The UFC isn't the only place breeding killers. Look at the trenches. 🌍🩸 The regional African scene is producing absolute monsters right now. #AfricanMMA#AfroCombat
Houston, we have a finish. 🚀🤠 Sean Strickland reminds the middleweight division why he’s top tier, finishing a surging Anthony Hernandez with a brutal 3rd-round TKO. Who’s next for DeSean? Link in bio for the full fight recap.
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Not that this will accomplish anything, since you people hit the "off" switch inside your brains once your religion is mentioned, but for the benefit of the roughly 9 teachable people left in Nigerja, here is what is REALLY happening around you:
1. China is winning the economic war with the US, and the US is aware that it can no longer compete industrially with China, which is already a larger economy than the US in PPP terms. The only reason the US economy is still nominally larger is that the US dollar remains wildly overvalued due to its use as the global reserve currency.
2. The rise of BRICS means that the end of the US dollar as global reserve currency is coming. Once that happens, the US economy will implode, because it is built on exporting USD and importing the world's productivity. Without the overvalued USD as an imperial tool for controlling and extracting from the rest of the planet, the US will basically become Brazil with nuclear warheads.
3. The Trump administration knows this, which is why it has gone into full imperial mode, renaming the DoD to "Department of War," and preparing to deploy the US military across Latin America as part of its 'Monroe Doctrine.' The idea is to secure land, resources, and spheres of influence to compete with China and Russia, since it is no longer the unilateral superpower.
4. In this new multipolar world whose birth you are witnessing, there will be 3 or 4 great powers instead of just one, and all of them will compete and jostle for influence and access to resources. That is what you are witnessing playing out in Nepal, Bangladesh, the Sahel, the Middle East, Venezuela, and many other places. Yes, there are local factors, but everything exists in this wider context of a world being reshaped in front of our eyes.
5. During this reshaping of the world, Africa - the only continent with a majority of its states professing 'nonalignment' with any great power - is the biggest prize that is up for grabs. All of tomorrow's technology, which guarantees economic and military supremacy is built on resources found in DR Congo, Northern Nigeria, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, Sudan and Somalia. (What unique security situation do all these places have in common?)
6.During this reshaping, "international institutions" are debased and made irrelevant. Bibi Netanyahu has an ICC arrest warrant that nobody will honour, and the US government sanctioned the ICC for issuing the warrant, even locking the ICC Chief Prosecutor out of his email and bank accounts. The UN has officially declared Gaza to be a genocide - and nothing happened. And nothing will happen because these "institutions" no longer have of the teeth they once pretended to have.
7. This means that the days of one state cooking up a reason to invade or annex another state - something expressly forbidden since 1945 - are now back. And since Africa has what everybody wants, any great power is now free to deploy a geopolitical meme ("Christian Genocide in Nigeria") and use it to justify invasion to take what it wants. In other words, colonialism is coming back - not IMF/World Bank, suit-wearing, conference-attending, Business-English-speaking, polite neo-colonialism, but open, obvious colonial theft and thuggery. This is not decades away - it is a few years away at the most.
8. Russia considers Europe to be its rightful sphere of influence and trade dominance. Hence it views European access to cheap African resources as a threat. Thus Russia is stepping in to provide military and infrastructure support for African states so that they can start to use their own resources for themselves and leave Europe dependent on Russia. Europe and the US see this as an existential threat, hence their proxy war in Ukraine and their new geopolitical meme ("Christian Genocide in Nigeria") to justify direct military occupation of West Africa.
9. No great power gives a single fuck about "Nigerian Christian genocide." All you are is a means to an end!
Governor Kauran Dambu of Kebbi will spend 1.3 billion naira on fridges and freezers. 1.3 billion is one thousand three hundred million naira.
Yet he pays some primary school teachers 13,500 naira. With that, they are expected to feed their families, clothe themselves, and pay transport fares.
If he were to pay primary school teachers a minimum salary of 70,000 naira, the 1.3 billion meant for fridges would be enough to pay 18,571 teachers in Kebbi.
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Just published my conversation with @auntybisi_ .
Her journey from traditional marketing to web3 growth speaks to anyone who's ever dreamed of reinventing their career while staying true to themselves. Honest, insightful, and genuinely moving.
https://t.co/2cpRJecNzL
Carla Esparza's announcement about not returning after her next fight on October 5th in Salt Lake City, Utah, due to her commitment concerns post-childbirth resonates deeply with her dedication to the sport.
Her decision not to be fully invested after becoming a mother reflects her integrity and respect for MMA, acknowledging that anything less than full commitment would be unfair to the sport she loves.
It's truly admirable to witness athletes like Carla prioritizing their principles and the sport's essence above all else.
#ufc #mma #fight #combat #sport
UK 33 year old Veteran warrior Darren Stewart officially announced his retirement from MMA today.
“The dentist” has announced that he won’t be stepping into the cage again. According to him continuing a career in MMA has caused alot of distress for him and his family.
Congratulations @darren_mma for everything you’ve achieved so far and we want to say a very big THANK YOU for entertaining us all🙏🏾❤️
Goodluck on your next journey ✊🏿💥
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