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Sean O’Malley in an interview with MMA Fighting went into detail about what was happening with the UFC Reebok deal and how he wasn’t making money out of it. In the interview, Sean O’Malley first spoke about not knowing what was what before he started taking note of the amount being generated. Sean O’Malley said, Sean O’Malley then added about what kind of craziness the Reebok deal was generating. He said that Reebok had been making over a million dollars for back to back years but had only paid him 5000 dollars....

Maia showed he was better in this bout, defeating Askren via submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:54 of the third round at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. “I knew that I could be striking in all the rounds,” Maia said in his post-fight interview. “My nature is to always grapple. But I tried to get him to strike, to make him more tired. He’s so tough. He’s a hard guy to fight....

The fight takes place inside the UFC’s APEX Center. Dern, ranked 13th in the UFC’s strawweight rankings, is a multi-time medalist in Jiu-Jitsu. She started training at three and competed in major Jiu-Jitsu competitions at 14. Dern made her MMA debut in 2016 and joined the UFC in 2018. She is 7-2 with the promotion. Back in April, Dern beat Tecia Torres via a split decision. Ranked sixth in the UFC rankings, Yan made her pro debut in 2008....

On the face of it, it looks as though the Black Stars will be lining up for a scrimmage, but no, Saturday’s game will determine whether the Black Stars could keep their slim chance of reaching Russia 2018 or lose it for good. Four points adrift of group leaders Egypt and two behind Uganda, the Black Stars need to win at all cost on the penultimate matchday to remain in the race, even if the victory could be rendered useless should the Pharaohs beat bottom-placed Congo on Sunday....

Within 48 hours, nearly 34,000 Jewish Ukrainians were murdered in a ravine known as Babi Yar in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. The massacre occurred during Nazi occupation in 1941 and was carried out with local collaborators. “Babi Yar is the biggest mass grave of the Holocaust…the most quickly filled mass grave,” said Natan Sharansky, chairman of the supervisory board of the Babi Yar Holocaust memorial center. For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below....

Major General Mykola Zhirnov, leader of the Kyiv City Military Administration, was asked by a correspondent for the Ukrainian publication ArmyInform if the capital city is “reliably protected by anti-aircraft defense,” and “will no longer be threatened by rocket attacks.” “As long as the enemy has missile and air weapons, there will still be a threat of air and missile strikes,” Zhirnov responded, according to a translation of the interview....

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has requested for months that U.S. officials provide Ukraine with stronger weapons to shoot down Russian missiles. Facing a stagnant invasion, Moscow has turned to attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure to apply pressure to Zelensky. The Biden administration will likely approve the delivery of Patriot missile systems this week, though the decision is not final, according to the Associated Press. This would be the most advanced missile system the U....

Ukrainian counteroffensive results in colossal losses for Ukrainian army We have talked multiple times about how the Kyiv regime sends its people to death. But (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky has perhaps never doomed his soldiers to such a hell as this time. The so-called counteroffensive has resulted in colossal losses. Thousands of people are dead and wounded. The hospitals and morgues are crowded. Igor Konashenkov, representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, said: “During two days of unsuccessful attacks on the Nikolaevo-Krivoy Rog and other directions, Ukrainian troops lost…more than 1....

The clip, which came from a Fox News segment on Tuesday, was posted to Reddit’s “Public Freakout” forum on Thursday by Redditor u/Smartercow. Already, it has received more than 76,000 upvotes and nearly 4,000 comments. “So, let’s talk honestly that you care more about whether you pay [an] extra 50 cents for your gas prices or how many people die in Ukraine,” Ukrainian MP Oleksandra Ustinova said during her Fox News appearance....

This nerve can become impaired due to traumatic injury or overuse of the arm. Symptoms of overuse may resolve with rest, but serious injuries may require surgical intervention. While it is rare, weakness or sensory loss can remain for the long term. Anatomy The ulnar nerve is a long nerve, running through the whole arm. Throughout its pathway from the shoulder down to the hand, it divides into several motor and sensory branches....

