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4 unusual facts about Octagon


Alyutors

Octagonal earth houses with vertical walls meant for 3 to 5 families were the only type of housing among the Alyutors up until the 19th century.

Journey Beyond Tomorrow

He is co-opted as a professor in a university engaged in manifestly insane experiments and is later recruited by the government to work at the Octagon (which replaced The Pentagon).

Mitsubishi RISE

It features RISE safety cell with two straight rails combined with an octagonal section frame.

Octagón

The team of Octagón, Atlantis and Mascara Sagrada was dubbed "Los Movie Stars" and were booked to win the Mexican National Trios Championship from a team called "Los Thundercats" (patterned after the ThunderCats animated series) in 1991.


Cage Force

Cage Force(former name Demolition Octagon Gear (D.O.G.)) is a defunct Japanese Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organization operated by Greatest Common Multiple (GCM) Communication.

Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club

Although many are performed at the 228-seater ADC Theatre, where the Club is the resident performing company, recent venues have also included the Corpus Christi Playroom, The Octagon at St Chad’s, King's College Lawn and the Round Church.

Caroline Pearce

Caroline Pearce (born 1 September 1981) is an English athlete, sports model and is the presenter for BT Sport's UFC: Beyond The Octagon.

Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz

Liddell returned to the octagon at UFC 76 to face The Ultimate Fighter 2 alumni Keith Jardine where he was defeated via split decision in a closely contested contest.

Crites

Gregg-Crites Octagon House, or M. M. Crites house, an octagon house located in Circleville, Ohio

El Hijo del Santo

El Hijo del Santo and Octagón were victorious in the critically acclaimed match that would receive a 5-star rating from Dave Meltzer but it was the last stand for Los Gringos Locos.

Football Industries MBA

Since its inception, MBA(FI) graduates have gone on to work for (amongst others): Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Celtic, Everton, Wigan Athletic, MK Dons, Lech Poznan, FC Seoul, FIFA, UEFA, AFC, FA, Football League, SPL, Baltic League, J-League, K-League, Octagon, Sportfive, Sport+Markt, MP&Silva, Traffic, ESPN, Yahoo!, Red Bull, LG, Diageo, Nike, Prozone and Soccerex.

Frederick Augusta Barnard

The collection was first housed in the Old Palace at Kew, then was moved to the Octagon Library which had been specially constructed at the Queen's House or Buckingham House, on the site of the present Buckingham Palace.

Hartley Jackson

Hartley made his official debut on October 4, 1999 against Bruce ‘Havok’ Mills at the Octagon Theatre in Elizabeth, South Australia.

Helge Thiis

It included the redesign of the main octagon tower, the helmet and the completion of the Nidaros Cathedral West Front.

Lizmark

In 2003 Lizmark returned to AAA to participate in Triplemanía XI where he teamed with the new version of his longtime rival La Parka as well as Octagón and Super Caló to defeat Abismo Negro, Cibernético and the Headhunters.

Moulton Chapel

Pevsner notes the church as a red-brick octagon with a chancel added in 1886, and a domed interior.

Octagon Centre

The Octagon Centre is a short walk from the University of Sheffield Supertram stop, which is served by the Blue and Yellow lines to destinations including Sheffield station, Hillsborough, Malin Bridge, Halfway and Meadowhall.

Octagon Chapel, Bath

The Octagon Chapel in Milsom Street, Bath, Somerset, England was built in 1767 and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.

Octavia Boulevard

There is an octagon-shaped building (named The Octagon House at 2645 Gough Street, on the northwest corner of Gough and Green streets.

Pol Bury

Among his most famous works is the fountain-sculpture L'Octagon, located in San Francisco.

Stephen Harnsberger House

The house was built in 1856, three years after the publication of A Home For All, or the Gravel Wall and Octagon Mode of Building by Orson Squire Fowler.

Thales Leites

On his return to the octagon, Leites was defeated again via a controversial split decision against Italian Alessio Sakara.

Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock

After upsetting top UFC fighter and Lion's Den member Jerry Bohlander, Ortiz, with his fingers, acted like he was shooting at the Lion's Den corner and coach Ken Shamrock and additionally put on a disrespectful shirt in the octagon after the fight with Bohlander which read "I just f**ked your ass".

UFC 25

The Octagon announcer was local Sanshiro Matuyama instead of the regular Bruce Buffer.


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