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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bartek Pietrzak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bucky The Badger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying The Badger's choice of entrance music: Jump Around. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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144 lbs
25 - 8 - 0 |
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160 lbs
29 - 14 - 3 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Bartek Pietrzak!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 14 - 3, fighting out of New York, Bucky The Badger!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Badger has closed the distance and engaged Pietrzak in a clinch.
I was talking to Pietrzak's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pietrzak blocks the elbow strike.
Pietrzak blocks an elbow strike from The Badger.
The Badger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pietrzak is defending well for now.
Pietrzak working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pietrzak tries a knee to the head but The Badger blocks it.
The Badger pushes off an throws an elbow but Pietrzak leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pietrzak blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Badger creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pietrzak's defenses.
Pietrzak digs a right hand into The Badger's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on The Badger's gas tank.
Pietrzak tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Badger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Badger pushes Pietrzak back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pietrzak avoids a wild elbow strike from The Badger.
The Badger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pietrzak managing to block the knees to the body from The Badger.
Pietrzak lands a left hand that snaps the head of The Badger backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pietrzak tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Badger lands a nice knee to the body.
The Badger using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Badger lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've been informed that The Badger has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
The Badger throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The Badger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pietrzak avoids it.
The Badger crunches a lovely knee into Pietrzak's ribcage.
The Badger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pietrzak misses with the head strike.
Pietrzak misses with the head strike.
Pietrzak gets through The Badger's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Pietrzak on the inside.
Pietrzak blocks an elbow strike from The Badger.
Pietrzak lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Badger backwards.
The Badger landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The Badger pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pietrzak blocks an elbow strike from The Badger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt The Badger or not.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pietrzak is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Badger is defending well for now.
The Badger scores with a knee to the head.
Pietrzak wants to stall.
Pietrzak blocks the elbow strike.
The Badger pushes off an throws an elbow but Pietrzak leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pietrzak is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pietrzak tries to throw a body punch but The Badger avoids it by throwing Pietrzak back against the cage.
Pietrzak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pietrzak has a couple of punches blocked by The Badger.
The Badger looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pietrzak throws an elbow that misses.
The Badger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Badger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pietrzak gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pietrzak trying to mount his opponent but The Badger defends it.
The Badger moves into full guard.
The Badger looking for a sweep. Not yet The Badger, not yet.
Pietrzak trying to control but The Badger is working from the bottom.
Pietrzak throws a strike but The Badger rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
The Badger trying to control but Pietrzak is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Badger postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The Badger sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The Badger throws an elbow that misses. Pietrzak uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in The Badger's guard. Nice move by Pietrzak!
The Badger pulls Pietrzak in close to his closed guard and prevents Pietrzak from doing any damage or advancing position.
The Badger keeping full guard, as Pietrzak tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bucky The Badger dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Pietrzak turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The Badger takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pietrzak connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The Badger instigates a clinch.
The Badger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pietrzak is defending well for now.
Pietrzak misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Badger lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pietrzak blocking some punches.
The Badger lands a damaging elbow.
Pietrzak blocks the elbow strike.
Pietrzak blocks an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Badger as Pietrzak tries to tie him up.
The Badger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pietrzak avoids it.
Pietrzak managing to block the knees to the body from The Badger.
The Badger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietrzak pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Badger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from The Badger.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pietrzak tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pietrzak goes for a takedown attempt but The Badger pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Pietrzak lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pietrzak scores with a punch to the head.
The Badger tries to clinch but Pietrzak is having none of it.
Pietrzak avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Badger staying out of range there.
Pietrzak lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as The Badger backs up against the cage.
The Badger moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bucky The Badger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Badger misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Badger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pietrzak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crunch! Pietrzak slams his shin into The Badger's torso.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick from The Badger lands but Pietrzak takes it in his stride.
The Badger chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nice cross by Pietrzak.
The Badger moves out of range of the body kick from Pietrzak.
Bartek Pietrzak is winning the standup battle so far.
Pietrzak moves out of range of the body kick.
The Badger looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Pietrzak shoots in but no luck this time.
Pietrzak fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pietrzak has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from The Badger finds it's way round the side to connect with Pietrzak's head.
The Badger looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pietrzak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pietrzak changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. The Badger looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak wants to lay and pray for a moment but The Badger keeps working.
Pietrzak working away.
Pietrzak working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The Badger tries to bench press Pietrzak off him but Pietrzak keeps the position.
