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- ↑ "Hiroaki Yoshioka". mixedmartialarts.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014.
- ↑ "Hiroaki Yoshioka". fightmatrix.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.