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<\/p>\nA bare-knuckle fighter kept his ripped ear in a jar following a bloody encounter in a "no rules" brawl.<\/p>\n
The dodgy fights are sweeping the UK with hundreds getting involved, including Alex Etherington, 32, who now keeps his ripped-off ear in a jar. The UK-based "fight club" like experience has attracted some tough and mad nuts.<\/p>\n
Etherington, from County Durham, won the fight but lost his ear and has since spoken of his experience in the underground fighting rings.<\/p>\n
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Documentarians from Channel 4 are now looking into the scene with some of the 300-strong fights taking place across the country. The documentary, UNTOLD: The Secret World of Fight Clubs, also sees Etherington featured. <\/p>\n
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Etherington's bout saw him blast the competition in a "no rules, no rounds" battle based off of the Swedish King of the Streets fight club.<\/p>\n
Speaking to The Sun, Etherington said: "I felt lucky to get on King Of The Streets. It's quite sought after. I only got on it because my friend vouched for me. It got half a million views on YouTube and I got around 7,000 followers on Instagram overnight. That was heavy for me." <\/p>\n
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Squaring up to Bachir "Bash" Fakhouri for his fight, Etherington says he had his ear bitten off just 10 seconds into the fight, and it got worse from there.<\/p>\n
"He was desperate for a win as he'd come off a few losses. Ten seconds in, he bit my ear off. I didn't know it had come off at first. Blood was trickling down my face," Etherington said. It followed a whiplash injury and some horror injuries elsewhere.<\/p>\n
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Etherington added: "He wouldn't let go of my hair. I ended up getting whiplash from it. He was going for my eyes." Since the fight, Etherington has kept his ear in a pickled jar on the kitchen shelf.<\/p>\n
With no hopes of attaching his ear again, Etherington said: "It's in a jar of alcohol solution. Someone told me how to do it. It\u2019s in the kitchen on a shelf."<\/p>\n
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The scrappy battle was eventually stopped by a referee who deemed the "screams" from his opponent were a sign the fight should be ended there and then. <\/p>\n
Eye-gouging and scrappy bites are allowed though but are stopped before any serious damage can be caused, according to Etherington. <\/p>\n
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