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The Many Crypto Schemes of Khabib Nurmagomedov
As UFC champion, Khabib built a brand on humility, faith, and denouncing vices like gambling. His brand is now repeatedly deployed to legitimize…
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Chris Dalby
Ultimate Resistance
World Ultimate Frisbee players are mounting an unprecedented protest, warning that Israel’s participation—bolstered by IDF soldiers on the roster—could…
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Shireen Ahmed
Kadyrov turned his MMA fight club into a war machine—what happens after he dies?
Kadyrov's MMA empire is a farming system for his private militia, now fighting in Ukraine. Yet with reports of his failing health, what happens to this…
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Karim Zidan
Fascist Fight Clubs in Trumpland
Sports Politika has identified more than 130 neo-Nazi fight clubs around the world. Some of these fight clubs are rallying in support of Trump's…
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Karim Zidan
How Chechnya’s warlord extinguished a UFC fighter’s star
Khamzat Chimaev, once a UFC golden boy, has now been reduced to a glorified propagandist for Ramzan Kadyrov, banned from entering the US and with his…
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Karim Zidan
How Andrew Tate profits off MMA and Islam
With the support of UFC champions and a legion of young Muslim men, the self-styled misogynist continues to weaponize both faith and fighting for…
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Karim Zidan
Steven Seagal and the art of the grift
From dancing with dictators to becoming Putin's pet, the d-list actor has spent the last few decades making friends with some of the world's most…
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Karim Zidan
The Kremlin-backed boxing federation fuelling the Imane Khelif scandal
The allegations against Algerian boxer Imane Khelif were sparked by the IBA, a boxing organization led by a man with connections to Putin and the…
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Karim Zidan
Israel’s Olympic Soldiers
At least 30 Israeli Olympians have publicly supported the Gaza war. Some even have served as IDF spokespeople, effectively as symbolizing Israel’s hard…
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Karim Zidan
The rise and fall of Khabib Nurmagomedov
Once a UFC star and one of the most popular Muslim athletes alive, Khabib Nurmagomedov is now facing an existential to his legacy. So how exactly did…
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Karim Zidan
Blood, Sweat, Hate: MMA's festering neo-Nazi problem
Extremists are using the sport’s counter-culture mystique to radicalize disenfranchised young men and to provide them a shared space to spread hate…
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Karim Zidan
How a UFC star was banned from entering the United States
The UFC reportedly wanted Khamzat Chimaev to headline UFC 300. However, the Chechen fighter is unable to enter the US due to his connections with…
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Karim Zidan
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