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Watch: Fighter waves off own bout after pounding out opponent

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Who needs a third man in the cage when you have Rasul Shovhalov?

After rocking Tiago Trator with a right hand, Shovhalov not only rained fists on his helpless dome from top position, he spared referee Herb Dean the burden of stopping the lightweight bout by raising his hand in victory unprovoked at Absolute Championship Berkut 67 in Grozny, Chechnya on Saturday.

Luckily for the Russian, Dean had also seen enough and made the TKO stoppage official at the 2:17 mark of Round 1.

Shovhalov got back in the win column with the knockout, while Trator is now winless in his last three fights.

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