Check out the UFC Vegas 57 fight card and bout order.
The last UFC card this month is on June 25th from the APEX in Las Vegas. In the main event you’ve got lightweight contenders Arman Tsarukyan and Mateusz Gamrot in what should be an interesting fight even if it lacks the name value of your typical UFC headliner. The co-main event is a very compelling welterweight bout between the undefeated Shavkat Rakhmanov and veteran top-15 contender Neil Magny.
A sneaky good matchup on the main card is a middleweight bout between Chris Curtis and BJJ star Rodolfo Vieira. Curtis is 2-for-2 in the UFC and is looking to make it a hat trick of wins on Saturday night.
Here’s the lineup for UFC Vegas 57, which has a PPV-like start time so the East Coast and European crowd are in for a late night:
Thiago Alves defeated Ulysses Diaz at BKFC 18. | Photo by Alex Menendez/Getty Images
Former UFC welterweight Thiago Alves is returning to MMA after a brief stint in bare knuckle boxing.
Former UFC welterweight Thiago Alves has found some success in bare knuckle boxing, but has decided to return to his origins. Although ‘Pitbull’ became a champion while fighting under BKFC’s banner, the Brazilian was not too happy with the treatment he got from the promotion.
In an interview with Ag Fight, Thiago explained some details that led to his frustration with BKFC, to the point that now Alves is in talks with another MMA promotion. Although he does not plan to return to the UFC, Pitbull revealed to in talks with Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Eagle FC.
“The biggest issue was how disorganized BKFC was by not giving me a date or an opponent for me to fight again,” Alves said. “June 24 is the anniversary of my last fight for them. I thought that after becoming a champion, things would be easier, but it didn’t happen like that. So I removed myself from this situation that was killing my love of fighting. I decided to turn the page and go back to my roots in MMA”
“I’ve been talking to Eagle FC,” Thiago said. “We’ll have news for you pretty soon. It’s a respectful company, with high level athletes. I was very well welcomed by them. They are going to do some kickboxing fights with MMA gloves, too.”
During his stint with BKFC, Alves scored a 2-0 record, with wins over Ulysses Diaz and Julian Lane. Back in MMA, Thiago (23-15) left the UFC on a two-fight losing skid, with losses to Tim Means and Laureano Staropoli. The 38-year-old’s last win happened in February 2019, when he scored a split decision win against Max Griffin.
Donald Cerrone backstage at UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez v Waterson | Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC
Cerrone suffered a last minute cancellation at this weekend’s UFC Austin.
Donald Cerrone was denied his 38th walk to the Octagon this weekend at UFC Austin thanks to a freak injury suffered by his opponent Joe Lauzon on the day of the fight. This is the second time Cerrone vs. Lauzon has fallen through. An illness to Cerrone nixed their first match-up on the day of UFC 275.
Cerrone spoke to ESPN about this most recent cancellation and what he wants to happen next.
“Joe texted me (on Saturday morning) and said, ‘Sorry, brother. I can’t stand on my leg,’ and I was like, ‘Well, we’re (1-1) now, ain’t we?’” Cerrone said (ht MMA Junkie). “Joe is a game dude, so it’s not like he’s making something up. I know Joe just wouldn’t pull anything, so heal up brother, and we’ll make it happen one day.”
When asked if Cerrone still wanted to fight Lauzon he said “of course”.
“I don’t know what’s wrong with his knee or how long it’s going to take, but we’re already in the talks. We’ll hear real soon.”
Unfortunately for Cerrone, UFC President Dana White has already said that he has no interest in trying to book Cerrone vs. Lauzon again.
Cerrone added that the UFC have offered him a separate fight for a card that is coming up soon. He also said that bout might be a catchweight contest.
The fight with Lauzon was scheduled to be Cerrone’s first lightweight contest since he lost to Justin Gaethje in 2019.
Cerrone is winless in his past six contests. That streak began with a loss to Tony Ferguson in 2019 and included the Gaethje loss and defeats to Anthony Pettis, Conor McGregor and Alex Morono.
