Kurt Joseph Pellegrino (born May 7, 1979) is a retired American

United States

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 mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

. He is best known for competing in the lightweight

Lightweight (MMA)

The lightweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:* The UFC & Strikeforce lightweight division with upper limit at 155 lb...

 division of the UFC

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

. Pellegrino's first fight in the UFC came in 2006. Pellegrino also runs his own MMA Academy in Belmar NJ in which he has many up and coming fighters including Jeff Lentz, Steven Deangelis, Lester Caslow and fellow former UFC fighter Greg Soto

Greg Soto

Gregory Soto is an American mixed-martial artist. Soto fought in small fight promotions gaining a record of 7-0 before being signed by the UFC.Soto is a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu under Kurt Pellegrino.-Biography:...

. He lives and trains in New Jersey and also trains with Kenny Florian

Kenny Florian

Kenneth Alan Florian is a Peruvian-American mixed martial artist who competes as a featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has a background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai, and is known for his cerebral approach to the sport based on his meticulous game plans and...

's camp in Boston, Massachusetts. Pellegrino trained previously at the Armory in Jupiter, Florida

Jupiter, Florida

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 with Justin Haskins, Eduardo Guedes, and Raphael Chaves. Prior to the Armory, he trained with Ricardo Almeida

Ricardo Almeida

Ricardo Almeida is a retired Brazilian-American mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu grappler residing in Bordentown, New Jersey.-Background:...

, a world famous Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor at a Renzo Gracie

Renzo Gracie

Renzo Gracie is a Gracie Barra Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt under Carlos Gracie Jr. and a former mixed martial arts competitor in the Ultimate Fighting Championship . He is member of the Gracie family of Brazil. He is the son of Robson Gracie, grandson of Carlos Gracie, nephew of Carlos...

 affiliate school. He wrestled for Point Pleasant Boro High School

Point Pleasant Boro High School

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 and placed second in the state in his junior and senior year. Pellegrino was a two-time wrestling state finalist. Opened Kurt Pellegrino's MMA School in Belmar, New Jersey in 2008. 'Batman' holds notable wins over Mac Danzig

Mac Danzig

Mac Danzig is an American mixed martial artist, who competes as a lightweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Background:...

, Josh Neer

Josh Neer

Joshua Martin Neer is an American mixed martial artist from Des Moines, Iowa who is currently under contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championships. He trains at The LifeLine Youth Foundation and The Des Moines Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Des Moines, Iowa. Neer is formerly an MFS Elite fighter...

 and a submission win over Jiu-Jitsu ace Fabricio Camoes

Fabrício Camões

Fabrício "Morango" Camões is an Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. Camões holds notable wins over former Cage Rage lightweight champion Jean Silva and veteran Brazilian fighter Luciano Azevedo in the same night...

.

Mixed martial arts career

Italian-American Pellegrino fought Alberto Crane

Alberto Crane

Alberto Lewis Crane is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a lightweight. He has fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is a former King of the Cage and Ring Of Fire lightweight champion.-Biography:...

 at UFC Fight Night on January 23, 2008, which he won by a TKO. The fight was notable as the only preliminary bout aired on the televised card. He received Fight of the Night award for this fight. Also, Pellegrino had a tooth knocked out early in the fight, which actually ripped a hole in his mouth, under his lip, and still went on to win, impressing fans and commentators alike.

Despite a strong first round, Pellegrino was defeated by TUF 5 winner Nate Diaz via triangle choke at UFC Fight Night 13

UFC Fight Night 13

UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon referred to by the media as UFC Fight Night 13 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 2, 2008 at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado. The event was a lead-in to the premiere of The Ultimate Fighter 7 on...

 on April 2, 2008, in Broomfield, Colorado

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.

He defeated Thiago Tavares

Thiago Tavares

Thiago de Mello Tavares is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He currently fights in the lightweight division in the UFC.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:Thiago Tavares entered the UFC with an undefeated record and was highly regarded...

, in a preliminary bout at UFC 88: Breakthrough

UFC 88

UFC 88: Breakthrough was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 6, 2008 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans....

. Pellegrino bloodied Tavares' face in the first round and went on to win by a unanimous decision. The judges scored the fight 29–28, 29–27, 29–27. There was a small controversy in the fight, as it appeared that Tavares submitted to an armbar in the second round, but the referee did not stop the bout, causing boos from the audience. The fight was awarded "Fight of the Night" and was voted by UFC as the #2 best fight of 2008.

Pellegrino next fought at Ultimate Fight Night 17 on February 7, 2009. He defeated Rob Emerson by submission due to a rear naked choke in the third round. At UFC 101

UFC 101

UFC 101: Declaration was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

 Pellegrino defeated Josh Neer by unanimous decision (30–27, 30–27, 30–27). It was his first win on a UFC main card.

He was expected to face Frankie Edgar on December 5, 2009 at The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale

The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale

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, but has been forced off the card due to an injury.

