Tim Welch<\/a> on what’s next. “I don’t know, it was pretty cool, when we were leaving, you know they kick you out the back after you’re done, pretty much. Hunter (Campbell) came running out.<\/p>\n“He was just like, ‘Hey, I just want to say thanks for doing this, great effort,’ this and that. ‘We’re going to get you something fun for next time, we’ll work something out.’ I was like, ‘Oh, hell yeah.’ There’s a few people. Figgy’s (Deiveson Figueiredo) out there, (Marlon) ‘Chito’ (Vera), and we can do that (Cory) Sandhagen rematch, too. Those are things I’ve seen online.”<\/p>\n
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