Cerrone’s most successful spell in the UFC was his eight fight winning streak in 2013-15. During that run he beat Eddie Alvarez, Edson Barboza and Jim Miller on route to scoring a title shot against Rafael dos Anjos. Cowboy would lose that bout by TKO.
Adrian Yanez TKOs Tony Kelley at UFC Austin. | Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images
Adrian Yanez some of the words uttered to him by Tony Kelley during their UFC Austin fight.
During the build-up for their UFC Austin fight, bantamweights Adrian Yanez and Tony Kelley made it clear that they didn’t like each other. All of it stemmed from Kelley’s xenophobic statements while he was cornering Andrea Lee in mid-May.
All that heat seemed to have boiled over during the fight, according to Yanez. In his post-fight scrum, the 28-year-old revealed some of the words Kelley threw at him in the cage.
“He talked shit, and I felt like I kept everything pretty cordial and the next thing you know, he starts calling me a Wish version of Masvidal. And now, he kind of wishes he didn’t say that,” Yanez told reporters.
“In my head, I was like, ‘just keep talking. I’m finding my openings.’ Every time he opened his mouth, I saw another opening. And that’s whenever I started rocking him.
“I don’t know if you all noticed, but he started talking to me, I found the opening, I rocked him. He kept opening up his mouth, and I kept shutting it for him. That was the perfect way to explain it.”
Yanez emerged victorious via first-round TKO, and he considers it to be the most satisfying win of his career, so far.
“Absolutely. There was just an extra added thing to it whenever I was fighting him. Because in the middle (of the fight), when he started talking a little bit more shit, I was like, ‘Oh, I really don’t like you.’”
After the finish, they had more to say #UFCAustin pic.twitter.com/bSdX0T9Kmc
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Currently on a five-fight win streak since entering the UFC via Dana White’s Contender Series in 2020, Yanez (16-3) also won a $ 50K bonus for Performance of the Night. It is also his fifth-consecutive time to be awarded a post-fight bonus.
Joe Lauzon during weigh-ins for UFC Austin. | Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC
The UFC veteran was ready to fight at UFC Austin after fixing his knee, but it was too late.
In a strange twist of fate, Joe Lauzon has recovered from the knee injury that forced him to withdraw from UFC Austin.
The fight between Lauzon and Donald Cerrone was canceled again, this time because of an injury suffered by ‘J-Lau’ following the official weigh-ins on Friday. He explained that his left knee locked up after he stepped down from the scale and went to put socks on, which left him unable to stand or walk.
Several hours after the UFC announced Lauzon vs. Cerrone was off, the Lauzon MMA product shared an update on his knee. To the surprise of everyone, it was no longer an issue.
“So you can’t make this up, but my knee works again,” said Lauzon. “Someone sent me a video maybe an hour ago on Instagram about like, ‘This sounds like something I deal with with my knee. You should check out this video.’ And it was 100 percent, everything was exactly the problem I was having. It was called a ‘fib-fib’ dislocation.
“So basically the bones in my leg were dislocated,” continued Lauzon. “That’s why we couldn’t get it back. So I did the exercise in the video and it popped back in. It’s insane. My leg fully works. I will hop, walk, jump. I literally could not put socks on. I couldn’t lift my foot off the bed. I couldn’t stand, I couldn’t put any weight on it, I couldn’t do anything for the last day and a half. I had to try and hobble and I couldn’t even hop on one foot because I couldn’t take my foot shaking. It was horrible.”
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Lauzon lamented over not having the video earlier, so he could still compete this past Saturday. Actually, the UFC veteran tried to get to fight green-lit again but was told it was too late.
“I wish I had this video yesterday or this morning before the fight got called off,” said Lauzon. “We contacted the UFC, we tried to make it, to see if Cowboy was still around so we could still fight, but it was too late. I think he’s at the fights, but the UFC said we couldn’t do it, so it sucks.
“Sorry to everyone again, this whole entire situation super sucks. I don’t know what’s going to happen. We’ll see.”
Lauzon and Cerrone hoped to reschedule the fight for the third time, but UFC president Dana White said that would not happen.
Adrian Yanez celebrating his victory over Tony Kelley at UFC Austin | Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images
Get a unique rundown on all the trophies that should have been handed out at UFC Austin with Dayne Fox’s Unofficial Awards.
