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In honor of Satoru Kitaoka's third straight victory this weekend at DEEP 53 (over Jutaro Nakao).

Notable wins: Paul Daley, Carlos Condit, Kurt Pellegrino, Takanori Gomi

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this is some high level badassery

by bawssauce on Apr 25, 2011 1:00 AM EDT reply actions  

Nice HL

I love the Koala bear that is Kitaoka. I want to see him come over to North America. Sadly BTW after the Nakao fight, Kitaoka apparently fractured his hand, so there will be a wait to see him again.

by pRoXiMo on Apr 25, 2011 1:01 PM EDT reply actions  

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