UFC contender Michael Chandler said that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg should be welcomed into the mix of Donald Trump supporters instead of being shunned.Chandler was asked during a panel discussion on the Patrick Bet-David podcast what kind of influence UFC fighters have on a person of Zuckerberg's stature."Is there s*** talking? Are you talking to him, what influence does the UFC have on him?" Bet-David asked.Chandler noted that he met the Meta CEO at a UFC event and said that while he and Zuckerberg are on "different ends" of the political spectrum, he still believes in catching bees with honey as opposed to vinegar. 'That testosterone started going through the roof ... he realized what being a sovereign individual means.'"There should be a little bit of accountability, right, but also a guy like Zuck has a very, very heavy hand. A guy like Zuck has a lot of influence," Chandler noted, implying he could be helpful in a push for greater freedom.In terms of Zuckerberg possibly becoming more conservative, Chandler chalked it up to Zuckerberg's recent obsession with jiujitsu and mixed martial arts training."I just think Zuck started training, that testosterone started going through the roof ... he realized what being a sovereign individual means. You don't know how not sovereign you are until you stand in front of a man, and he beats the crap out of you, and then you pick yourself back up and you do it again, or you get choked out and then you got to get up and do it again."Chandler continued, "I think Zuck has started to realize that, and now he's starting to lean over [to the right] a little bit."Former UFC title holder Jorge Masvidal was asked to chime in on the panel as well and explained that martial arts training does wonders for the ego."Whether you win or lose, you kind of walk into a room, and you don't feel you have an ego as much, and I think that definitely helps and like Mike was saying, once you get your butt kicked a couple times, it really makes you humble, and it makes you see life a different way."Masvidal added that money in the bank doesn't mean anything when "someone's on top of your face punching your teeth in.""I think [Zuckerberg] training has just brought [out] that side of him, and also I think how rapidly the country was deteriorating was probably the biggest thing he saw."Zuckerberg has famously won a gold medal and a silver medal in jiujitsu tournaments in Silicon Valley in May 2023 and is on record telling comedian Joe Rogan in 2020 that he has experience in tae kwon do, karate, and judo.For a short time, Zuckerberg and Elon Musk had agreed to a fight in a UFC cage causing the Facebook boss to take lessons with prominent UFC fighters. The fight has not been talked about in 2024, however.In terms of the political leanings of the UFC fighters, Chandler said that when fighters are locked in a cage with nobody to help, they tend to take a "different mentality." Chandler also joked that he thought UFC star Conor McGregor was "voting for Kamala [Harris]" and that's why their fight was canceled.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

One of biggest blunders of Kamala Harris' failed presidential campaign was the decision to skip an interview with Joe Rogan.Rogan, host of the No. 1 podcast in the world, said that Harris' campaign reached out to him after learning that Donald Trump was scheduled to appear on the show. But according to Rogan, the Harris campaign tried to set the parameters for the interview, including not filming in Rogan's Austin-based podcast studio and limiting the interview to just one hour.'There was a backlash with some of our progressive staff that didn't want her to be on it.'Rogan rejected those demands, urging Harris to play by the same rules as every other guest of "The Joe Rogan Experience" — including Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance, and Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.), all of whom spoke with Rogan in the closing days of the election.The decision to skip Rogan's podcast was mind-boggling. Rogan has one of the largest, most engaged audiences in all of media. Plus, the podcast would have allowed Harris to reach more men while giving her the opportunity to demonstrate a semblance of authenticity. More than a week after Harris' election loss, we now know why Harris ultimately refused to appear on Rogan's podcast.Jennifer Palmieri — a career Democratic strategist who served in the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton's campaign, and, most recently, in Harris' campaign as a senior adviser to Doug Emhoff — admitted on Wednesday that Harris did not go on Rogan's podcast because the campaign feared how the interview would be perceived within the Democratic Party."There was a backlash with some of our progressive staff that didn’t want her to be on it, and how there would be a backlash," Palmieri said, according to the Financial Times.The justification for wasting the golden opportunity to use Rogan's platform over fears that it would anger progressives is equally as mind-boggling as the decision itself.Pollster Nate Silver said it shows that "Democrats definitely deserved to