UFC star who won fight weeks after quitting stripper job says career change was 'scary'

Netflix's hit reality dating show Love Is Blind has many of us gripped with its drama-filled and nail-biting scenes.Season two premiered on Friday (February 11) and follows several men and women hoping to find love in a very different kind of dating experience.Contestants first take part in a blind speed-dating process which takes place in pods where they will see whether there's a spark.From that point, the individual decides whether they want to propose - with the intention to get married - and finally get to meet their other half face-to-face for the first time.Despite being a wild concept, avid viewers have been glued to the show's thrilling drama which has many asking questions about what really happens behind-the-scenes.Here, we dig deep into the shenanigans that happens off-camera. Many may have noticed how 30 people enter the show looking for the perfect person.However, only a select number of people are properly shown throughout the series.

student has been declared dead after taking an Uber following a night out with pals.The 21-year-old from the University of New Orleans was dropped off unresponsive at a hospital where she was declared dead.Ciaya Jordan Whetstone attended Mardi Gras parades on Friday and later went out with friend Juliet Orr to a bar.Juliet told the New Orleans Advocate that Ciaya was driven to her boyfriend's house in the suburbs and later took an Uber to check on her dog in the middle of the night.Her roommate, Reese White, said that Ciaya told her she was going with the driver whom she described as a friend to “go find her car”.Reese told the paper: "I tried to convince her not to go."One of Ciaya's other friends, Robert Torres, rang her at around 1.30am on Saturday morning where he heard the driver ask her: "Do you like to party?"Reportedly she told Robert that she will ring him back, but never did.The news outlet reported it was unclear who dropped the girl off at 7am at the hospital.Police said she arrived via “private conveyance”, a term used in cases where an ambulance isn’t involved.Currently it is unclear what the cause of death was.The girl's stepdad shared how "shocked" the family are and how they have "got a tough few days ahead of us".The University officials said that Ciaya was a business administration junior who was due to graduate in 2023.School president John Nicklow said in a statement: “As a University, few things are more challenging than dealing with the sadness of the death of a student. Our thoughts are with Ciaya’s family and friends.“We are offering counselling services to students and employees who need support."Fellow students also shared their worries.

Clayton Davis On Tuesday afternoon, it was reported that eight categories would not be presented on the live broadcast of this year’s 94th Oscars ceremony. The social media and industry reaction was swift and brutal from industry members and awards watchers, but some of the instant backlash was due to a lack of understanding of the process and how it will roll out.Are the categories being removed from the Oscars ceremony?No. The 94th ceremony will begin one hour earlier for in-person attendees, with the full presentation of nominees, winners and speeches from the eight selected categories of documentary short, film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short, live action short and sound.

Korea, one of the world’s most advanced economies and now one of the most competitive OTT markets.Now, local contender Tving reckons it has many of the tools it needs to unseat Netflix from its hard-earned position as Korea’s top dog streamer.Streaming industry numbers in Korea have risen in roughly inverse proportion to the decline of theatrical film industry. South Korea was the world’s fourth biggest box office market until 2019, but it is now chugging along with a dearth of local titles and aggregate revenues averaging a miserable $5 million per weekend so far in 2022.Consultancy, Media Partners Asia has estimated in contrast that Netflix may have ended 2021 with some six million paying subscribers (in a population of 51 million).

Tom Holland is answering fans’ questions — or, at least he’s trying to when he’s not focusing on being surrounded by a puppies.

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, 53, has seemingly rocked too hard. He confessed that he’s basically “deaf” and has been for the past 20 years. “I haven’t had them tested in a long time — I mean, I know what they’re gonna say,” he said of his ears on The Howard Stern Show. “You have hearing damage tinnitus in your left ear, more so than your right ear.”

Call Of Duty series will not receive a new mainline title in 2023, the first time in nearly two decades, creepsActivision is reportedly pushing back the upcoming 2023 entry in the series after the most recent installment, 2021’s Call Of Duty: Vanguard from Sledgehammer Games, failed to live up to the company’s expectations. The 2023 entry is allegedly being developed by Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War maker Treyarch.According to a new report by Bloomberg‘s Jason Schreier, who cites “people familiar with the [release] plan”, some higher-ups in the company believe Activision has been releasing new installments in the series at too fast a pace.However, it seems like the coming years will not go without any Call Of Duty content from Activision at all.