Wednesday morning, Polygon’s Owen Good shared a pretty great clip related to that bat flip, from PlayStation’s baseball title, “MLB 14 the Show,” which features not Puig — but an umpire! — doing the flipping. From Owen Good’s YouTube description: “It’s one of several that take place when the player holds the ball on the pitching mound with the game unpaused for more than 30 seconds. The game then cycles through eight 30-second scenes — home plate, first, second, shortstop, left field, centerfield, right field and dugout — of players acting bored....

The monumental event was headlined by a tantalizing Women’s Flyweight title contest between Valentina Shevchenko and Liz Carmouche. The vibrant Mike Perry took on Vincente Luque in the co-main event of the evening that promised to be a slugfest of the highest and most brutal order. It was a balanced card that featured a mix of stylistically appealing fights and it delivered in terms of the action when all was said and done....

The latest hostilities come as Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said Russia had amassed 115,000 troops by its frontier, and warned that if Moscow “decides to undertake a military operation, things will happen in literally the blink of an eye.” NATO is set to meet Tuesday to discuss its response to Russia’s build-up. Ukraine’s foreign ministry said, according to a translation, that Monday’s incidents took place in Svitlodarsk, 40 miles north-east of Donetsk and Starognativk, 30 miles south of Donetsk....

Ivan Fedorov, Melitopol’s mayor, was captured by Russian special services on March 11. He then spent six days in Russian captivity where he allegedly underwent various psychological torture methods before being exchanged for nine Russian POWs on March 16. Throughout the course of the war, Newsweek has reported about torture chambers believed to be used by Russian forces to torment their Ukrainian prisoners. The Hill reported that the United Nations received information that Ukrainian forces were torturing Russian captives as well....

Taras Lysenko worked several years to start production of dog and cat food in metal cans by October 2021 near Kanev, which is in the Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine. By February of this year, the war of Russian aggression began. Supplies were exceeding demand all of a sudden. “The first week after the start of the war, we were all shocked by what was happening. I started calling customers whom I knew personally,” Lysenko said in a Pravda report....

Delegations from Ukraine and Russia met in Istanbul for peace talks Tuesday. Kyiv’s priority is to negotiate a ceasefire. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba advised anyone in the negotiations “not to eat or drink anything. " Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told PBS Russia is not considering the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Shelling ripped a hole through the regional government building of Mykolayiv early Tuesday, the region’s governor said at least 12 people died....

On Saturday, the ISW said that the Ukrainian General Staff claimed that Moscow-backed forces were repelled near Bakhmut in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. The report said assaults on towns and villages within 13 miles of the city had been pushed back, citing Russian blogs written by military service members or milbloggers. “A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces also continued assaulting Ukrainian fortifications near Bakhmut, where they are reportedly having minor tactical successes....

Reznikov announced Tuesday evening on Twitter that the Ukrainian military has received four more High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), which have previously been used to upend Russia’s war effort. Also on the way are National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS), which Ukrainian officials have sought to protect against Russian missiles and drones. The announcement comes amid a wave of Russian missile strikes targeting Ukrainian cities. “A new era of air defence has begun in [Ukraine],” Reznikov said on Twitter....

Russia said the attack would happen at a train station in the eastern city of Lozova. “To this end, battalion of the 19th Separate Missile Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will soon launch a Tochka-U attack on an area of refugees concentration at the railway station in Lozova,” Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed on Friday. “The missiles will be launched from Staromikhailovka direction to simulate a strike from the territory allegedly controlled by the Russian Armed Forces and Donetsk People’s Republic formations,” the ministry said....

Multiple explosions were heard in Ukrainian cities like Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odessa after Russian president Vladimir Putin launched a military operation on Thursday. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba described the operation as a “full-scale invasion” of Ukraine. While nations like the US, UK and France have condemned the attack by Russia, people in Ukraine have expressed their concern over the current state of affairs. Elina Svitolina appeared speechless at the news of the invasion and tweeted a crying emoji....