Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship president David Feldman acknowledges that a possible date at a New York venue such as iconic fight location Madison Square Garden could be scuppered if fighters need to be vaccinated. Coronavirus vaccinations have been an increasingly hot topic across sports, with UFC supremo Dana White announcing …
Read More »Taliban fighters now in complete control of Afghanistan’s borders with Uzbekistan & Tajikistan, Russia’s Defense Minister claims
“For us, it is important [to note] that the borders with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan have been taken under control by the Taliban,” Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu told a youth educational forum on the outskirts of Moscow. The Taliban, which is registered in Russia as a terrorist organization, “promised not to …
Read More »WATCH: Taliban fighters joyride in Humvees after capturing Nimroz provincial capital & seizing more US-made weaponry
The militants were seen making victory laps around the city of Zaranj on Friday afternoon in the captured vehicles, having just captured the provincial capital after overrunning Afghan government forces. Multiple videos circulating online showed the aftermath of the assault, including American-made Humvees flying the Islamist group’s flag. Other footage purported …
Read More »Taliban fighters storm capital of Afghan province, taking over police HQ and sparking mass prison break
Militants stormed the city of Qala-e-Naw on Wednesday morning before being cleared out by government forces around 4pm local time, the Ministry of Defense said in a Facebook post. Airstrikes were used to push the Taliban back and Afghan National Defense and Security Forces were also deployed to restore order …
Read More »‘Pays his ring girls more than his fighters’: YouTube bad boy Jake Paul escalates pay feud with UFC boss Dana White
Paul, who defeated ex-UFC fighter Ben Askren by first-round knockout last month, has become something of an unlikely voice in the fighter pay debate in which White becomes occasionally embroiled. The internet star has boasted that Askren’s disclosed payout of $500,000 for less than a full round of boxing eclipsed …
Read More »‘Intense’: Bizarre ring announcer in trench coat barks at fighters on blood-splattered canvas at MMA scrap in South Korea (VIDEO)
Heavyweights Jun Soo Lim and Ik Tae Jin were readying themselves for their heavyweight contest in Paju when the comical hype man took control, looking more like a detective than an MC as he worked his way between the fighters while shouting ferociously. Reading off a scrap of paper and …
Read More »22 police officers killed, 30+ wounded by guerilla fighters during anti-Maoist raid in India
The battle in India’s central Chhattisgarh state has left 22 security personnel dead and 31 wounded, according to police. The Times of India (TOI) newspaper, meanwhile, reported that 32 were injured and one officer was missing following the firefight. According to the TOI, more than 2,000 officers went on an …
Read More »What wins the Battle of the Super-Fighters: the US’ F-35, or Russia’s Su-57?
For almost three decades, the US held a monopoly over low-observable combat aircraft. It introduced the world to stealth with the F-117A Nighthawk in the early 1980s and was the first to enter the age of fifth-generation fighters back in 1997, when the F-22A Raptor took flight. As the world …
Read More »Stealth fighters and long-range missiles: Japan’s cabinet greenlights record-breaking military budget
Japan’s cabinet approved on Monday the record-high $1.03 trillion budget proposal for the next fiscal year starting in April 2021. The package includes a stimulus for the economy which has been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic and a hike in defense spending. The military will receive $51.7 billion for …
Read More »Syrian JIHADIST fighters are operating in Nagorno-Karabakh, Macron says, citing ‘credible information’
“Now, we have credible information, which indicates that Syrian fighters from some jihadist groups have reached the Nagorno-Karabakh battlefield through Gaziantep,” Macron told journalists as he arrived at an EU summit in Brussels, mentioning a southern Turkish city the militants supposedly passed through on their way to the disputed region. …
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