As you would expect, NATO insists that this cross-continental strategy will serve only defensive purposes and the US-led group has also emphasized that it does not believe that Russian attacks are imminent. In other words, NATO presents this initiative as an act of due diligence: preparing for the worst imaginable …
Read More »Russian ‘freakshow’ fight queen Mazdyuk – who previously defeated 530-pound man – beaten as she makes Bellator debut in Moscow
Mazdyuk was propelled to global attention in MMA circles when she took on blogger Grigory Chistyakov in an intergender ‘freakshow’ bout in 2020, finishing her 529-pound (240kg) rival after a barrage of punches in the first round. Dubbed ‘The Red Queen’, Russian fighter Mazdyuk earned a Bellator deal off the …
Read More »Red Queen returns: MMA stunner who knocked out 240-kilo man admits fight was marketing masterstroke ahead of her Bellator debut
‘Red Queen’ Darina Mazdyuk, a flyweight with a taste for sparring sessions, luxury cars and smouldering photoshoots, needed just 90 seconds to beat hefty blogger Grigory Chistyakov in a technical knockout that achieved her crafty ambitions of hitting the headlines. Bellator bosses had seen enough and duly signed Mazdyuk to …
Read More »Tech giant YouTube doesn’t seem to know why it banned our channels, head of RT DE reveals, as fight to restore them continues
“It seems to us that YouTube first goes swinging to block channels and only then starts to ‘investigate’ the reasons for doing it,” Dinara Toktosunova, the head of RT in Germany, said. She was referring to messages her Berlin-based branch received from the video hosting services after appealing its decision to …
Read More »Fight against racism is noble cause, but in ‘cancel culture’ it turns into reverse discrimination, pushing people apart – Putin
Speaking to gathered experts and journalists in Sochi on Thursday, the president expressed his opinion that the fight against racism and discrimination has turned on its head. “The fight against racism is a necessary and noble cause, but in the modern ‘cancel culture’ it turns into reverse discrimination, reverse racism” …
Read More »The war on statues is not a fight over ‘context’ & ‘colonialism’. It is a naked attempt to control the past, and hence the present
In fourteen hundred and ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He had three ships and left from Spain; He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain. So goes the once-popular children’s rhyme by Jean Marzollo. But perhaps it now needs updating: Over five hundred years later, His statue: attacked by haters; …
Read More »‘This is insanity’: UFC star Ladd shakes violently on scales at weigh-in before fight canceled amid widespread concern (VIDEO)
Currently number 10 in the women’s pound-for-pound rankings and number three in her division, 9-1 Ladd was scheduled to take on 8-1 Macy Chiasson on a UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas headlined by Thiago Santos and Johnny Walker. Attending the weigh-in, however, the 26-year-old had to strip down while …
Read More »Cenk Uygur says he will ‘end’ Joe Rogan & internet really wants celebrity fight to happen
Uygur has often attacked Rogan for the libertarian views voiced on his Joe Rogan Experience podcast, which is currently the second-most-watched show on Spotify, only losing the top spot in late September. Those views include opposition to mandatory vaccination and concerns that the US government may use Covid-19 as a …
Read More »Covid-19 response disrupts fight against TB and AIDS, may cause more deaths in some countries than the pandemic, Global Fund says
The grim assessment was included in a report posted on Wednesday by the Geneva-based Global Fund, which said disruptions caused by the pandemic have had a “catastrophic impact” on the fight against TB, which typically kills more people globally each year than any other infectious disease. It was estimated that …
Read More »‘I had one arm’: ‘Blonde Bomber’ boxer wins latest fight on razor-thin decision despite breaking her hand in second round (VIDEO)
The ‘Bronze Bomber’, who is known for stripping to her lingerie at weigh-ins, slugged it out with tough French opponent Mailys Gangloff at a stadium in Leeds as she edged a 77-76 points card to make it seven wins out of eight in her professional career. Australian Bridges had support …
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