Arthur, is now the longest-running children’s animated series in the history of American television, which has ended with its 25th season. Developed for PBS by Kathy Waugh, and produced by WGBH, Arthur centers on a young aardvark of the same name, and the lessons he learns from friends and family, while growing up in the fictional Elwood City.

2-22-22 has people all over the world excited. On what is considered a lucky and special day, the Kardashians have a different connection to the date as it is their late father Robert Kardashian’s birthday.

Scott Disick is the World’s Best Dad! The 38-year-old took the beach in Miami recently with his three children, Mason, 12, Penelope, 9, and Reign, 7, whom he shares with ex Kourtney Kardashian, 42. The 38-year-old went casual cool in a black t-shirt and light blue swim trunks, also sporting sunglasses to keep the Miami rays at bay. Penelope still rocked her adorable Little Mermaid-esque red locks and a pink-and-orange one piece while Reign wore green-and-white-striped swim trunks. Mason helped dad with the little ones in a long-sleeve grey-and-white tie dyed tee and black pants to protect himself from the sun.

Lindsay Lohan just joined TikTok this month and has been sharing cute new videos with her fans on the platform.

Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy‘s clash on the set of Mad Max: Fury Road will go down as one of the most talked about feuds in Hollywood.

Hannah Lee Fowler is pulling back on her intentions of divorce with Sam Hunt.

Rob Kardashian is ready to move on from a legal battle with ex Blac Chyna.

Kim Kardashian looked completely unrecognisable in an emotional tribute snap to her late dad on his birthday.The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star took to social media to share a sweet message with her 287million Instagram followers.The 41-year-old shared with fans how much she missed her dad Robert Kardashian on what would have been his 78th birthday.Kim looked stunning in the father-daughter snap as she wore minimal makeup showing her stunning complexion and pulled her dark locks out of her face.In the selfie her father Robert can be seen smiling in the corner.Alongside the picture, Kim wrote: "Birthday selfie with my dad! "We took this pic on this day celebrating his birthday at the Armenian restaurant in 1998. "Born on 2.22.44 and today it’s the angel number 2.22.22.

S Club 7's Paul Cattermole has had a dramatic career change since he left the music industry to pursue being an online tarot card reader.Paul, 44, revealed he hid his psychic abilities from the rest of S Club 7 because he feared it would make him sound "crazy".After reinventing himself from his pop glory days as a "spiritual psychic detective" he currently earns money by charging £39.99 for readings on a spiritual website.The Reach singer has now revealed he likes to use his spiritual powers to solve crimes.He shared that he was contacted from the grave six years ago by a murder victim who was looking for justice.He told The Sun: "I can't go into great detail but I have been approached by people that have passed who tell me what happened to them and why they died."One of them was a victim of crime and that made me realise that one of the things I really wanted to do is psychometry."Walking into a crime scene and being able to pick up tools and implements and know what's happened and what they've been used for."Paul also went into detail about how he enters rooms and reads their energy.He added that the older he's getting the better he can process what's going on.The S Club 7 member said that he would see photos of people in newspapers and aspects about them would jump out and connect with him.Throughout his 20s, Paul highlighted that the feeling got more "intense" but he would never tell anyone because he was afraid of sounding like he was "crazy".Paul was 22-years-old when he joined S Club 7 back in 1999.The band enjoyed huge success with a run of chart hits, including Never Had A Dream Come True and Bring It All Back.Touching on his life following the group's disbandment in 2003, Paul also mentioned how he struggled

