Regular Expression MySQL

mysql>
mysql> SELECT 'abcbbcccc' REGEXP '[abc]{3}';
+-------------------------------+
| 'abcbbcccc' REGEXP '[abc]{3}' |
+-------------------------------+
|                             1 |
+-------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> SELECT 'abcbbcccc' REGEXP '(a|b|c){3}';
+---------------------------------+
| 'abcbbcccc' REGEXP '(a|b|c){3}' |
+---------------------------------+
|                               1 |
+---------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>