Bryan Battle has been released from the UFC roster. The former Ultimate Fighter winner missed weight for the second straight time this past weekend at UFC 319 with his latest matchup against Nursulton Ruziboev being cancelled. Now just a few days later, Battle was released from his contract. UFC officials confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Wednesday. Currently riding …
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Even though “Funk Master” did not draw headlining duties, the promotion booked his “T-City” fight for five, five-minute rounds. The former UFC bantamweight champion is no stranger to what is commonly known as the “championship rounds,” but doesn’t understand why he’s not getting paid for it. “I don’t know why it’s five rounds,” Sterling told MMA Fighting. “I think it’s …
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Apple (AAPL) scored a clear privacy win this week. On Monday, the U.S. government said the U.K. will no longer push Apple to build a “back door” into its encrypted cloud storage. This move matters for both Apple and the broader debate on encryption. A back door would have given officials a way into user data. But it also would …
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Regan Morris BBC News in San Diego, California BBC Monique Labarre is part of the Battle Buddies, a group of army vets who show support for Afghan refugees at immigration hearings As a journalist in Afghanistan, Abdul says he helped promote American values like democracy and freedom. That work, he said, resulted in him being tortured by the Taliban after …
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WaPo had an exceptionally good summary of what happened in the European leaders’ meeting with President Trump yesterday. In just the first three paragraphs, it described the speed, the unity, the goal, and the outcome — effectively, to make it clear Putin remains the obstacle to peace. In hurried D.C. summit, Europeans try to bend Trump away from Kremlin Leaders …
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BATON ROUGE – After being denied by his insurance company multiple times, one man decided not to wait for a cancer treatment that could buy him more time or possibly eliminate his cancer. James and Rebecca Corkern are now encouraging others not to give up. In January 2021, James Corkern learned he had stage four colorectal cancer. It spread to …
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On Monday, Titans quarterback Cam Ward and Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons got into a scuffle during practice. After it happened, Simmons took to Twitter to blame reporters for “blow[ing] something up that happened at practice.” On Tuesday, Simmons addressed reporters for the first time since it happened. “Hands off the quarterback,” Simmons said. “Everybody on this team know. Everybody …
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When Dricus du Plessis returns, it will be for his first fight as a UFC middleweight contender since 2023. This past Saturday, Du Plessis topped a pay-per-view lineup for the fourth time in a row. He arrived in Chicago 3-0 in that category, having defeated Sean Strickland twice and Israel Adesanya in numbered event headliners. But that undefeated run and …
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Jon Jones issued his first statement in response to Dana White and the UFC’s proposed event at the White House. Jones retired, and then abruptly unretired following the reveal that the promotion plans to hold a fight card on the White House’s South Lawn in Washington, D.C. Despite White constantly putting Jones over as the greatest fighter of all-time, the …
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