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MMA fighter sentenced for aggravated assault with deadly weapon after beating up friend with his fists

You've probably heard the joke in a B-movie somewhere: "I know karate! My hands are registered as lethal weapons!"

But, for at least one mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, that statement is actually true. Texas authorities believed that the hands of Jamal Parks were so dangerous because of his involvement in MMA that they charged him with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after Nov. 2013 incident in which he beat up friend Juan Angel so bad that he went to the hospital.

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Testimony on Monday revealed the fight started at Parks' apartment, where the two were hanging out.