months, taking a split decision in the main event of UFC 225 at Chicago’s United Center.
  Both fights, including their original bout at UFC 213 which Whittaker took by unanimous decision, were Fight of the Year contenders. Both were close fights. And both were won by Whittaker, who cemented his position as UFC middleweight champion.
  But co
  
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• Tyron Woodley Opens as Slight Favorite Over Colby Covington in Future Showdown

  13-06-2018 19:57
  In the title unification bout planned for later this year, Tyron Woodley is currently a slight favorite over interim champion Colby Covington. That’s the word from the betting experts at Bovada.lv, who released the odds for the upcoming welterweight title fight between Woodley and Covington. Now the matchup hasn’t been officially scheduled, although Covington said […]
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• Season 2 Of Dana White’s Contender Series Off To A Fast Start

  13-06-2018 19:19
  Season 2 of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series kicked off at the UFC Training Center last night in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the show is off to a fast start so far, albeit not without some controversy. Heading into the premiere of the show’s second season after a fantastic debut last summer, much was […]
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• Mike Jackson: ‘I Wasn’t Showboating’

  13-06-2018 19:04 via sherdog.com
  In what appears to be a rare case of a fighter having to apologize for a dominant victory, Mike Jackson has found himself on the defensive regarding his three-round blanking of CM Punk in the days since UFC 225.
  
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• Georges St-Pierre vs. Gorilla

  13-06-2018 18:20
  You read that correctly, the former middleweight and welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (26-2) recently survived an attack by a gorilla according to a post on social media. Apparently, St-Pierre was spending some time in Africa and looks to have been on some sort of Safari before he encountered a gorilla that saw him as a […]
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• Thiago Santos to serve as backup plan for TUF 27 Finale main event

  13-06-2018 18:00 via mmafighting.com
  Thiago Santos will be in Las Vegas next month as a backup plan for the TUF 27 Finale main event between Israel Adesanya and Brad Tavares, MMA Fighting has learned.
  Middleweight sensation “The Last Stylebender” was booked to headline the July 6 card at the T-Mobile Arena versus Tavares, but UFC president Dana White told TMZ last week that Tavares was out with a broken foot and would likely be replaced by Santos.
  A few days later, Tavares told Khon2 that the fight is “100% on,&r
  
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• McGregor Legal Situation “Not Too Serious,” Says Experts; 2018 UFC Return Possible

  13-06-2018 17:46
  It looks like Conor McGregor’s legal issues stemming from the dolly-through-the-bus incident at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York following a UFC press conference event. As noted, “The Notorious” one is due in court on June 14th, as he faces three counts of assault and one count of criminal mischief. McGregor commented on the […]
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• Fortunes changed for five at UFC 225

  13-06-2018 17:00 via mmafighting.com
  UFC 225 was not without its share of news.
  There was the weekly weight-cutting drama that turned the main event into a non-title match.
  There was the spectacle of two men who really had no business on a pay-per-view from a fighting standpoint opening the card, particularly since there was a battle of top contenders, flyweights Sergio Pettis vs. Joseph Benavidez, on Fight Pass.
  There was the attempt to create a legitimate women’s featherweight contender that failed once again.
  There was th
  
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• Greg Hardy Willing to Face Criticism Following UFC Contract

  13-06-2018 16:52
  Greg Hardy feels he’s ready to endure the criticism headed his way. Hardy appeared on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender series last night (June 12). He was the underdog going into his bout with Austen Lane. Hardy ended up knocking out Lane in 57 seconds. After the bout, UFC president Dana White offered Hardy a […]
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• Kowalkiewicz Wants Namajunas, But Expects Jessica Andrade In UFC Return

  13-06-2018 16:50
  It looks like former UFC Women’s Strawweight Championship challenger and the current number four ranked contender in the division, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, is gearing up for an Octagon return. Kowalkiewicz (12-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) last fought at UFC 223 in April, defeating Felice Herrig via Split Decision. The 32-year-old Polish striker has compiled a 2-1 record […]
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• Khabib Nurmagomedov Reveals Only Fighter Who Can Beat Daniel Cormier

  13-06-2018 16:35
  UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has an opponent in mind for Daniel Cormier. Nurmagomedov believes that there is one heavyweight fighter who can beat “DC” and that is Curtis Blaydes who is coming off the biggest win thus far in his pro-MMA career. As seen on the preliminary card portion of Saturday’s (June 9, 2018) […]
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• Chris Weidman Pitches his Case for Robert Whittaker Fight

  13-06-2018 16:35
  Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman has made his case for a fight against Robert Whittaker. As seen in the main event of the main card for Saturday’s (June 9, 2018) UFC 225 pay-per-view event at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, Yoel Romero suffered a devastating split decision loss to the UFC middleweight champion. […]
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• Dominick Cruz Targets Late 2018 Bout after Lengthy Recovery from Broken Arm

  13-06-2018 16:33 via sherdog.com
  Former Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz is hopeful he’ll be ready to fight again at the end of year after another injury setback.
  
