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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Is Canelo Alvarez a top-100 fighter of all time? Boxing experts differ on his legacy  Yahoo Sports Source link

Former UFC fighter Anthony “Rumble” Johnson died Sunday at 38. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, who went 13-6 in the UFC from 2007 through 2017 and compiled a 23-6 overall MMA record, died Sunday at age 38. The cause of death was organ failure due to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, which is a rare disorder of the immune system. Johnson competed in the UFC at welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight, and was… Source link

Nate Diaz once smoked a joint at a UFC news conference. He once left a broken down contract negotiation at company headquarters and relieved himself outside next to a garbage bin. He once brilliantly submitted an opponent with a triangle choke while shooting his middle fingers at the live broadcast cameras — “double fingers and a fully locked triangle,” shouted broadcaster Joe Rogan. He once, along with Jorge Masvidal, inspired the UFC to create the one-time “Baddest… Source link

Dana White did not appreciate his ‘fun’ interview with GQ being taken out of context. (Photo by Amy Kaplan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) UFC president Dana White hadn’t had a great rant in a while, but that changed on Tuesday during a 23-minute interview with Yahoo Sports. White erupted when asked about comments he made about fighter pay during a video last week with GQ. For the interview, GQ gave White questions from Twitter and he answered them. Most were innocuous — one asked if he… Source link

A J-16 fighter jet in Changchun, China, in 2019.STR/AFP via Getty Images A Chinese jet cut in front of an Australian plane and fired debris into its engine, officials said. Australia’s defense ministry said the incident happened on May 26 over international waters. Chinese aircraft regularly “buzz” or try to interfere with foreign aircraft near their airspace. A Chinese fighter jet veered in front of an Australian military plane and fired off a cloud of debris that entered its engine,… Source link

Photo credit: Ukrainian General Staff/Facebook Russia’s war in Ukraine is not going well, and this week brought even more bad news for Moscow: the loss of one of the country’s most advanced fighter jets. Ukraine’s military shared photos on social media showing the wreckage of an Su-35S multi-role fighter jet, the first lost in the war. Ukraine’s aging air defense network allegedly shot down the fighter, often characterized as a fifth-generation fighter … just without the stealth…. Source link

Jake Paul is 3-0 as a boxer. He remains 0-0 against actual boxers. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images for Triller) Jake Paul’s boxing career keeps on growing, and now he has his fastest win yet. The YouTube star defeated UFC fighter Ben Askren by knockout in the first round of a Triller Fight Club event on Saturday, laying out the mixed martial artist with a hard right rook. Askren managed to get to his feet, but referee Brian Stutts decided to end the fight despite Askren pleading his case. The… Source link

In a year unlike any other in recent memory, the 2020 Yahoo Sports Fighter of the Year in boxing is a man unlike any other. There was no elite high-end fighter who put together multiple impressive wins in 2020. The 10 men who make up the Yahoo Sports’ pound-for-pound fought a combined total of nine times. Only No. 10 Shakur Stevenson fought twice, and No. 7 Manny Pacquiao and No. 9 Artur Beterbiev did not compete. And so it’s a lot harder to come up with a clear choice for Fighter of the… Source link

Globe Newswire Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S: Transactions in connection with share buy-back programme Company Announcement No. 48/2020  Copenhagen, 28 December 2020 Transactions in connection with share buy-back programme On 28 August 2020, Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (“STG”) announced that a share buy-back programme of an aggregated price of up to DKK 300 million was launched with the purpose to adjust the Company’s capital structure and meet obligations relating to the… Source link

When the bell sounded to begin the fifth round of the main event of the final pay-per-view card of 2020, much hung in the balance for both Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno, as well as mixed martial arts together. The possibility existed at that moment that the final round could determine the winner of the bout, the holder of the UFC flyweight championship as well as the 2020 Fighter of the Year. Earlier that night, though, another fighter entered the cage with a chance to do historic… Source link