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Trending:Daniel Cormier doubts Dricus du Plessis gets next middleweight title shot due to history with Sean StricklandThe Octagon headed to Serbia for today’s UFC Belgrade event, and four fighters wound up taking home performance bonuses. This afternoon’s event was headlined by a welterweight matchup between surging division contenders Uros Medic and Daniel Rodriguez. The contest proved to be a short-lived affair. Medic was able to rock Rodriguez in the early seconds with a 3-punch combination and then sent him crashing to the canvas with a body kick. From there, ‘The Doctor’ proceeded to land another kick to the body of…

On Episode 296 of The Menace Podcast, host Dennis James, along with his regular panelists Milos Sarcev and Chris Cormier, discussed the results of the 2026 Chengdu China Pro, where Iranian bodybuilder, Behrooz Tabani came out on top against the U.K.s James Hollingshead. Since the competition, fans and experts have weighed in on who they think should have won. Asking his panel to be “honest” rather than “nice,” host Dennis James wanted to get Chris Cormier’s take first. “I gotta say, I think it took its toll on Behrooz … looking so great for that many weeks,” said Cormier, who…

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Best Buy has installed a solar field at its distribution center in Dinuba, California, according to a July 16 press release. The field can generate about 5.87 million kilowatt-hours of electricity each year to power the facility, per the release. The field’s capacity would be enough to power 559 homes. The Dinuba site is the first distribution center within the electronics retailer’s network to feature a solar field, a company spokesperson told Supply Chain Dive in an email. The field is part…

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has presented his campaign against the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a defense of American sovereignty and U.S. service members. President Donald Trump supplied a more immediate explanation during a July 31 Cabinet meeting: “He is trying to defend Bibi and various other people, but there are many people that shouldn’t be looked at that way, but there is no indication that I’m one of them at this moment.” Rubio returned to hypothetical arrests of American service members decades from now, which could be viewed as an awkward pivot considering that Trump identified Netanyahu…

30 July 2026 – Rheinmetall has been awarded the contract to modernise the 143-meter-long frigate BAYERN at the end of the second quarter of 2026. The objective of the project is to ensure the operational readiness of the German Navy frigate, which entered service in 1996, until at least 2035 while adapting its capabilities to current operational requirements. The contract is valued in the mid-three-digit million euro range. As part of the service life extension program key systems of the frigate will undergo comprehensive modernisation at Rheinmetall’s Neue Jadewerft shipyard in Wilhelmshaven until 2029. The work includes the replacement of…

Is it a new day for Gaza? The US-led Board of Peace has announced an agreement that could lead to the disarmament of Hamas and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, nearly three years after Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack on Israel set off a conflict that shook the region and the world. Hamas officials have confirmed their acceptance of the deal, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to weigh in. The details are intricate, and the road ahead complicated. We turned to our experts to answer our burning questions about the agreement and its broader consequences.…

Crownstone Survival is a new strategy title from Level Infinite. It offers a world where humanity has been turned into stone by a mysterious curse known as “Eternity,” and you act as the savior. In this Crownstone Survival redeem code article, I’ll list all the codes available in the game that I found after extensive research and playing it for some hours. Crownstone Survival redeem codes and rewards According to the story, a thousand years after King Arthur awakened the curse by pulling the sword from the stone, you step into the role of a chosen survivor born with a resemblance…

Uros Medic just got made.On Saturday, the UFC made its debut in Serbia with UFC Belgrade, headlined by a top 15 welterweight showdown between Medic and Daniel Rodriguez. And in just 30 seconds, Medic sparked out Rodriguez, sending the crowd into an uproar and announcing himself as a bona fide star.Following Saturday’s big event at Belgrade Arena, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Jed Meshew react to Medic’s star-making performance over Rodriguez. Additionally, Mike and Jed discuss Navajo Stirling’s knockout win over Jan Blachowicz and what it means for the light heavyweight division, chat about the record-breaking number of finishes on…

Japan’s JASDF has begun flight testing the air-launched variant of the Upgraded Type 12 anti-ship missile on an F-2 fighter, boasting a 1,000 km stand-off range. On July 30, 2026, a Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-2 fighter aircraft was observed for the first time conducting a flight test while carrying a new air-to-surface anti-ship missile at Gifu Air Base in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. Naval News obtained pictures of the event from local spotter @306Z33. The aircraft belongs to the Air Development and Test Wing, a specialized JASDF unit responsible for testing new weapons and aircraft systems. The missile…

Hey folks, Fireside this week, as I am fresh back from a short family trip before the jaws of the Fall semester close upon me. I did get a chance to see Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and I wrote a review of it for Foreign Policy (alas, paywalled, I assume), although by far the most discussed review has been that of Emily Wilson, noted translator of Homer. I have a few scattered thoughts about the film that either didn’t fit into the FP piece or have been occasioned since then, which I thought I’d put here. Spoiler warnings, I suppose…