In this period, the republicans also managed several relatively large-scale attacks on rural towns, involving several hundred fighters.

The men's heavyweight (91 kg/200.2 lbs) Thai-Boxing division at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 in Skopje was the second heaviest of the male Thai-Boxing tournaments involving eight fighters.

September 17 - Chechen insurgents carried out large coordinated attacks in towns of Gudermes and Argun, in Nozhay-Yurtovsky District, involving between 100 and 400 fighters.

Market, the airborne phase of the operation, was monumental: it involved almost five thousand fighters, bombers, transports and more than 2500 gliders.

It was a preliminary qualifying tournament for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 and involved ten fighters (two being reservists) with all bouts being fought under K-1 Rules (100 kg/156-220 lbs).

A day after the siege ended with two last blasts and hours of firefights, new details emerged of the attack, which involved more than 30 heavily armed fighters, including Chechens, Ingush, Ossetians and, officials said, some foreigners.

It was an elimination tournament involving ten fighters (two being reservists) primarily based in Japan, with all bouts being fought under K-1 Rules (100 kg/156-220 lbs).

By the American forces' account, what the battle on Sunday showed is that American forces are confronting an enemy that is growing in sophistication, carrying out bigger attacks involving more fighters.

Most notably during winter bombing campaign of 2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq where Turkey launched its first cross-border raid on 16 December 2007, involving 50 fighters before Operation Sun.

It was a preliminary qualifying tournament for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 and involved eight fighters from across the world, with all bouts being fought under K-1 Rules (100 kg/156-220 lbs).