Prior to the clash, Gane had never been put on his back en route to a perfect 10-0 MMA record, only for the Cameroonian to execute three take-downs - including a brutal body slam - to retain the title he won by beating Stipe Miocic back in March.However, no sooner had Ngannou, 35, taken his career record to 17-3, that fresh doubts were being cast over his future after UFC supremo Dana White opted against the customary act of entering the cage to place the belt around the champion's waist.White, 52, was also notably absent from the post-fight press conference.Tensions between the President and Ngannou have been simmering for months, with the latter having been scathing over his current contract terms, whilst also publicly touting himself to switch combat sports and face Tyson Fury in a heavyweight boxing bout.Indeed, his latest win earned him $600,000 (£445,335), prompting Fury, who made $6 million (£4.45 million) just for winning his trilogy fight with Deontay Wilder in October, to tweet Ngannou telling him to come and see him if he wants "to make some real money."Ngannou however, told MMA Hour his grievances weren't just financial.“The money was tempting, it was good, but this is not just about money,” he said.Should Ngannou walk away from the UFC? Let us know in the comments section.“Just money cannot fix this situation. I don’t believe that.“The term of the contract, everything that they put into, they hold you in captivity.“You can’t do anything.

Francis Ngannou continues to fan the flames of talk regarding a potential fight with Tyson Fury, saying that his childhood dream was always to be a boxer.

UFC 270 unfold at California's Honda Center on Saturday evening - forcing camera operators to swiftly move on. The UFC veteran was in attendance at the arena to watch the flyweight trilogy bout between Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo as well as the heavyweight title unification match-up between Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane.

UFC ring girl and Playboy model Arianny Celeste has a net worth four times bigger than that of heavyweight contender Ciryl Gane.Celeste, 36, has been with Dana White's promotion since 2006 and has won Ringcard Girl of the Year at the World MMA awards six times.She is also one of many who have jumped into bed with Hugh Hefner's iconic magazine over the years.Gane, meanwhile, has only been with the UFC since 2019, though in that time has taken his professional record to 10-0 and become their Interim Heavyweight Champion.But the difference in their bank balances remains considerable.According to First Sportz, the Frenchman has accumulated a net worth of $1million from his fight career.In comparison, Celeste has racked up $4million in wealth with several broadcast roles and sponsorship deals helping to boost her modelling income, as per Wealthy Persons.She posed nude for the November 2010 edition of Playboy, which was one of the top-selling of that year. Should UFC fighters be paid more? Let us know in the comments section. And in 2015 she famously got into a row with UFC star Ronda Rousey, calling her a "bully" after she argued ring girls "are either being paid too much or the fighters aren't paid enough".After giving birth to her son Raiden Beckham King in 2020, she returned to action as a ring girl just three months later.Celeste was also on duty at the most recent pay-per-view card last month.She therefore looks likely to be ringside for Gane's UFC 270 showdown with the reigning champion Francis Ngannou.'Bon Gamin' beat Derrick Lewis in dominant fashion last August to take the interim crown in Ngannou's absence.Now the pair of heavyweights are set to meet in the Octagon to determine the undisputed champion on Saturday

UFC 270.Having said that, there is one name that ignites visible fury behind his eyes - and it isn't that of upcoming opponent, and interim heavyweight champion, Ciryl Gane.Born in Batie, Cameroon back in September of 1985, Ngannou grew up with his aunt after the divorce of his parents and began working in a sand quarry at the tender age of 10.Refusing the advances of gangs and choosing wisely to pursue boxing, it wasn't until after his 26th birthday that he travelled to France in a bid to make his passion a career.Having been jailed in Spain for illegally crossing the border, Ngannou was later introduced to Fernand Lopez by a mutual friend after living homeless on the streets of the French capital.With Mike Tyson as he idol, Ngannou wanted to train as a boxer, but the influence of Lopez saw him take a path in mixed martial arts that would see him become the most feared heavyweight on the planet.Beginning his career in November of 2013, Ngannou won five of his first six bouts to catch the eye of UFC chiefs, winning by second round knockout against fellow newcomer Luis Henrique in a taster of things to come.Curtis Blaydes, Bojan Mihajlovic, Anthony Hamilton, Andrei Arlovski and Alistair Overeem all subsequently fell at his hand before they could make the distance, with his first attempt at the belt following in 2018.Who will wear the belt after UFC 270? Give us your thoughts in the comments sectionFor only the second time in his career the fight would go the distance - with the same outcome as the first.Stipe Miocic's unanimous victory was followed by a damaging loss against Derrick Lewis which would spell the end of the once fruitful partnership between the heavyweight and his long-term coach Lopez.Having left MMA