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• Claudia Gadelha Says Carla Esparza is Just Making Excuses

  13-06-2018 16:24 via sherdog.com
  Ultimate Fighting Championship women’s strawweight Carla Esparza appeared on Monday’s “The MMA Hour,” accusing Claudia Gadelha of cheating in their fight on Saturday night at UFC 225. Esparza claims Gadelha “greased up” before their bout, making her difficult to get a hold of.
  
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• WWE Star Daniel Bryan Says He’d Beat Mike Jackson on The Ground

  13-06-2018 16:09
  Daniel Bryan believes he can have his way with Mike Jackson on the ground. Bryan is a WWE superstar under the SmackDown Live banner. He recently came out of retirement to compete inside the squared circle. Bryan had retired due to issues stemming from a history of concussions. While Bryan and CM Punk were never […]
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• Chat Wrap: Greg Hardy, Trump in MMA and more

  13-06-2018 15:40 via mmafighting.com
  This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.
  Today on the podcast, we'll go over all of the results from last night's kickoff to season 2 of the Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series. We'll evaluate the winners, who got a contract and why, what can be said about Greg Hardy and more.
  We're also a few days removed from UFC 225. There's still a lot of analysis to be had including Colby Covington's future, Holly Holm's improvement, Curtis Blaydes's ascension, and much more.
  We'll also talk abo
  
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• Greg Hardy is both a talent and a problem for UFC, fight world

  13-06-2018 15:30 via mmafighting.com
  From the moment that Greg Hardy announced he would pursue mixed martial arts as a career, you knew this day was coming. That there were not enough behemoths serving as a buffer between Hardy and the top levels of heavyweight MMA to stop his rise, and that the sport’s tastemakers would not have the will or restraint to reject his athleticism and infamy.
  So here we are. After yesterday’s Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series season two kickoff, Hardy was selected by White
  
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• Morning Report: WWE’s Daniel Bryan thinks he might be able to beat Mike Jackson in UFC

  13-06-2018 14:00 via mmafighting.com
  On Saturday night at UFC 225, the CM Punk experiment in the UFC most likely came to an end when Punk fell to 0-2 in his professional fighting career, losing a one-sided decision to Mike Jackson. Afterwards, UFC President Dana White was furious with Jackson for not taking the fight seriously and said he wouldn’t even give Jackson a shot in the Contender Series going forward, much less a chance in the UFC. But maybe White’s tune could change though now that another WWE superstar is sh
  
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• TUF: Undefeated - Ep. 9 Recap

  13-06-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  The first finalist on this season of The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated is set following a lightweight clash between a pair of athletes training under heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic.Before the fight got started this week, it was all about preparation and getting through the final days of the show as the tournament begins to wind down over these next few weeks.With his team on the sidelines this week, light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier decides to make the most of the time by bringing in a
  
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• TUF: Undefeated - Ep. 9 Preview

  13-06-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  Following the final fight of the opening round a week ago, the semifinals are set to begin on the latest episode of The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated, with a pair of Team Miocic fighters about to square off.Mike Trizano was one of the only fighters from heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic's team to earn their way into the second round after he won his first bout, and now he's looking to punch his ticket to the finals with another strong performance this week.Opposing him will be fellow Team Miocic
  
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• The 10: Cerrone's Defining UFC Moments

  13-06-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  With thirteen UFC and five WEC post-fight bonuses to his name, Donald Cerrone is one of those fighters who makes it tough to find just ten highlights from his thrill-a-minute career. But after whittling this list down to his UFC career alone and chopping down ever further, we think we’ve found the perfect ten fights to check out if you want to get up to speed on the man tied for most wins in UFC history before his UFC Singapore main event against Leon Edwards on June 23.Paul Kelly –
  
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• Gaethje, Iaquinta headline in Nebraska in August

  13-06-2018 07:00 via ufc.com
  The toughest division in the UFC will be in the spotlight once more on August 25 when lightweight contenders Justin Gaethje and Al Iaquinta square off in the five-round main event of the UFC's first visit to Lincoln, Nebraska. Tickets for UFC Fight Night, which airs on FS1 live from Pinnacle Bank Arena, go on sale on June 29.Given the history of both Gaethje and Iaquinta, fight fans will be in for a slugfest, as Arizona's Gaethje, fresh from three Fight of the Night battles to begin his UFC care
  
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• Developmental Deal Likely Means More Bouts Outside UFC for Greg Hardy

  13-06-2018 06:41 via sherdog.com
  Former NFL player Greg Hardy made his professional MMA debut and earned a UFC developmental contract on the second season of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series.
  
