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Mitch McKee is diving into the deep end of the pool in his PFL debut when he battles Sergio Pettis in the PFL Chicago headliner this Saturday. On April 11th, McKee will take on a former Bellator MMA champion who has a sizable combative cache and a notable pugilistic pedigree. When offering up his thoughts about his first fight in PFL transpiring in a main event whereby he could vault toward a bantamweight title shot with a win over Pettis, McKee said [via Bowks Talking Bouts], “Yeah, I signed with PFL obviously this Fall and then had a different opponent…

The U.S. Navy announced the winners of its annual award recognizing excellence in food service among the branch’s vessels, boats and installations.The fiscal year 2026 Capt. Edward F. Ney Memorial Award was given to eight afloat and three ashore mess hall teams on Monday, according to an ALNAV administrative message.“These annual awards encourage excellence in Navy food service programs with the objective of improving the quality of life for our Navy personnel,” said an administrative message issued by Navy Secretary John Phelan.The service has made its troops’ nutrition a main priority over the last decade, specifically with the introduction of…

In 1994, U.S. Air Force’s Wright Laboratory in Ohio were pressing the bounds to the question: Fellas, is it gay to fight for your country?In the early aughts of the 1990s, the Pentagon was working on developing a whole host of non-lethal chemical weapons that would render an enemy force incapable of being anything other than … amorous or annoyed.Within a three-page declassified document came a blink-and-you-miss-it line positing using “Chemicals that effect human behavior so that morale and discipline in enemy units is adversely affected.”“One distasteful but completely non-lethal example,” it continued, “would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the…

Primary Arms Optics has released the SLx 1x MicroPrismT, a new version of the original best-selling SLx 1x MicroPrism built around an H1/T1-compatible mounting footprint. The H1/T1 interface is the most common red dot mounting standard on the market, so the MicroPrismT works out of the box with a broad selection of popular aftermarket mounts and risers. The MicroPrismT is available with all existing 1x MicroPrism reticles, including both ACSS Cyclops and ACSS Gemini with Red or Green illumination. Additionally, new to the lineup is the red-illuminated T-Dot, the first Red Dot Bright® (RDB) reticle in a Primary Arms prism…

Anthony Smith and Chase Sherman will go to war in bare knuckle MMA in a matter of hours and someone who has history inside the UFC cage with the latter has broken down the bout. Jorge Masvidal’s Gamebred Bare Knuckle MMA promotion returns with a pair of 16 man, $500 K tournaments for heavyweights and lightweights under gloveless mixed martial arts rules. The referenced fighter who has history with Chase Sherman is Parker Porter who earned a UFC win over the former when they clashed years back. With Masvidal’s promotion returning, Anthony Smith also returns from his short lived retirement…

Welcome to Midnight Mania!Let’s start the night off by taking a look back over the three biggest stories of Thursday, April 9, 2026.By Dana White standards, this feels like a fairly glowing endorsement of Arman Tsarukyan. Perhaps his title shot will materialize after all?I am already tired of the Josh Hokit experience.Josh Barnett — coach of UFC Bantamweight Victor Henry — accuses Bryce Mitchell of ducking his pupil:What percentage of UFC fighters have a story about nearly dying on the back of a motorcycle or dirt bike? It feels high.Prediction: 41-year-old Nicolas Dalby is going to out-work another younger opponent.Dan…

Universal basic income is an idea that hasn’t gained much traction, but South Korea on Thursday implemented a universal basic mobile data access scheme. The nation’s Ministry of Science announced the plan yesterday with a statement and a rather more interesting giant infographic that both explain the scheme will provide over seven million subscribers with unlimited downloads at just 400 kbps after their data allowances expire. South Korea’s dominant carriers, SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus, have agreed to the plan. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Science and ICT Bae Kyunghoon said the scheme is needed because citizens can’t…

FedEx has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing its pilots, in a new collective bargaining deal following years of intense negotiations.Both FedEx and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) union announced the deal in separate releases on April 8. The contract includes a nearly 40% hourly pay increase in 2026, with 3% annual increases starting in 2028. It will next need to be presented to the ALPA’s union board, known as the FedEx Master Executive Council (MEC). If the MEC approves it, the deal will then need to be ratified by FedEx’s rank-and-file pilots. “This tentative agreement reflects our…

Pull-ups remain the upper-body gold standard. They improve strength, give you wings, and help build bulging biceps to go along with increasing pulling power. But for many lifters, pull-ups have continued being a no-go in their programs. Maybe they find it difficult to get a single rep, or their shoulders or elbows start barking after a few reps. Sound familiar? Pull-ups are great, but if they’re a struggle, let’s take a step back before moving forward. Instead of grinding out half reps and hoping for the best, let’s build the strength, control, and technique that pull-ups demand. That’s where these…

Updated: 4:41 p.m. ET.To President Trump and his defense secretary, the herculean rescue of two downed airmen in hostile territory was further proof that the U.S. military has full control of the skies over Iran. But the actual situation remains complicated and dangerous, according to former military officials and defense experts who said painting a simple picture overlooks the weapons that downed the F-15E—and that still hold vast swaths of airspace at risk. On Easter Sunday, Trump said in a social media post that the daring recovery underscored that U.S. forces had “achieved overwhelming Air Dominance and Superiority over the Iranian skies.”…