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1148:Cody Monroe
1112:Greg Hammer
1082:Combat FC 3
1076:Chris Adams
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888:Bo Cantrell
811:Anthony Ruiz
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35:Imes in 2007
1659:1977 births
1495:November 7,
1118:Winter War
1079:KO (punch)
774:James Jack
662:Titan FC 13
617:Josh Queen
561:By decision
535:By knockout
494:(one time)
309:. He began
271:Heavyweight
94:Heavyweight
66:Other names
1653:Categories
1607:Audio help
1598:2016-01-01
1383:References
1311:Lace Pele
927:Zak Jensen
730:Roy Nelson
431:Roy Nelson
301:Background
224:University
49:1977-03-13
1633:Brad Imes
603:Location
585:Opponent
311:wrestling
259:Brad Imes
125:2004–2009
23:Brad Imes
1609: ·
795:Missouri
758:For the
528:7 losses
441:Post-IFL
433:for the
413:Post-UFC
297:(KOTC).
90:Division
1623:Sherdog
1596: (
1567:minutes
588:Method
582:Record
523:13 wins
289:(PFC),
285:(IFL),
281:(WEC),
277:(UFC),
273:in the
239:Sherdog
1356:WEC 12
1045:UFC 69
606:Notes
597:Round
591:Event
407:UFC 69
403:armbar
187:Losses
137:record
82:Weight
74:Height
1621:from
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1330:2:04
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1248:5:00
1221:Loss
1205:3:37
1178:Loss
1129:1:44
1093:0:18
1057:5:00
1030:Loss
1017:2:26
981:2:50
945:1:31
907:0:55
885:10–3
869:4:13
847:11–3
831:5:00
807:11–4
804:Loss
791:5:00
771:12–4
748:2:55
726:12–5
723:Loss
710:3:14
690:13–5
674:0:28
650:13–6
647:Loss
634:0:36
614:13–7
611:Loss
600:Time
594:Date
579:Res.
255:Smith
237:from
143:Total
1497:2013
1346:1–0
1343:Win
1308:2–0
1305:Win
1270:3–0
1267:Win
1224:3–1
1181:3–2
1165:N/A
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