Bartek Pietrzak overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pietrzak lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The Badger can't do much from the bottom here.
The Badger tries to bench press Pietrzak off him but Pietrzak keeps the position.
The Badger wants to control but Pietrzak postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pietrzak scoring with punches and elbows.
The Badger parries the strikes from Pietrzak easily there. Pietrzak is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable The Badger to escape.
Pietrzak in side control, throwing shots but The Badger defends.
The Badger is trying to get back to half guard.
Pietrzak has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pietrzak working away.
The Badger is not content to let Pietrzak control the position.
Pietrzak looking to control but instead The Badger has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
The Badger is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bartek Pietrzak dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The Badger's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pietrzak connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! The Badger scrambles back to his feet.
Pietrzak fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The Badger tries to clinch but Pietrzak moves out of range.
Pietrzak swings for the body but The Badger moves out of range.
The Badger is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Pietrzak throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Pietrzak swats away the attempt to clinch by The Badger.
Pietrzak tried to counter with a leg kick but The Badger avoided it.
Pietrzak misses with a takedown attempt
and Pietrzak takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Badger wants to clinch up but Pietrzak keeps it at a distance.
Pietrzak ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pietrzak swats away the attempt to clinch by The Badger.
Pietrzak cracks The Badger with a good jab.
Pietrzak throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Badger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Badger closes the distance and pushes Pietrzak back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Badger creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Badger unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The Badger lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bucky The Badger seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pietrzak dodges an elbow strike from The Badger.
Pietrzak takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Badger.
The Badger tries to throw a body punch but Pietrzak avoids it by throwing The Badger back against the cage.
The Badger missing with knees to the body.
Pietrzak pushes The Badger back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, The Badger scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pietrzak is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pietrzak misses with a knee strike.
Pietrzak throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Badger lands an elbow that stopped Pietrzak in his tracks for a moment.
Pietrzak blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pietrzak tries a body shot but The Badger blocks it.
The Badger gets through Pietrzak's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Badger crunches a lovely knee into Pietrzak's ribcage.
Pietrzak tries to pull guard but The Badger won't allow it.
Pietrzak doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pietrzak content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pietrzak is trying to maintain a safe position but The Badger gets an underhook and turns Pietrzak into the cage.
Pietrzak lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The Badger misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pietrzak.
A short uppercut from The Badger.
The Badger trying to land knees to the body.
The Badger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Badger is trying to maintain a safe position but Pietrzak gets an underhook and turns The Badger into the cage.
Pietrzak can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bartek Pietrzak. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Badger tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pietrzak's elbow.
Pietrzak misses with a body punch.
Pietrzak trying to control the position but instead, The Badger has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pietrzak into the cage.
The Badger gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak managing to block the knees to the body from The Badger.
The Badger looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short right from Pietrzak.
Pietrzak misses with some punches.
Pietrzak looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pietrzak wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Badger putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pietrzak in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The Badger controlling the action here for a moment.
The Badger unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pietrzak misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Badger lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Badger tries to clinch up.
Pietrzak ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pietrzak misses with a hook.
Pietrzak throws a chopping leg kick but The Badger manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The Badger feints a counter leg kick.
The Badger moves into the clinch.
Pietrzak pushes off an throws an elbow but The Badger leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Badger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pietrzak is defending well for now.
The Badger throws a punch but it's blocked by Pietrzak.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pietrzak is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but The Badger is keeping busy.
Pietrzak has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by The Badger after a bit of a struggle.
The Badger blocks a body shot from Pietrzak.
The Badger landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The Badger lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bucky The Badger really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The Badger throws a series of punches but Pietrzak avoids them all with ease.
Pietrzak lets loose with a powerful body kick. The Badger will feel that in the morning.
The Badger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A solid leg kick lands there for The Badger.
Pietrzak uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Badger.
The Badger lands a jab to Pietrzak's midsection.
The Badger works the jab nicely.
Pietrzak has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pietrzak misses the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The Badger! But no joy.
The Badger tries to clinch up but Pietrzak circles away and keeps his distance.
Pietrzak attempts a counter takedown but The Badger avoids it well and moves away.
Pietrzak throws a quick head kick that skims the top of The Badger's head.
The Badger shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A slapping leg kick lands for The Badger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pietrzak tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The Badger stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and The Badger wants it to stay on the feet.
