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This is the shocking moment a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter and his pal were caught on camera throwing a pet cat between them.
An eyewitness with a smartphone filmed Albert 'Machete' Duraev, 29, and his pal, also believed to be an MMA fighter, throwing and catching the poor cat at least 11 times.
They grew more ambitious with each throw and, by the end of the stunt, the petrified puss was somersaulting through the air in the village of Avtury in the Shalinsky District of south-western Russia's Chechen Republic.
Animal lovers condemned the pair but they were defended by Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Russian republic of Chechnya, who is a huge MMA fan.