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After amassing a 7-1 record following his TUF 15 finale loss to Michael Chiesa, Iaquinta hit pause on his promising career. Coming off his biggest victory to date — a split decision win over Jorge Masvidal made memorable by Iaquinta cussing out fans in Fairfax, Virgina for booing during his post-fight interview — the Serra-Longo Fight Team member stopped competing and turned his focus to real estate, frustrated with his contract situation with the UFC and certain he could make the same or better money by selling Long Island bungalows....

Giga Chikadze and Daniel Rodriguez have both been rewarded for their success, whilst three fighters have fallen out of the rankings altogether. Giga Chikadze was on the winning side of UFC Vegas 35’s main event. He shocked many by knocking out UFC veteran Edson Barboza in emphatic fashion. Previously ranked at No.10, Chikadze now moves into the No.8 spot in the UFC featherweight rankings, with his next win likely to propel him right into the top-five....

Fresh off his second third-round stoppage win over Jose Aldo in seven months, the reigning champ had already booked his next fight — a showdown with perennial contender Frankie Edgar — and was saying all the right things about remaining active, defending his title against all comers and clearing up the cloudiness that hung over the division throughout Conor McGregor’s reign and into Aldo’s second stint as champion. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year...

In case you didn’t know… Becky Lynch is quite arguably the hottest star in all of WWE today, having recently developed a new attitude since turning heel on her best friend Charlotte Flair at SummerSlam, 2018. Lynch, who shortly afterward, won the SmackDown Women’s Title by beating Flair, has been engaged in a heated feud with former UFC Champion and current Raw Women’s Champion, Ronda Rousey. The two respective champions have been going back-and-forth over on social media for quite some time and despite their scheduled Survivor Series match being scrapped, Lynch and Rousey have continued to show signs of a blood intense feud....

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine shared an update Friday on alleged war crimes recorded between October 7 and 14. A total of 1,884 alleged war crimes were recorded in Ukraine during that time, the prosecutor general’s office said. The number brings the updated tally of alleged war crimes since the war began to 40,040, according to an infographic officials shared on social media. More than 17,600 alleged crimes against national security have also been recorded since late February....

According to Reuters, thousands of people rushed to a train that had pulled up in the station. In an attempt to prevent injuries, the warning shots were fired, resulting in the crowd dispersing. The panic comes as the possibility of a Russian invasion of Kyiv becomes more likely due to mounting attacks. “You can see, it’s dangerous to break through the crowd with a kid,” one woman with her family told Reuters....

The blaze left one victim hospitalized and 12 people needing treatment at the scene when it struck a home in Boadilla del Monte, near the Spanish capital Madrid, on July 14. First responders on the scene entered the burning building after the property owner confirmed that there were people inside. Civil Guard cops had to grope along the walls and eventually accessed a room where one adult and two children were cowering in fear....

The Ulefone Armor 10 is a solid (literally) mid-range phone, that should serve you well for a few years. It’s not going to suit everyone, but if you’re tired of constantly worrying about delicate electronics in the great outdoors, the Armor 10 means you can still enjoy some of the modern luxuries like multiple camera sensors and a large screen. The extended battery life also means you can spend less time worrying about where the next charge will come from....

Mumbai Khiladis were on a three-match winning streak heading into their battle against the Odisha Juggernauts last night (August 27) in Pune. However, they could not continue their winning momentum as they suffered a 37-60 loss at the hands of the Odisha-based franchise. Earlier in the day, fans witnessed a match between the Chennai Quick Guns and the Rajasthan Warriors. Rajasthan fans would have hoped for a few points in the Ultimate Kho Kho 2022 points table, but the Warriors’ tally continues to remain zero after their seventh consecutive defeat....

For those who don’t follow college basketball, the No. 16 seed University of Maryland-Baltimore County recently managed to achieve what is arguably the greatest and most significant upset in the history of the NCAA Tournament, by beating their No. 1 seed opponents of the University of Virginia by an incredibly wide margin of 20 points. As seen in the video footage below from a post-game Q&A recorded by Mark Armstrong of WTVD-TV, Durham, N....