Pellegrino recently defeated Fabricio Camoes

Fabrício Camões

Fabrício "Morango" Camões is an Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. Camões holds notable wins over former Cage Rage lightweight champion Jean Silva and veteran Brazilian fighter Luciano Azevedo in the same night...

 at UFC 111

UFC 111

UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 27, 2010 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, United States.-Background:...

 by rear naked choke earning him Submission of the Night.

Pellegrino's next fight was against Australian standout, George Sotiropoulos

George Sotiropoulos

George Sotiropoulos is an Australian mixed martial artist who is currently fighting in the UFC in the lightweight division. He is well known for appearing as a fighter on the TV show The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting on Team Serra...

 in which he lost by unanimous decision at UFC 116

UFC 116

UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 3, 2010 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States...

 on July 3. Pellegrino tore his ACL and meniscus in the 1st round. Two weeks after the fight he underwent two surgeries to repair his meniscus and to replace his ACL.

Pellegrino faced Gleison Tibau

Gleison Tibau

Janigleison Herculano Alves, better known as Gleison Tibau is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is one of the largest lightweights in MMA, weighing up to 183 pounds by the time he enters the cage.-Mixed martial arts:He was brought up...

 on March 19, 2011 at UFC 128

UFC 128

UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 19, 2011, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.-Background:...

 and lost via split decision.

On May 31st 2011, Pellegrino decided not to renew his contract with the UFC and to leave MMA for the time being.

Pellegrino made his return to MMA and by signing with Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

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. He fought Patricky Freire

Patricky Freire

Patricky Freire is an Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is currently fighting in the Bellator Season 4 Lightweight Tournament.-Mixed martial arts career:...

 at Bellator 59 on November 26 and lost via TKO in the first round. During his post-fight interview, Pellegrino once again announced his retirement from MMA.

Personal life

Pellegrino and his wife Melissa have a daughter named Priscilla. The couple had their second child, a boy, Kurt Jr. aka "The Champ" in 2011.

Accomplishments

• Mixed Martial Arts:
  • Ultimate Fighting Championships:
    • 1x Fight Of The Night
    • 2x Submission Of The Night.

• Amateur Wrestling:
  • 2x New Jersey State Wrestling Finalist.

• Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu:
  • Black Belt

Mixed martial arts record

|Loss
|align=center|16-7
|   Patricky Freire

Patricky Freire

Patricky Freire is an Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is currently fighting in the Bellator Season 4 Lightweight Tournament.-Mixed martial arts career:...

| TKO (punches)
| Bellator 59
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 0:50
|Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

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, United States

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| Loss
|align=center| 16–6
|   Gleison Tibau

Gleison Tibau

Janigleison Herculano Alves, better known as Gleison Tibau is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is one of the largest lightweights in MMA, weighing up to 183 pounds by the time he enters the cage.-Mixed martial arts:He was brought up...

| Decision (split)
| UFC 128

UFC 128

UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 19, 2011, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.-Background:...

|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|Newark, New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey

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, United States

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|-
| Loss
|align=center| 16–5
|   George Sotiropoulos

George Sotiropoulos

George Sotiropoulos is an Australian mixed martial artist who is currently fighting in the UFC in the lightweight division. He is well known for appearing as a fighter on the TV show The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting on Team Serra...

| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 116

UFC 116

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|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

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, United States

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| Win
|align=center| 16–4
|   Fabricio Camoes

Fabrício Camões

Fabrício "Morango" Camões is an Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. Camões holds notable wins over former Cage Rage lightweight champion Jean Silva and veteran Brazilian fighter Luciano Azevedo in the same night...

| Submission (rear-naked choke)
| UFC 111

UFC 111

UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 27, 2010 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, United States.-Background:...

|
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 4:20
|Newark, New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey

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, United States

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| Win
|align=center| 15–4
|   Josh Neer

Josh Neer

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| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 101

UFC 101

UFC 101: Declaration was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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| Win
|align=center| 14–4
|   Rob Emerson

Rob Emerson

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| Submission (rear-naked choke)
| UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens

UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens

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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 3:14
|Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida

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, United States

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|
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| Win
|align=center| 13–4
|   Thiago Tavares

Thiago Tavares

Thiago de Mello Tavares is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He currently fights in the lightweight division in the UFC.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:Thiago Tavares entered the UFC with an undefeated record and was highly regarded...

| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 88

UFC 88

UFC 88: Breakthrough was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 6, 2008 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans....

|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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, United States

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| Loss
|align=center| 12–4
|   Nate Diaz
| Submission (triangle choke)
| UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon
|
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 3:06
|Broomfield, Colorado

Broomfield, Colorado

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, United States

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|
|-
| Win
|align=center| 12–3
|   Alberto Crane

Alberto Crane

Alberto Lewis Crane is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights as a lightweight. He has fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and is a former King of the Cage and Ring Of Fire lightweight champion.-Biography:...

| TKO (punches)
| UFC Fight Night: Swick vs. Burkman
|
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 1:55
|Las Vegas, Nevada

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, United States

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| Loss
|align=center| 11–3
|   Joe Stevenson

Joe Stevenson

Joseph Christopher Stevenson is an American mixed martial artist fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Competing as a welterweight, he won The Ultimate Fighter 2 welterweight tournament. Stevenson fought most of his UFC career as a lightweight, and made his featherweight debut at UFC Live: Kongo vs....

| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 74

UFC 74

UFC 74: Respect was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship . The event took place on August 25, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Background:...

