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With the Brazilian not defending himself, the referee stopped the contest as an emotional Ngannou crouched against the cage, gathering his thoughts in victory.

In a press conference the police said: "We observed a female crouched over against the upstairs front window of that house and located Mary deceased unfortunately within the property."

When play finally resumed, San Diego right-hander Yu Darvish, who spent much of the delay crouched behind the Dodger Stadium mound, retired three straight batters after issuing a leadoff walk in the bottom of the seventh to close a seven-inning, three-hit gem in which he held red-hot Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani hitless in three at-bats.

The retired nurse turned and saw Reed crouched next to her by her face.

But despite the night’s sweltering heat, she crouched down to touch the fire.