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Slim Trabelsi and MMA Factory coach Fernand Lopez remain at odds after the heavyweight prospect was signed and released from the UFC in a matter of days over a contract dispute between the fighter and his coach/manager.

Boss Mick McCarthy says Town will approach Saturday’s crucial home game against Nottingham Forest and their final week visit to Blackburn just as they have all their other matches this season. Saturday could see the Blues, who are sixth in the Championship, confirm a place in the play-offs for the first time in a decade.

Mick McCarthy hailed his side’s 1-0 victory over Bolton Wanderers as a huge result in the context of the Blues’ relegation battle. Carlos Edwards struck his first goal for two years to see Town to the three points.

David McGoldrick’s 55th minute penalty saw Town to a 1-0 home victory over Bolton. The Blues top scorer had been hauled back by Trotters’ keeper Andy Lonergan after he had dropped a high ball.

Boss Mick McCarthy believed the Blues deserved to have taken something from their 2-1 defeat at Birmingham and felt Christophe Berra’s late goal was wrongly disallowed.