I understand where people get angry with the UFC. They don’t share their profits with the athletes in a manner equivalent to other large sports organizations. They don’t have all the best fighters in the world either as many would like to claim. However, there isn’t an MMA organization out there that puts out quality cards on a consistent basis the way the UFC does. UFC Austin is a great example of how good a card the UFC can be. What’s most impressive is it was a Fight Night card, not a PPV, where the best fights are typically reserved. UFC Austin delivered some fantastic action. There were nine finishes, eight of those KO/TKO’s, and six of those in the first round.
The main event between Calvin Kattar and Josh Emmett. didn’t deliver a finish. In fact, compared to many of the other contests, it was a slow burn. Nevertheless, it was a very good nip and tuck contest that could have gone either way, depending on what the judges valued. Emmett got the nod on two of the three judges’ cards on the basis of his power. However, there was a LOT to talk about from the event — so much that I’m not going to be able to touch on all of it — and I’ll hit on the important points in my Unofficial Awards.
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Biggest Jump in Stock: There were a lot of categories that I had a hard time figuring out. This was by far the one that I had the hardest with. Emmett barely eeked by Kattar, so his win isn’t that convincing, even if it does put him next in line for the title. Kevin Holland looked like a million bucks, but the outcome wasn’t unexpected. That’s just the tip of the iceberg in terms of candidates. I ultimately chose Adrian Yanez despite him doing what was expected of him: brutalize Tony Kelley. It was the mean streak Yanez showed in his demolishing of Kelley. In order for Yanez to compete against the top levels, it was unknown if he had the right attitude. It’s obvious now. Going from beating on Kelley to a ranked opponent is a huge step, but no one seems to be batting an eye. That’s a hell of a jump.
Biggest Fall in Stock: Perhaps I’m overestimating where his stock was coming into the event given he only had one previous UFC contest, but Albert Duraev looked like he was going to be a stud coming off his dominant performance on DWCS. Sure, his UFC debut didn’t produce the fireworks expected of him, but many were willing to forgive him and say it was debut jitters. At this event, he had a favorable opponent in Joaquin Buckley, someone who struggles to stop takedowns. Wrestling was supposed to be Duraev’s strength. Instead, the Russian struggled to take Buckley down, couldn’t keep him down when he succeeded, and was absolutely pieced up on the feet. There was a belief among some that Duraev would likely enter the official rankings at some point. That seems like a pipe dream at this point.
Best Newcomer: This spot was earned by default as Natalia Silva was the only newcomer on the card. However, it’s hard to believe anyone else would have been able to take the title from her if there were five other newcomers. There wasn’t an area in which Silva didn’t dominate Jasmine Jasudavicius. Striking, wrestling, the minimal amount of grappling that was in the fight… everywhere. It was a credit to Jasudavicius even made it to the final bell. I don’t think anyone looked at Silva as an uber-prospect walking into the event. Everyone was thinking that even before the end of her fight.
Start Typing a Resume: The UFC signed a bunch of bodies when the COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak. Some proved they were worth the signing, others quickly washed out. Danny Chavezwas somewhere in the middle. He won his debut before being competitive in his next two contests. His fight with Ricardo Ramos was make-or-break. It took just over a minute for it to be break, being on the receiving end of a highlight reel KO. At 35, he’s either as good as he’s going to be or already past his peak. It’s hard to see the UFC keeping him around.
When the UFC signed Gloria de Paulaoff DWCS, I didn’t like the signing. With only seven professional fights under her belt, she looked extremely green, not ready for the big show. Now that she has registered a 1-3 record, I’d say that my assessment was correct. De Paula has enough talent to work with, but she should have received more time to polish herself up and develop a more natural feel for fighting. I’d like to see the UFC cut her loose, keep track of her progress, and see where she is at in a year or two.
Saved Their Job(s): Most were in agreement that Maria Oliveira was in the UFC due to being a training partner of Jessica Andrade. I would still say that’s the case, but credit to Oliveira for digging deep to outwork the cleaner striking of de Paula. However, it may have been her wrestling that solidified the final round for her, securing a pair of takedowns with the round still very much up in the air.
