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USA Today
5 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Jamahal Hill understands Jiri Prochazka declining UFC title shot for unexpected reason
Jamahal Hill understands Jiri Prochazka declining UFC title shot for unexpected reason Jamahal Hill respects Jiri Prochazka's decision to prioritize his university studies over a UFC title shot. Manager Tim Simpson confirmed that his client, Prochazka, was approached about challenging light heavyweight champion Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 317 on June 28, but he declined due to upcoming exams he had to prepare for at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. Hill (12-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC), who was knocked out by Prochazka in his most recent fight at UFC 311 in January, was asked what he thought of his decision. "I believe that he's a man of certain principles and morals and things like that," Hill told Inside Fighting of Prochazka. "If he's not willing to bypass those, if he feels this is important for something that he needs to do before he returns, I applaud him. If you have something you stand for, and you stand on it, I support you 100 percent. "If that's what he feels he needs to do before he gets back to this lane because fighting isn't guaranteed, fighting isn't forever. Now is the best time to put yourself in a position to where you can still live the life you want to live, make the money you want to make, and all these things after." Former champion Hill will look to rebound when he meets Khalil Rountree (13-6 MMA, 9-6 UFC) on June 21 in the UFC on ABC 8 headliner from Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Jiri Passed On Title Fight For Exams?!
We always imagined being a UFC matchmaker must be like herding cats, and the past few weeks is proof of that. Islam Makhachev vs. Ilia Topuria was arguably the biggest fight the UFC could have booked for UFC 317. But because Makhachev has different ideas about his future and legacy, he decided to vacate the lightweight title and sit out until the end of the year so he can fight Jack Della Maddalena for the welterweight title. Advertisement Now Topuria will fight Charles Oliveira for the 155 pound strap at International Fight Week card in Las Vegas. The card also could have featured Jiri Prochazka, potentially in a light heavyweight title fight against champion Magomed Ankalaev. Normally, the 'Czech Samurai' is prepared to emerge from the woods and fight at the drop of a hat if it gets him a step closer to the belt. But when the UFC offered him a spot on UFC 317, he turned them down. 'We had one offer for a match, but everything is being postponed because of school,' Prochazka's coach Matin Karaivanov told 'Once he finishes it, we will continue negotiations.' Jiri is currently attending Masaryk University in Brno where he's working on a Security and Strategic Studies degree, and the finals are in June. Advertisement Now we're left wondering what fight Prochazka passed up to focus on his schoolwork. Recently, Ankalaev claimed on X (formerly Twitter) that the UFC offered him a fight on the June pay-per-view card, just days after his rival Alex Pereira's X account featured a 'hacked' message. 'If they want to play with me, we can do that,' the message read. 'I've never spoken poorly of the UFC but with what I've just heard I'm disheartened. I've already had thoughts of not fighting anymore, and after what was just relayed to me this may be the start.' We have reports that Ankalaev vs. Pereira was indeed proposed by the UFC as a potential main event for UFC 317, but Pereira wasn't willing to take the pivotal rematch on short notice. While this is just speculation, could the UFC have then gone to Prochazka about fighting Ankalaev? Whatever happened behind the scenes to make UFC 317's main event finally come together just shows you how crazy it must be trying to book all these fights. You've got champions turning down superfights and challengers turning down potential title fights for a hundred different reasons. Advertisement If you're wondering why it's a struggle for some fights to get booked, this is it. The UFC has over 600 people they're wrangling, and each one is pulling in their own direction. More from
Mint
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Mint
Putin Hosts Leaders to Mark 1945 Victory as His War Drags On
President Vladimir Putin is hosting Russia's celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The outcome of the war he started in Ukraine remains far from certain. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico are among leaders from more than 20 countries who'll join Putin at the annual May 9 Victory Day parade of troops and military equipment on Moscow's Red Square, according to the Kremlin. Leaders from Egypt, Venezuela, Cuba, Vietnam and Zimbabwe will also attend, along with those of former Soviet states such as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The Soviet Union's victory at the cost of 27 million lives in what's known as the Great Patriotic War from 1941 to 1945 is etched in the shared memory of families across the former Communist superpower, including in Ukraine and Russia. The Kremlin has increasingly sought to co-opt that common history to rally public support for Putin's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, by falsely casting the government in Kyiv as dominated by 'fascists' and presenting Russian soldiers as descendants of the troops who fought the Nazis. That's even as it was Russia that sparked Europe's worst conflict since WWII by attacking Ukraine and occupying part of its territory. While Russians recall the WWII sacrifice to defeat Adolf Hitler with 'horror and pride,' Putin's commemorations 'are a far-fetched way to justify the current aggression,' said Andrey Zubov, a Russian historian who's currently a visiting professor at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. 