Miles

a guy who writes random haikus.

[Miles @RandomHaikuGuy]

@MMAJunkie Garry wins by split decision and gains zero fans and loses zero fans.

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

I wonder what that Donald Trump would have said about his own new deal with Iran…

[Miguel Class @MigClass]

It was this uppercut a minute and a half into round one that really hurt Topuria's eye

[Miles @RandomHaikuGuy]

@JedKMeshew Imagine Ilia lost that one too. What a fall.

[Jed Meshew II @JedKMeshew]

Whenever Topuria does come back, this is the fight right here.

[Miles @RandomHaikuGuy]

@dcsandbrook Looks like that wonky bookcase finally collapsed

[Miles @RandomHaikuGuy]

@jedigoodman Is that a UFC 6 graphic?

[Miles @RandomHaikuGuy]

@piersmorgan I’m a massive fan of Al Carns. But I’m not sure about the use of emojis for posting his resignation letter. Bit noddy.

[Miles @RandomHaikuGuy]

@jedigoodman Why’s cricket catching strays??

[Miles @RandomHaikuGuy]

@Arnoldbfa Ok. But next you’ll be buying and wearing some M&S khaki slacks.

[Saad Yousuf @SaadYousuf126]

the fact he may carve out time to attend two basketball games merely weeks after saying he didn’t have time to attend his own son’s wedding is objectively hilarious 😂

[Miles @RandomHaikuGuy]

@benfowlkesMMA The fact that Bisping has said multiple times how scared he was of losing his sight too. But because he was lucky Tom should risk it to? Bizarre.

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

Hey Siri: what would Vladimir Putin do?

[Danny (Dennis) Citrinowicz ,داني سيترينوفيتش @citrinowicz]

Trump's candid remarks are extremely important for understanding the current debate over Iran's nuclear program.

First, Trump is effectively acknowledging that there is no realistic military solution to the most critical aspect of Iran's nuclear challenge: its stockpile of enriched uranium, particularly the roughly 440 kilograms enriched to 60% purity.

Second, while it may be theoretically possible to remove or secure this material through military action, the practical realities are far more daunting. Any such operation would entail substantial risks to U.S. forces, including casualties, hostage scenarios, and the possibility of a prolonged military commitment. For a president highly sensitive to the political costs of military losses, the shadow of Operation Eagle Claw, the failed 1980 hostage rescue mission that damaged Jimmy Carter's presidency, still looms large.

As a result, Washington is left with two deeply problematic options.

The first is a negotiated agreement with Tehran that would involve diluting, exporting, or otherwise neutralizing the enriched uranium stockpile as part of a broader framework that freezes and significantly constrains Iran's nuclear program. The political price, however, would likely be sanctions relief and a measure of economic and political stabilization for a regime that both Israel and the United States were openly seeking to weaken only months ago.

The second option is essentially strategic containment: maintain intelligence surveillance over the nuclear material and rely on the assumption that intelligence penetration is sufficient to provide warning if Iran decides to move toward weaponization. Yet this approach carries its own risks. Nearly a year after the confrontation with Israel, international monitoring remains severely degraded. The IAEA no longer has meaningful access to key enrichment sites, and visibility into Iran's activities is far below what it was before the crisis.

The bottom line is that Trump is implicitly admitting that there is no straightforward military answer to the Iranian nuclear problem. Destroying facilities is one thing; securing or removing hundreds of kilograms of highly enriched uranium is something else entirely. Such a mission would resemble a major military occupation rather than a conventional strike, with unprecedented operational, political, and strategic risks. Given Iran's ability to target forces involved in such an operation, it is far from clear that any U.S. president would be willing to authorize it.

The challenge, however, is that the alternatives are hardly reassuring. Reaching an agreement with a regime increasingly dominated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is difficult. At the same time, intelligence monitoring alone may prove insufficient, particularly as many in Tehran have drawn the lesson that only a credible nuclear deterrent can prevent future Israeli military action.

In that sense, the Iranian nuclear issue has not disappeared despite two major military confrontations. If anything, it has become more
acute.

#iran

[Miles @RandomHaikuGuy]

@jedigoodman I need Ariel’s supplement list dude is staying put in his aging journey

[Miles @RandomHaikuGuy]

@AndyTFE I’m gonna have to ask Gemini for a summary; I’m not reading all that.

[Ariel Helwani @arielhelwani]

It was starting to look like we were heading toward a landscape where the UFC was basically the only major player in MMA.

Now, with the reemergence of Scott Coker, MVP’s commitment to MMA, and the PFL restructuring, we’re suddenly looking at a 2027 where there may be four major U.S. players in the sport.

To me, that’s great news for fighters, managers, and coaches.

Competition raises the bar for everyone, and I’m not saying any of these promotions should try to compete directly with the UFC. That would be foolish.

But having more places for fighters to negotiate with is a net positive for the sport.

[Miles @RandomHaikuGuy]

@benfowlkesMMA Apathy to this stuff will be incredibly dangerous

[Ben Fowlkes @benfowlkesMMA]

At this point stuff like this is only newsworthy because it tells us they don’t even feel the need to do a single thing to hide the corruption. It’s such an every day thing and they’re entirely confident they’ll keep getting away with it.