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|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

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, United States

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|-
| Win
|align=center| 11–2
|   Nate Mohr

Nate Mohr

Nate Mohr is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division.He made his UFC debut in April 2007 against Kurt Pellegrino. He was sidelined over a year due to a leg injury following his loss by achilles lock to Manny Gamburyan at UFC 79. He lost his last fight at UFC 93...

| Submission (achilles lock)
| UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2:58
|Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

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, United States

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|-
| Win
|align=center| 10–2
|   Junior Assuncao

Junior Assuncao

Cleuder F. "Junior" Assunção is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the lightweight and featherweight divisions.-Biography:Originally from Northeastern Brazil, Junior grew up in Miami, and now resides in Atlanta...

| Submission (rear-naked choke)
| UFC 64

UFC 64

UFC 64: Unstoppable was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday, October 14, 2006. The event took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and...

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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2:04
|Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

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, United States

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|-
| Win
|align=center| 9–2
|   Jesse Chilton
| Submission (guillotine choke)
| Absolute Fighting Championships 18
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:35
|Boca Raton, Florida

Boca Raton, Florida

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, United States

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|-
| Loss
|align=center| 8–2
|   Drew Fickett

Drew Fickett

Drew Fickett is an American mixed martial artist. He competes in the Lightweight division. He holds notable victories over Josh Koscheck, Dennis Hallman, Kenny Florian, Kurt Pellegrino, Josh Neer, Matt Veach, and Dennis Bermudez....

| Submission (rear-naked choke)
| UFC 61

UFC 61

UFC 61: Bitter Rivals was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday, July 8, 2006. The event took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States.-Background:The main event was a...

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|align=center| 3
|align=center| 1:20
|Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

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, United States

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| Win
|align=center| 8–1
|   Vadim Kulchitskiy
| Submission (guillotine choke)
| Reality Fighting 11
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| N/A
|Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

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| Win
|align=center| 7–1
|   Kazuki Okubo
| TKO (doctor stoppage)
| Euphoria: USA vs. Japan
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 0:38
|Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

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|-
| Win
|align=center| 6–1
|   Steve Kinnison
| Submission (rear naked choke)
| Freestyle Combat Challenge 20
|
|align=center| N/A
|align=center| N/A
|Racine, Wisconsin

Racine, Wisconsin

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|-
| Win
|align=center| 5–1
|   Sergey Golyaev

Sergey Golyaev

Sergey Golyaev is an Russian mixed martial artist.-Background:Sergey Golyaev has a Muay Thai and Karate background. He started to be engaged in karate at 14 years old and his Muay Thai experience dates back 9 years....

| Submission (arm-triangle choke)
| Euphoria: USA vs. Russia
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:24
|Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

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|-
| Win
|align=center| 4–1
|   Jay R. Palmer
| Submission (rear-naked choke)
| Ring of Combat 7
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:16
|Elizabeth, New Jersey

Elizabeth, New Jersey

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|-
| Loss
|align=center| 3–1
|   Satoru Kitaoka

Satoru Kitaoka

, is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He has fought the majority of his career as a welterweight for Pancrase, but moved down to lightweight in 2008 when he joined MMA promoter World Victory Road. Kitaoka is renowned for his submission grappling abilities and is the reigning BJJ and No-Gi Open...

| Submission (guillotine choke)
| Pancrase: 2004 Neo-Blood Tournament, Semifinals
|
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 0:34
|Tokyo

Tokyo

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, Japan

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|-
| Win
|align=center| 3–0
|   Muhsin Corbbrey

Muhsin Corbbrey

Muhsin Corbbrey is an American mixed martial artist and former professional boxer. He holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Lloyd Irvin, a black dan in Judo, and is a Shidokan World Champion. He competes in the Lightweight division...

| Decision (unanimous)
| Reality Fighting 6
|
|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|Wildwood, New Jersey

Wildwood, New Jersey

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| Win
|align=center| 2–0
|   Jay Isip
| Submission (armbar)
| Reality Fighting 5
|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:38
|Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

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|-
| Win
|align=center| 1–0
|   Mac Danzig

Mac Danzig

Mac Danzig is an American mixed martial artist, who competes as a lightweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Background:...

| Decision (unanimous)
| WEC 4

WEC 4

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|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
|Uncasville, Connecticut

Uncasville, Connecticut

Uncasville is an area in the town of Montville, Connecticut. The area traditionally known as Uncasville is a village in southeastern Montville, at the mouth of the Oxoboxo River...

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United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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External links

• Kurt Pellegrino Official Website