The Badger moves in looking to clinch but Pietrzak pushes him off.
Pietrzak lands a really nice looking cross but The Badger seems unphased.
The Badger throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The Badger tries to clinch up.
Pietrzak keeps the fight on the outside.
The Badger throws a series of punches but Pietrzak moves out of range.
The Badger shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Pietrzak takes a swing at The Badger's ribcage but misses.
Nice defenses there by The Badger.
The Badger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pietrzak drops down looking for a counter takedown but The Badger sprawls and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Badger. That's going to slow Pietrzak down.
The Badger takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pietrzak throws a series of punches but The Badger avoids them all with ease.
The Badger loads up on a big right hand but Pietrzak slips the punch.
Pietrzak feints and as The Badger raises his hands in defense, Pietrzak changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pietrzak wants to pass the guard but The Badger is keeping the position.
The Badger is adopting a defensive guard.
Pietrzak trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The Badger manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pietrzak manages to get himself to full guard.
The Badger won't allow Pietrzak to sweep him here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak is working hard here to advance position.
The Badger controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Pietrzak seems keen to control The Badger's posture.
The Badger trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The Badger missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pietrzak is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The Badger wants to control from the top but Pietrzak keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Badger attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Pietrzak uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Badger.
Pietrzak throws a hook but The Badger avoids it easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as The Badger checks a leg kick.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pietrzak scores with a jab. The Badger acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The Badger scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The Badger connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Bucky The Badger will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
The Badger lands with a straight right. Pietrzak didn't see that one coming.
Pietrzak attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from The Badger on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A swing and a miss from The Badger.
Some bone on bone action there as The Badger checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Pietrzak is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The Badger darts in and clinches Pietrzak up against the cage.
The Badger is looking to control Pietrzak's arms but Pietrzak gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Badger has his back to the cage.
The Badger throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Badger throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short left from The Badger.
Pietrzak is trying to maintain a safe position but The Badger gets an underhook and turns Pietrzak into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Badger trying to land knees to the body.
The Badger is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The Badger lands a nice elbow.
The Badger lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pietrzak backwards.
The Badger misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Badger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Badger connects with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Pietrzak tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The Badger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The Badger gets through Pietrzak's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pietrzak wants a takedown.
Pietrzak looking to stall.
The Badger lands an elbow inside that Pietrzak shrugs off.
Pietrzak looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The Badger lands a body punch.
A shot in the inside from The Badger.
The Badger lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pietrzak backwards.
The Badger lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bartek Pietrzak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pietrzak misses with a punch on the inside.
Pietrzak breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pietrzak motions for The Badger to come forward. Pietrzak throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The Badger throws an overhand right that lands on Pietrzak's shoulder, as Pietrzak tries to avoid the shot.
The Badger tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pietrzak manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pietrzak fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pietrzak looks to score with a jab to the body but The Badger is just out of range.
The Badger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pietrzak paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Badger will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Badger. Pietrzak does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pietrzak throws a looping overhand right but The Badger ducks down to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from The Badger misses.
The Badger closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The Badger lands a nice uppercut.
The Badger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Badger landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Still in the clinch, Pietrzak scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pietrzak is trying to maintain a safe position but The Badger gets an underhook and turns Pietrzak into the cage.
The Badger working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The Badger lands an elbow inside.
The Badger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Badger pushes off an throws an elbow but Pietrzak leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The Badger is working Pietrzak over against the cage.
The Badger lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The Badger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Pietrzak lands with a light punch inside.
The Badger lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pietrzak working aggressively here.
Pietrzak has had enough of the clinch but The Badger keeps him there for the moment.
Pietrzak lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pietrzak tries to stall but The Badger uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The Badger prevents Pietrzak from breaking the clinch.
Pietrzak avoiding damage as The Badger throws knees to the body.
The Badger softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pietrzak doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Badger lands with a right to the head.
The Badger missing with knees to the body.
The Badger throws a punch but it's blocked by Pietrzak.
Pietrzak with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pietrzak scores with a shot to the side of The Badger's head.
Pietrzak pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pietrzak throws a push kick but The Badger slaps the foot to one side.
Good leg kick by The Badger there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pietrzak throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Badger connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pietrzak's hands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bucky The Badger comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think The Badger has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 46:49
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 46:49
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bucky The Badger! Bucky The Badger retains his featherweight title!
A very excited looking Bucky The Badger made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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