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- ↑ "Jungle Fight 9: Warriors". Sherdog. Archived from the original on May 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Jungle Fight 10". Sherdog. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015.
- ↑ "Jungle Fight 11". Sherdog. Archived from the original on April 21, 2015.