Christopher "Tic Tic Boom" Beal trains in mixed martial arts with Coach Erik Harper on the gazebo at Common Pleas Courthouse Park, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Harper uses the gazebo because its octagon shape resembles the ring Mixed Martial Artist fight in.
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