The African Knockout Championship MMA tournament in Nigeria was packed to the rafters with devotees of the sport
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There was a raucous atmosphere with 5000 fans on hand to watch the MMA African Knockout Championship
Eighteen fighters including two women took part in the MMA tournament
The arena was packed on Friday night in the upscale Lekki neighbourhood of Nigeria's bustling commercial capital, Lagos.Â
A wrestler showers himself with mud from the wrestling pit
Unlike conventional wrestling matches played on mats with regulated draws, India's "mud wrestling" is more raw
Young wrestlers rest as they watch others train at the Shree Shahu Vijayi Gangavesh Talim, a residential gymnasium in Kolhapur, India
Spectators watch a bout of traditional mud wrestling during competition
Crowds cheer as muscular men in tight loincloths slap sacred scented soil on their bulging thighs and arms for a mud wrestling bout in India.
China's Zhang Weili prepares to fight Tatiana Suarez of the US in Sydney in February