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- ↑ UFC fighter Charles "Chainsaw" McCarthy, who suffered a TKO loss to Michael Bisping at this past Saturday's UFC 83 event, has announced his retirement as a mixed-martial-arts fighter to help and teach members of his academy of ultimate self defense American Top Team. Archived April 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Article about the filming of The Ultimate Fighter Archived November 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ http://www.sportsline.com/mmaboxing/story/10779259/2 [ bare URL ]
- ↑ Thomas Gerbasi (December 12, 2005). "Ten Best – he Top UFC fights of 2005 (archive link no longer loading as of Dec 2024 but Gerbasi personally provided the text of the article via @tgerbasi)".
8 - David Loiseau TKO2 (2:10) Charles McCarthy – June 4 – UFC 53
