Giga Chikadze has an opponent and date for his return to the cage. The UFC featherweight contender has been booked to take on Sodiq Yusuff at a UFC Fight Night set to go down on Sept. 17. The location for the event hast yet to be announced. The news of the matchup was announced by the promotion during Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 39 broadcast. Related UFC selects Giga Chikadze for 2022 Forrest Griffin Community Award Chikadze (14-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) is coming off his first professinal loss in the UFC…. Source link
Read More »Twitter vows legal fight after Musk pulls out of $44 billion deal
By Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) – Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world’s richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter because the social media company had breached multiple provisions of the merger agreement. Twitter’s chairman, Bret Taylor https://twitter.com/btaylor/status/1545526087089696768?s=20&t=7sx_IvK_zZkztdHdh8pwQQ, said on the micro-blogging platform that the board planned to pursue legal action to enforce the merger… Source link
Read More »Sean O’Malley fight ends after Pedro Munhoz says eye poke left him seeing black
Sean O’Malley and Pedro Munhoz both came up empty-handed at UFC 276. The bantamweight bout ended in a no contest after an inadvertent eye poke from O’Malley (15-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) rendered Munhoz (19-7 MMA, 9-7 UFC) unable to see out of his right eye. The stoppage came at the 3:09 mark of Round 2. The fight opened up the UFC 276 main card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Prior to the stoppage, the fight played out as a technical striking match with both men patient. Munhoz landed his signature… Source link
Read More »Google to pay $90 million to settle legal fight with app developers
The logo of Google is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google has agreed to pay $90 million to settle a legal fight with app developers over the money they earned creating apps for Android smartphones and for enticing users to make in-app purchases, according to a… Source link
Read More »Adrian Peterson, Le’Veon Bell to fight in exhibition
Adrian Peterson will fight in an exhibition boxing match against Le’Veon Bell next month. (Abbie Parr/Getty Images) Why not, right? Adrian Peterson and Le’Veon Bell are getting into the boxing game next month. The two former NFL running backs will square off in a heavyweight boxing exhibition at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on July 30, according to ESPN’s Mike Coppinger. The fight will take place ahead of the YouTuber bout between Austin McBroom and AnEsonGib. The fight is just an… Source link
Read More »Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is flush with funds to fight the ‘silent thief’ of inflation: How he’s using it
The inflation challenge facing America’s governors has coincided with a somewhat opposite trend: state budgets that are flush following a period of better than expected tax revenues and ample coronavirus assistance from Washington, DC. Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), one of many governors in that situation, says his budget forecast shows $15 billion more than expected — and that windfall can fight inflation, he said. The governor signed a budget this week with a mix of tax cuts and… Source link
Read More »Dana White suggests Nate Diaz go fight Jake Paul
Sit down and get ready to hear some shocking news: Nate Diaz is not happy with the UFC. OK, maybe that isn’t very shocking. Maybe it’s been the intermittent status quo for months if not years, and Diaz is once again pushing for the UFC to either give him the fight he wants or let him find that fight for himself. Diaz kicked off his latest public dispute with the promotion on Monday when he tweeted a public demand to be either given a fight in July or August or to release him from his contract…. Source link
Read More »Google resolves French fight over payment to publishers
PARIS, June 21 (Reuters) – Alphabet unit Google (GOOGL.O) has made commitments to resolve a dispute in France over copyright for content used online, the country’s antitrust authority said on Tuesday. Google, owned by Alphabet, also dropped its appeal against a 500 million euro ($528 million) fine and paid it, the authority said. read more The decision brings to an end its investigation against Google, which has agreed to hold talks with news agencies and other publishers to pay for the use… Source link
Read More »Eddie Wineland retires after UFC on ESPN 37 loss; Dana White praises ‘fight anyone’ approach
Eddie Wineland made his retirement official after his knockout loss to Cody Stamann at UFC on ESPN 37. Wineland (24-16-1 MMA, 6-10 UFC) suffered a third consecutive first-round stoppage defeat and dropped his fifth fight in his past six outings Saturday when Stamann (20-5-1 MMA, 6-4-1 UFC) blitzed him for a quick finish in their bantamweight matchup at Moody Center in Austin, Texas. The former WEC champion and onetime interim UFC title challenger took his gloves off inside the octagon after… Source link
Read More »‘This pea brain is the biggest fight of your life’
Jorge Masvidal is doing his best to entice Conor McGregor into a fight. After lobbing some harsh criticism toward the Irishman over the weekend, McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) took to social media on Monday and fired back at Masvidal (35-16 MMA, 12-9 UFC). McGregor tweeted then deleted saying Masvidal is “an absolute pigeon brain” and is “stupid beyond belief” (via Twitter): An absolute pigeon brain this guy is. Stupid beyond belief. Unsurprisingly, the insult from the former two-division… Source link
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