Yadav has revealed the reason behind his inspired spell in the second innings of the Dharamsala. While speaking to bcci.tv, Yadav conceded that the Australian team, in a way, gave him as to how to go about his plans on day 3. “The way their pacers were bowling bouncers, especially Pat Cummins, the plan in the second innings was to bowl as many bouncers as possible”. In case you didn’t know… The combination of Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar turned on the heat on the Australian batsmen in the Dharamsala Test, especially in the second innings, with the duo extracting considerable bounce of the pitch and stifling the batsmen....

Following the launch, the UN Security Council announced that it would hold an emergency meeting to discuss possible sanctions against North Korea for flouting the international body’s pre-existing sanctions forbidding it from developing weapons. “Each new advancement of the DPRK’s (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s) weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs destabilizes the region and threatens international peace and security,” Thomas-Greenfield said in a statement issued Wednesday....

“The secretary-general has just arrived in Rio de Janeiro where he will attend the opening of the Olympic Games and participate in the Olympic torch relay tomorrow (Friday),” Xinhua news agency quoted Dujarric as saying on Thursday. “He will soon be paying a visit to the Olympic Village, and meet the Refugee Olympic Team,” the spokesman said. The Olympic torch arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday by boat after a three-month tour of Brazilian cities....

Nelson (13-0-1), who started his MMA career with a draw, has reeled off 13 straight wins. A victory Saturday will surely vault him into the UFC’s top ten. Though Nelson hasn’t taken on the best of the competition, a fighter can beat only the one in front of him, so don’t underestimate his ability based on previous opponents. However, this will undoubtedly be his toughest test. Story (17-8-0) has been in with top competition and sports wins over current welterweight champion Johny Hendricks and always-tough Jake Ellenberger....

UFC Vegas 23 looks like a pretty solid card overall, with a high-level main event and a number of exciting prospects on the undercard. So would the fighters deliver when the UFC returns to its APEX facility? Here are the predicted outcomes for UFC Vegas 23: Marvin Vettori vs Kevin Holland. #1 UFC Middleweight division: Marvin Vettori vs Kevin Holland This fight should have seen Vettori taking on Darren Till in what would’ve been a major opportunity for the Italian....

He has rightfully taken a long time off and is back in training and ready to go sooner than we expect. Garbrandt caught up with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto in the Team Alpha Male training center, where he has reportedly resumed sparring and is recovering well from his injuries. According to Okamoto, he’s returning around March or April, which means that he’ll have taken a full year off before returning. He further stated in a tweet that Garbrandt will be doing a part of his camp on the East Coast:...

Supermassive continues developing installments in its anthology franchise, which features new characters in new circumstances each game. Its latest, House of Ashes, will now be followed by The Devil in Me, starring Jessie Buckley from A24’s Men. But while excitement for these games persists, one fan has devised a crossover concept for a game they would like to see from Supermassive that would take on a popular children’s cartoon and perhaps reimagine it to be much more horrifying as an interactive drama....

The photos showed the man taped around the pole at an AMIC petrol station. Police cars can be seen parked in the background. Another picture from the scene showed a man speaking to the alleged looter. This punishment was intended to humiliate the alleged looter as Ukrainians deal with lawlessness following the Russian invasion, according to a Mail Online report. Other individuals who have attempted to take advantage of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine have faced similar punishments....

The Pentagon “concurs” with reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not being fully informed by his Ministry of Defense of the situation in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has played down hopes of a breakthrough in talks between Kyiv and Moscow in Istanbul. President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the U. S. intends to provide the Ukrainian government with $500 million in direct budgetary aid during a call Wednesday....

The Mariupol City Council had said the cease-fire would last from from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. local time (3 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET), according to a post on Telegram. Civilians were to evacuate the city along an agreed route from 12 p.m. local time (5 a.m. ET). The city council’s post said that people would be able to leave the city by personal transport by following the route of the humanitarian corridor, moving in a column of municipal transport....