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There is something impressive about a couple hundred people sounding like a couple thousand. It’s a different kind of roar, a different kind of audible passion as the sound of friends, family and teammates rallying behind a fighter echoes throughout the far less cavernous venues that play host to regional shows.

Saturday night, the Molson Theatre at Coquitlam’s Hard Rock Casino was the location of such an event and the corresponding ovations as 11 fights hit the cage for Battlefield Fight Night 46, showcasing an abundance of talent from across the Lower Mainland.

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It was the type of event there needs to be more of in this country – a show featuring predominantly amateur bouts capped by a couple quality professional scraps featuring competitors in the formative stages of their careers.

Mixed martial arts is one of those sports where practical experience is a twin-pronged necessity, serving as both a chance to put lessons learned in the gym into practice and test whether crossing the threshold into the cage in actually something you want to do with any kind of regularity. Some competitors look right at home, comfortable from the outset and keen on trading blows, while others aren’t quite as sure.