It wasn’t a matter of whether Cody Stamann was a UFC caliber fighter. It was a matter of whether the UFC appreciated his blue-collar fashions as he hasn’t come close to sniffing a Performance Bonus in his UFC tenure. That all changed when he put away and sent Wineland into retirement in less than a minute. While no one denies that this isn’t the same Wineland who fought for the interim title back in 2013, Stamann did what he was supposed to do and put himself back on solid footing.
Biggest WOW Moment: There was some stiff competition for this spot. Despite that, I didn’t overthink it, going with Ricardo Ramos delivering the second spinning back elbow finish of his UFC career. Given the rarity of the move – I believe I heard on the broadcast it was the fifth such finish in the UFC – that’s no small feat. It wasn’t out of luck either. The smoothness in which Ramos delivered the elbow to Chavez was illustrative of Ramos practicing the move with great frequency. Perhaps he’s looking to make it his signature move, much in the way the Von Flue choke has been renamed the Von Preux in honor of Ovince Saint Preux. That wouldn’t be a bad legacy.
Biggest Beatdown: This is a very difficult spot to pick. Phil Hawes did a number on Deron Winn before the referee finally stepped in. The same could be said of what Gregory Rodrigues did to Julian Marquez. It was brutal. I also wouldn’t discount Adrian Yanez beating on Tony Kelley or Silva’s decimation of Jasudavicius. Ultimately, I’ll go with Hawes picking apart Winn as it was the fight that went the longest from when it could have reasonably been stopped. There was a moment when Silva was pounding out Jasudavicius in the second round that could have prompted a stoppage, but Jasudavicius recovered enough from there that there wasn’t another moment like that
2nd Best Fight Night of the Year: UFC Austin was absolutely fantastic. With a high amount of finishes – most of them in the first round – the crowd was never taken out of the action happening in the cage. I would love to say it was the best Fight Night of the year, but UFC London is still fresh in my mind. Nevertheless, I’m of the opinion UFC London is the greatest Fight Night in the history of the UFC. Coming in second – where I would currently rate UFC Austin – isn’t a bad deal in the least.
Best Callout: It was another night short on callouts. I get the feeling that no matter how much I complain. Sure, Adrian Yanez called out a couple of fighters who had previously called him out before. And of course, there’s Josh Emmett asking for his title shot. But I prefer to award this to someone with a single name or a callout that isn’t too obvious, such as Emmett’s title shot request. Thus, I’m going with Kevin Holland making a request for Sean Brady to throwdown with him after submitting Tim Means. I have some doubts about it happening given Brady is far ahead of Holland in the official rankings and without a loss on his record, it makes little to no sense for him to be fighting backwards. Then again, it’s been seven months since Brady last fought and he doesn’t have a fight scheduled. He needs to be fighting to maintain his momentum. And while Holland isn’t officially ranked – and probably won’t be after the rankings come out later this week – he does have enough name value that Brady could go for it. In other words, it’s a request that could prove to be worthwhile for Holland.
Least Controversial Decision: Despite the overabundance of finishes on the card, the amount of controversial decisions on the card was notably high. In fact, there was only one decision that was obvious, Silva’s utter decimation of Jasudavicius. Every other contest was a split decision that reasonably could have gone either way. The other fights were the main event between Emmett and Kattar, Damir Ismagulov edging Guram Kutateladze, and Oliveira victory over de Paula. What might be the most ironic thing about it is every official victor except Silva was in the minority amongst the media scorecards on MMA Decisions. Not that anyone is going to declare robbery for any of the contests, but it is an interesting note.
Minor Theme of the Night: All the finishes were clearly the theme of the night, but there was a less covered theme to many of those finishes. There were several fighters who have been notoriously difficult to put away throughout their careers who were put down. Kyle Daukaus had never been stopped with strikes before in his career before Roman Dolidze provided the honors. Neither had Kelley, Marquez, Chavez, or Winn. Court McGee had been stopped with strikes once before, but Jeremiah Wells had the pleasure of putting him to sleep over the course of over 20 UFC contests. Given the reputations of durability for those fighters, no one was predicting the amount of finishes that occurred.