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• DWTNCS results: Greg Hardy signed by UFC after 57-second KO win in pro debut

  13-06-2018 04:31 via mmafighting.com
  Greg Hardy’s professional MMA debut was not only a successful one, it also netted him a UFC contract.
  The controversial ex-NFL All-Pro scored a highlight-reel, 57-second knockout over fellow former NFL player Austen Lane to open the second season of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. After racking up a 3-0 amateur record with three first-round knockouts, Hardy (1-0) made sure history repeated itself to start his pro career, downing Lane (4-1) with crushing right hook, then
  
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• Former NFL Pro Bowler Greg Hardy KOs Austen Lane on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series

  13-06-2018 04:25 via sherdog.com
  Greg Hardy made a jaw-dropping mixed martial arts debut.
  
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• Ex-NFL Pro Bowler Greg Hardy KOs Austen Lane on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series

  13-06-2018 04:25 via sherdog.com
  Greg Hardy made a jaw-dropping mixed martial arts debut.
  
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• UFC 225 Preliminary Viewership Peaks at 848,000

  13-06-2018 04:21
  Viewership numbers for the UFC 225 prelims have been revealed. The FOX Sports 1 preliminary broadcast drew an average of 667,000 viewers (via MMAFighting.com). The event peaked at 848,000 viewers for the featured heavyweight clash between Curtis Blaydes and Alistair Overeem. The event also took in 8,998 viewers from FOX Sports Go and FOX now. This […]
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• UFC Flyweight Paige VanZant to Undergo Second Surgery on Broken Arm

  13-06-2018 03:29 via sherdog.com
  Paige VanZant will be undergoing a second surgery on her broken arm this summer after the first procedure failed.
  
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• Dana White Interested in Blaydes vs. Volkov for Moscow

  13-06-2018 02:14
  Dana White has plans to determine who will be up next to face the winner of next month’s blockbuster showdown between reigning heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier, and it features the two men with the longest active winning streaks in the heavyweight division: Curtis “Razor” Blaydes and Russia’s Alexander Volkov. Brett Okamoto of […]
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• DWTNCS Results: Greg Hardy Earns Developmental UFC Contract

  13-06-2018 01:49
  UPDATE: Alonzo Menifield and Greg Hardy were given UFC contracts following their victories. Hardy’s contract will be a developmental one. Week one of the new season of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series is here. Tonight (June 12), DWTNCS returns. The action will begin at 8 p.m. ET and is airing live on UFC Fight […]
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• Claudia Gadelha Responds to Carla Esparza’s Greasing Accusations

  13-06-2018 01:33
  After Carla Esparza’s shots after the bell hurled on The MMA Hour yesterday, Claudia Gadelha has returned fire in defense and responded to Esparza’s haymaker’s with a measured, calculated, yet very aggressive return-fire of her own. On her visit to the MMA Hour Monday, Carla Esparza did not mince words when accusing Claudia Gadelha of […]
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• Paige VanZant Provides Grim Update on Arm Injury

  13-06-2018 01:07
  Paige VanZant will be out of competition much longer than originally anticipated. The former Dancing with the Stars participant provided an update on Instagram Tuesday on the progress of her injured arm, and it wasn’t a happy one: “I unfortunately and sadly have to inform all of my fans who have been standing by my […]
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• Dana White Contender Series Results

  13-06-2018 01:00 via mmafighting.com
  MMA Fighting has Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series results for June 12 at the TUF Gym in Las Vegas, Nev.
  In the main event, Dashawn Boatwright and Alonzo Menifield will square off in a light heavyweight contest.
  Check out the Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series results below.
  Main card (UFC Fight Pass at 8 p.m. ET)
  Alonzo Menifield vs. Dashawn Boatwright
  Chris Curtis vs. Sean Lally
  Greg Hardy vs. Austen Lane
  Montel Jackson vs. Rico Disciullo
  Kevin Holland def. Will Santiago via un
  
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• UFC 225 prelims do 667,000 viewers

  13-06-2018 00:30 via mmafighting.com
  A deeper than usual pay-per-view card, including prelims with two bouts pitting top contenders against each other, did lower than usual numbers with little sports competition. The age-old question of what is more appealing, a show loaded up with big names and interesting fights, or a show with a blockbuster main event had its latest answer this past weekend.
  UFC 225 was the deepest show of the year when it came to main talent, all the way down to the Fight Pass bouts. The main event, what was t
  
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• Karolina Kowalkiewicz Anticipates Jessica Andrade to Be Next Foe, Wants September Return

  13-06-2018 00:20 via sherdog.com
  Former strawweight title challenger Karolina Kowalkiewicz is targeting an eventual showdown with reigning champion Rose Namajuas but knows she likely has more work to do to reach that goal.
  
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