Bloody Elbow: Fans beg ex-champion Jan Blachowicz to retire after vicious KO
defeat to Navajo Stirling at UFC Belgrade
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/01/fans-plead-for-ex-champion-jan-blachowicz-to-
retire-after-v...
MMA Fighting: UFC Belgrade live blog: Uros Medic vs. Daniel Rodriguez
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/502619/ufc-belgrade-live-blog-uros-medic-vs-dani
el-rodriguez
Bloody Elbow: Aleksandar Rakić snaps five-year losing streak with win over top
15 heavyweight at UFC Belgrade
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/01/aleksandar-rakic-snaps-five-year-losing-strea
k-with-win-over-top-15-...
TechCrunch: Should you still buy your next smartphone — or subscribe to it
instead?
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/01/should-you-still-buy-your-next-smartphone-or-s
ubscribe-to-it-instead/
The Verge: Is this Billboard Hot 100 hit AI slop?
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/974209/fenix-flexin-billboar
d-hot-100-rubberz-ai-slop
TechCrunch: Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/01/sam-altman-is-still-making-the-case-for-parent
ing-via-chatgpt/
The Verge: Spider-Man: Brand New Day leak racks up millions of views
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/974199/spider-man-brand-new-day-leak-box-
office-records
Bloody Elbow: Watch Khabib Nurmagomedov snatch belt from Jake Paul in awkward
post-fight moment at PFL New York
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/01/watch-khabib-nurmagomedov-snatch-belt-from-ja
ke-paul-in-awkward-po...
Bloody Elbow: Former Paratrooper Michael Oliveira accepts UFC 330 fight after
thudding KO win over Oban Elliott
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/01/former-paratrooper-michael-oliveira-accepts-u
fc-330-fight-after-th...
Ars Technica: Review: Yes, we're still arguing about Nolan's The Odyssey
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/08/review-yes-were-still-arguing-about-nola
ns-the-odyssey/
Bloody Elbow: Yair Rodriguez set to end 18-month layoff by headlining Noche UFC
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/01/yair-rodriguez-set-to-end-18-month-layoff-by-
headlining-noche-ufc/
TechCrunch: This $9 key physically locks your most addictive apps
Link:
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/01/this-9-key-physically-locks-your-most-addictiv
e-apps/
The Verge: Trump blames Tim Walz for water hacks even though it’s probably Iran
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/policy/974197/trump-tim-walz-minnesota-water-hacks-iran
Bloody Elbow: UFC Belgrade mismatch with 47.5lb weight difference results in
sickening 1st round knockout
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/01/ufc-belgrade-mismatch-with-47-5lb-weight-diff
erence-results-in-sickening...
TechCrunch: Uber is building an autonomous vehicle empire, and here’s every
company it’s using to do it
Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/01/ubers-autonomous-vehicle-deal-tracker/
MMA Fighting: UFC Belgrade video: Nina Milosevic demolishes Hailey Cowan with
brutal body shots
Link:
https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/502640/ufc-belgrade-video-nina-milosevic-demolis
hes-hailey-cowan-with-brutal-body-sho...
Bloody Elbow: Arman Tsarukyan reportedly won’t be allowed to challenge for
Charles Oliveira’s BMF title at UFC 331
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/01/arman-tsarukyan-reportedly-wont-be-allowed-to
-challenge-for-cha...
The Verge: The Verge’s 2026 back-to-school shopping guide
Link:
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/968645/back-to-school-shopping-guide-gifts
Ars Technica: As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI
Overviews
Link:
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/reddit-ceo-on-ai-overviews-were-still-looking
-for-that-win-win/
Bloody Elbow: Anthony Smith’s wife insists ‘he would never hurt me’ in first
statement since UFC star’s arrest
Link:
https://bloodyelbow.com/2026/08/01/anthony-smiths-wife-insists-he-would-never-hu
rt-me-in-first-stateme...