'If he'd conquered Ukraine in two weeks, there'd have been no appeals to the Second World War,' Zubov said. 'Since he couldn't, he tries to lean on it.' Putin has announced a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine starting Thursday for the WWII anniversary, after rebuffing US President Donald Trump's attempts to secure a longterm deal to halt the war within the first 100 days of his return to the White House. The impasse has led to mounting frustration in the Trump administration, which has threatened to walk away from talks and consider fresh sanctions on Russia unless an agreement is reached soon. Talk of a summit between Trump and Putin, with Saudi Arabia possibly hosting, has faded as peace negotiations have stalled. There has also been silence on proposals announced in a February phone call for the two leaders to visit each other's countries. Russia invited US Ambassador to Moscow Lynne Tracy to the May 9 parade though it's unclear if she will come, Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned that Ukraine can't guarantee the safety of foreign officials attending the parade. He has called on Russia to accept a 30-day truce, and hasn't committed to reciprocate the 72-hour ceasefire Putin declared. Putin and Xi began bilateral talks on Thursday as they seek to upend the US-led world order in favor of a multipolar one. Russia and China have 'a fully fledged partnership and strategic interests,' Putin said. China will 'resolutely defend' its interests as well as those of Russia and other developing countries, Xi said. Chinese troops are expected to march alongside Russian soldiers on Red Square on Friday, the latest demonstration of the 'no limits' friendship the two leaders declared shortly before Russia's invasion of Ukraine began. Armies from 13 countries will join the parade, though North Korean troops won't be among them, according to Ushakov. That's after Putin last week thanked North Korea for sending soldiers to help Russian troops oust Ukrainian forces occupying part of Russia's Kursk border region. Fico, the only European Union leader planning to attend, complained late Wednesday that Estonia wouldn't allow his plane to fly through its airspace to Russia. He called it a 'deliberate attempt to thwart his visit to Moscow' in a video statement and said he was working on a solution. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev canceled his planned visit to Moscow in order to attend events in his own country, while Laos President Thongloun Sisoulith also pulled out after falling ill with Covid, the Tass news service reported, citing Ushakov. While Europe marks the WWII victory on May 8, 1945, the formal Nazi German surrender came into force early on May 9 in Moscow. Zelenskiy in 2023 signed a law switching Ukraine's remembrance date to May 8, aligning with European allies. Russia and Ukraine continued air strikes against each other's capitals ahead of Putin's truce, with Moscow and its suburbs facing Ukrainian drone attacks three times this week. Russian officials have advised that Internet access in Moscow may be restricted as part of security measures, and residents reported disruptions to service during rehearsals for the Red Square parade. The Trump administration has said it's willing to recognize Russian possession of Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Putin seized from Ukraine in 2014, and has proposed a freeze in the war largely along current battle lines, handing Moscow effective control of occupied Ukrainian territory. It has also indicated it'll ease sweeping economic sanctions on Russia, and has accepted Putin's demands for Ukraine to abandon its aim of joining NATO. Russian authorities consider 'the advantage is on their side' and are in no hurry to reach a deal, said Mikhail Vinogradov, head of the St. Petersburg Politics Foundation. 'Russia is ready for a political settlement provided its interests are taken into account,' said Andrey Sushentsov, dean of the School of International Relations at the state-run MGIMO University in Moscow. 'But it's also ready to achieve its goals by military means regardless of external pressure.' Putin is insisting that Russia gain full control of four regions of eastern and southern Ukraine that it doesn't completely occupy under any deal to end the war. 'Russia seemingly remains committed to its maximalist plans in Ukraine,' said Maria Snegovaya, a senior fellow for Russia and Eurasia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. 'Putin's most likely course of action is to continue procrastinating the talks to avoid fully annoying Donald Trump while intensifying his pressure on Ukraine.' Recent surveys by the independent Levada Center show around 60% of Russians support peace talks with about 30% in favor of continuing the fighting, according to Denis Volkov, director of the pollster in Moscow. While public fatigue with the war is growing, a majority believes decisions on negotiations should be left to Putin, he said. 'Russian authorities are doing everything to maintain a sense of normalcy,' and the conflict has receded into the background of daily life for most people, Volkov said.
