Southend’s Talk nightclub hosted the latest AWOL mixed martial arts night on Sunday with the usual thrills and spills taking place in the cage. CHRIS PHILLIPS picks out the best of the action from the evening.

In tomorrow's Echo read exclusive interviews with local fighters, including former Belfairs High School pupil Walter Gahadza, Basildon boy Leszek Krakowski, Southend's Radoslaw Dziabowski and Rayleigh's Claire Smith.

Plus Thai boxing with teenager Natty Dodds, who is gunning for a world title.

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