Bob Yalen was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame this week.
The International Boxing Hall of Fame inducted Bob Yalen as part of their class of 2022 this past week. The ceremony enshrined Yalen’s name among boxing’s all-time great fighters, coaches, promoters and executives.
Yalen is a former Director of Boxing for ABC Sports, Director of Programming and Acquisitions at ESPN and producer for NBC Sports Olympic boxing coverage in 1996 and 2000. Yalen also worked as a consultant for SHOWTIME, CBS Sports and Fox Sports.
In 2018 he became the President and CEO of MTK Global.
Yalen stepped down from that position in April, shortly after the US government sanctioned suspected mob boss Daniel Kinahan. Kinahan founded the company that would become MTK Global. Yalen claimed that Kinahan stopped working with MTK in 2017. However, evidence exists to the contrary.
That evidence includes MTK’s top talents, including Tyson Fury, Billy Joe Saunders and Darren Till, being pictured with Kinahan and consistently recognizing him as their friend and personal advisor. In 2020 Fury publicly thanked Kinahan for negotiating his deals to fight Anthony Joshua. Soon after this it was revealed that Kinahan had also negotiated for Fury on a number of his previous fights.
The US government believes Irish-national Kinahan is the day-to-day leader of the Kinahan Organized Crime Group, a billion dollar narcotics smuggling outfit that is believed to be responsible for a number of gangland killings across Ireland and Spain.
Kinahan is believed to reside in Dubai. He moved to the Middle East in 2016 after escaping an assassination attempt at an MTK boxing weigh-in show at Dublin’s Regency Hotel.
Insider’s Alan Dawson was at the Hall of Fame ceremony in Canastota, NY this week. He asked Yalen about MTK, which ceased operations in April citing intense scrutiny as a result of the Kinahan sanctions.
Yalen told Dawson he had “no comment” on the issue. When asked specifically about The Irish Sun’s report that there are ongoing investigations into MTK’s dealings with Kinahan, Yalen mimed washing his hands and said “I’ve got nothing to do with MTK. I resigned from the company.”
When asked his reasons for resigning from MTK, Yalen said that they were “personal”.
Kadyrov had previously referred to the Chechen-born Beterbiev as the “best boxer in the world.”
On Saturday night, Artur Beterbiev successfully unified the WBC, WBO and IBF light-heavyweight titles following a knockout victory against Joe Smith Jr. at Madison Square Garden.
The undefeated Chechen-born and Canada-based boxer scored three knockdowns before the fight was stopped with less than a minute of round two remaining. The victory improved the 37-year-old boxer’s record to a flawless 18-0, all by knockout, and places him in line for some exciting bouts in the near future.
Yet among those who stayed up to watch Beterbiev throttle his opponent was Ramzan Kadyrov, the dictator at the helm of Russia’s Chechnya region who is currently facing U.S. sanctions for human rights abuses including forced disappearances, torture, summary executions and an ongoing purge of Chechnya’s LGBTQ+ community.
The dictator posted a clip from the fight, along with his praise and analysis of Beterbiev’s performance on Sunday morning.
“Friends, Artur Beterbiev had an amazing fight tonight,” Kadyrov said on Instagram. “In New York, our boxer met in the ring with John Smith Jr. It was a really amazing and spectacular fight that can be reviewed dozens of times. From the very beginning, Beterbiev looked a cut above. In the first round, he knocked Smith out of the rut, leaving the latter with no hope of winning, knocking him down. In the second round, Arthur continued to attack the enemy, using his rich arsenal. Smith tried to answer, but it was already clear that he was no match for our Beterbiev. Another knockdown, and then, after a powerful uppercut, the American took the lead in the ring, and the referee stopped the fight. An unconditional, absolute, clear victory for our talented boxer!”
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Kadyrov has also been known to reward fighters who successfully represent his regime with lavish gifts. Beterbiev, himself a member of Kadyrov’s Akhmat fight club—also sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury—was awarded a Mercedes Benz and bestowed the title of ‘Honorary Citizen of Grozny’ in December 2021.
