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Beyond the Octagon: Former Bellator champ M'Pumbu, UFC vet Sakara head up international scene

Former Bellator light-heavyweight champion Christian M'Pumbu and erstwhile UFC slugger Alessio Sakara lead a crowd of big-show veterans in regional action.

Last weekend's regional shows once again yielded up a wealth of fight results featuring former UFC, Bellator, and Strikeforce talent, including Bellator's former light-heavyweight champion Christian M'Pumbu and former welterweight title challenger Karl Amoussou. However, we begin this look at the international scene with Friday's Final Fight Championship 19 in Austria...

Alessio Sakara (16-11-2NC, 6-8-1NC UFC) embarked on his UFC career way back in 2005, at UFC 55, where Ron Faircloth kicked him in the groin with such capital-F Fury (hence the event's name, presumably) that Sakara could no longer continue.