Chimaev captured the middleweight title with a one-sided decision win against Dricus du Plessis at UFC 319 this past August.

A strong cast stars in Lauren Yee’s new play, part of a cycle of works about the collisions between 20th-century communism, capitalism and pop culture.

Strickland has been targeting plenty of people with his usual controversial fight week comments, and Chimaev was not safe from his middleweight peer’s shots. Strickland called the UFC “predatory,” ...

Alan Cullison has broken major international stories over his three decades of reporting for the Wall Street Journal. He sat down with CFR to discuss his work as a foreign correspondent and what lies ...

Daniel Cormier reveals why Khamzat Chimaev’s sparring sessions with Khalil Rountree changed his mind about a potential move to 205 pounds.

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ONCE a feared dictator known for his ruthless crackdowns and flamboyant spectacle, Ramzan Kadyrov is now a debilitated despot said to be “at death’s door”. Dubbed the “Butcher of Chechnya” for his ...

Ryan Gingeras grew up hearing Mob folktales courtesy of his grandfather Charley, who worked in a tough bar in the Bronx after ...

F ORMALLY, THE successor to Russia’s first post-Soviet president, Boris Yeltsin, was Vladimir Putin. In every other sense—ideologically, morally, temperamentally—Yeltsin’s successor was a liberal ...

Today is Friday, Feb. 27, the 58th day of 2026 with 307 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mercury and ...

In 2015, Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov died from a fatal gunshot wound. In the days before his death, Nemtsov expressed fears of being killed by the government, but the government prosecuted ...

On Feb. 27, 2015, Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov died from a fatal gunshot wound.