Whenever Beterbiev returns to Chechnya, he is greeted with a hero’s welcome along with state parades in his honor. Much of this is performative theatre aimed to enhance Kadyrov’s cult of personality, bolster his reputation as a benevolent leader, and distract from ongoing abuses in Chechnya.
“Artur has devoted his whole life to boxing and inspires thousands and thousands of young guys,” Kadyrov continued. “It’s nice to see how the victories did not intoxicate him, and he remains a modest Chechen guy, a real role model, an idol for beginner boxers. I am proud that our people have such a noble, honest, religious son who glorifies our republic throughout the world.”
Zane Simon & Eddie Mercado are here to breakdown this Saturday’s, June 18th, UFC Austin: ‘Calvin Kattar vs. Josh Emmett’ Fight Night event. The guys will have hot takes, possible next fights, as well as reactions to the overall event.
Bloody Elbow fight expert, Zane Simon is here, joined by his co-hort, Eddie Mercado. We recorded for you on Saturday, June 18th, 2022, with a breakdown of the UFC Austin: ‘Kattar vs. Emmett’ now 13-bout Fight Night event; which was simulcast in English & Spanish on ESPN+/ESPN from the Moody Center, in Austin, Texas.
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The guys have hot takes, possible next fights, as well as reactions to the overall event in the player above, or they can be caught on our Bloody Elbow Presents YouTube Channel or any of our BE Presents Podcast Network.
For all the results, reactions and plethora of details about the main card, and plenty of tidbits about all the prelims, be sure to hit play on the show to hear what our fight experts have to say!
Overall, this now 13-bout card saw six exciting first round finishes, eight thrilling KO/TKO’s, one sweet submission, and four hard-fought decisions; three split. Rounding things out, our fighters who were awarded for putting forth BONUS efforts included: FOTN to Josh Emmett vs Calvin Kattar. POTN to every finisher: Holland, Buckley, Rodrigues, Yanez, Wells, Ramos, Stamann, Hawes & Dolidze.
Here’s a look at the UFC Austin: ‘Kattar vs Emmett’ fight card with full results & updated fight records —
Official UFC Scorecards
MAIN CARD | SAT. JUNE 18 13. Josh Emmett (18-2) DEF. Calvin Kattar (23-6) — via split decision (48-47, 48-47, 47-48)
12. Kevin Holland (23-7) DEF. Tim Means (32-13) — via submission (D’Arce choke) at 1:28 of round two
11. Joaquin Buckley (15-4) DEF. Albert Duraev (15-4) — via TKO (Doctor’s stoppage: eye swollen shut) at 0:10 of round three
6. Jeremiah Wells (11-2) DEF. Court McGee (21-11) — via KO, left hook at 1:34 of round one
5. Ricardo Ramos (16-4) DEF. Danny Chavez (11-5) — via KO, spinning back elbow & punches at 1:12 of round one
4. Maria Oliveira (13-5) DEF. Gloria de Paula (6-5) — via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 28-29)
3. Cody Stamann (20-5) DEF. Eddie Wineland (24-16 — TKO (strikes, knees & elbows) at :59 of round one
2. Phil Hawes (12-3) DEF. Deron Winn (7-3) — via TKO (strikes, elbows) at 4:25 of round two
1. Roman Dolidze (10-1) DEF. Kyle Daukaus (11-3) — via KO, Knee in Clinch & Punches at 1:13 of round one
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Join us here at BloodyElbow.com around 10:15 PM ET/7:15 PM PT for a live stream of the UFC Austin: Kattar vs. Emmett post-fight press conference, live from Singapore. You can catch the video above, and since Bloody Elbow has the best comments section of any sports site, you should stick around and participate below.
Fighters like the main event stars Calvin Kattar and Josh Emmett will be in attendance, along with the best performers from the rest of the card, including Cody Stamann, Phil Hawes, Roman Dolidze and more. The press conference will announce the fight of the night and performance of the night bonuses and includes the new media Q&A with the fighters individually breaking down the bouts and finding out what the winners are aiming for when negotiating their next fight. We often get some great moments and quote gold from these pressers, so it’s definitely worth tuning in. Please note that depending on what time the card ends, the press conference may start later than originally scheduled.
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