Jordan News
20-03-2025
- Health
- Jordan News
Blood Type of People More Susceptible to Tick Bites - Jordan News
Blood Type of People More Susceptible to Tick Bites Scientists from Masaryk University in the Czech Republic have discovered that individuals with certain blood types are more prone to tick bites than others. اضافة اعلان According to the *Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine*, the researchers at the university conducted a study to identify the chemical and biological factors that explain why ticks are attracted to some people more than others. Among the factors studied was the impact of human blood type. In the study, scientists isolated a group of *Ixodes ricinus* ticks in a laboratory environment and allowed them access to blood samples from various blood types. The results showed that the ticks were consistently attracted to blood type A (II). After repeating the experiment more than 100 times, the ticks showed a similar response. The researchers pointed out that ticks are small insects that people may encounter while outdoors or in areas with high humidity. These insects can transmit dangerous parasites to humans, such as the tick-borne encephalitis virus, which can affect the central nervous system and potentially cause disability or death in some cases. Symptoms of tick-borne encephalitis include fever, nausea, headache, light sensitivity, and severe drowsiness. It may sometimes present as seizures or loss of consciousness. Tick bites can also lead to "Lyme disease," a bacterial infection identifiable by the appearance of red spots on the skin that expand and itch. After a few days, symptoms of Lyme disease appear, such as fever, headaches, limb pain, muscle cramps, and difficulty speaking. -- *
South China Morning Post
30-01-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Ice swimmer will keep attending international meets to show ‘Hong Kong is here'
Competitive ice swimmer Mak Chun-kong might not be as fast as he was when he first started seven years ago, but he has vowed to keep showing up at international competitions to show the world 'that Hong Kong is here'. Mak, who is Hong Kong's only competitive ice swimmer, competed in six events in Molveno at the IISA 6th World Championships, which attracted more than 700 swimmers. The 38-year-old travelled from his home in the Czech Republic to northern Italy, leaving behind his eight-month-old son because representing Hong Kong was deeply 'sentimental' to him. 'It's important for me that people still see the 'HKG' … I want them to see that Hong Kong is here, and I feel happy when there are swimmers from different countries coming over to me and telling me stories about Hong Kong,' Mak said. Mak Chun-kong said he was disappointed with his time in the 1000m freestyle race in Molveno. Photo: Mak Chun-kong Mak, who is a part-time Cantonese teacher at the Masaryk University in Brno and a freelance English tutor, competed in the 100-, 250- and 500-metres freestyle as well as the 50m and 100m butterfly, and 200m individual medley in water that was 1 degrees Celsius (34 degrees Fahrenheit). 'I was a bit disappointed when I got out of the water and looked at the time – I haven't been that slow for years,' he said of the 1,000m freestyle, which he completed in 18 minutes, 31.61 seconds.
