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The Thrilla in Manila it was not.

Rather, a show of women in bikinis who boxed before a crowd at the Ralston Arena devolved late Friday amid chaotic group fights, police said.

Police rushed to tame fisticuffs as a crush of spectators reluctantly left the arena. Barely clad women rebuffed police commands to leave a locker room because they had not been paid for their performance.

Officers fired pepperball guns to disperse the crowd at one point. No one was seriously injured and no one was arrested.

“You had a lot of people who came for a fight,” quipped Omaha Police Lt. Melissa Gillick.

Dozens of officers from several agencies converged on the area after a distress call at 11:09 p.m. An Omaha police helicopter circled the arena.

A fight erupted in the crowd during the next-to-last fight of the night, said Stan Benis, the arena’s general manager. The altercation was triggered when someone was in the way of another person, Benis said.

About 1,000 people were at the arena Friday night, Benis said, adding that the bikini boxing performances had been held at the Ralston Arena twice before.