lose" the election. Liberal commentator Cenk Uygur, meanwhile, observed that skipping the podcast over fear of progressive backlash perfectly encapsulates the campaign's disconnect with reality. Indeed, the Democratic Party's embrace of far-left ideals is one of the reasons Harris lost the election.Later on Wednesday, Palmieri attempted to clarify her comments.Palmieri said Harris didn't go on Rogan's podcast because of scheduling conflicts, claiming it is "hard to get to [Texas] twice in a 107 day campaign."That excuse only raises more problems.First, Trump and Vance traveled to Texas multiple times during the final months of the election — and Harris could have, too. Second, the excuse lays bare the Harris campaign's priorities. It managed to spend millions of dollars in paid media appearing with other celebrities but made the intentional decision not to speak with Rogan and rake in millions of dollars in earned media. Third, if time was a problem for the Harris campaign, how did Harris find the time to take entire days away from the campaign trail to prepare for interviews with friendly media networks?Rogan, meanwhile, revealed on a new podcast episode this week that Harris campaign officials wanted to prevent him from asking Harris about certain topics, like marijuana legalization.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The Onion, the satirical publication, won an auction to acquire the assets of Alex Jones' Infowars empire. The CEO of the Onion has vowed to transform Infowars into a "cosmic joke" for the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. Jones announced the transaction on Thursday morning in a video posted to the X social media platform. 'The dissolution of Alex Jones’ assets and the death of Infowars is the justice we have long awaited and fought for.'Jones stated that his website had been "shut down" this morning "even without a court order."The Infowars site is a black page that only reads: "Site unavailable till further notice." Jones said he was told that the winning bid was "competitive" but not necessarily the highest bid. Financial details of the winning bid to acquire Free Speech Systems — the parent company of Infowars — were not disclosed.Jones noted, "The Connecticut Democrats with the Onion newspaper bought us."The Onion acquired Infowars' website, social media accounts, trademarks, video archive, and studio in Austin, Texas."I don't know what's going to happen, but I'm going to be here until they turn the lights off," Jones declared. Jones added, "They want to silence the American people, but we're not going to be silenced."Infowars was put up for auction after the court-appointed trustee in charge of Jones' bankruptcy proceedings advocated to shut down the site and liquidate his assets.Jones filed for bankruptcy in late 2022 after juries ordered him to pay nearly $1.5 billion to families of victims of the Sandy Hook shooting — in which 20 first-grade students and six adults were killed. Jones previously said the mass shooting massacre was a hoax. Lawsuits filed by the families in Connecticut and Texas claimed that Jones defamed them on his show and inflicted emotional distress by repeatedly suggesting the shooting was a hoax. Several of the Sandy Hook families supported the sale of Infowars. “Our clients knew that true accountability meant an end to Infowars and an end to Jones’ ability to spread lies, pain, and fear at scale,” said Chris Mattei, attorney for the Connecticut families. "By divesting Jones of Infowars’ assets, the families and the team at the Onion have done a public service and will meaningfully hinder Jones’ ability to do more harm."Everytown for Gun Safety — an organization that advocates for gun control — said it will be the exclusive advertiser in the Onion’s new venture as part of a multiyear agreement.“It’s fitting that a platform once used to profit off of tragedy will be a tool of education, hence our multiyear advertising commitment to this new venture,” stated John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. "We’re proud to be a part of what comes next, not only in terms of staunching the flow of hurtful misinformation, but also for the potential this new venture has to help Everytown reach new audiences ready to hold the gun industry accountable for contributing to our nation’s gun violence epidemic."Robbie Parker, whose daughter was killed in the school shooting, said in a statement, "The dissolution of Alex Jones’ assets and the death of Infowars is the justice we have long awaited and fought for."The Onion CEO Ben Collins said, "The Onion has a long history of helping the American public navigate some of the most difficult moments in American life, from our historic issue after 9/11 to our groundbreaking reportage after every American mass shooting. In that tradition, we hope the Sandy Hook families will be able to marvel at the cosmic joke we will soon make of Infowars.com."In a satirical article, the Onion noted that Infowars was founded in 1999 "on the heels of the Satanic 'panic' and growing steadily ever since.""Infowars has distinguished itself as an invaluable tool for brainwashing and controlling the masses," the Onion added. "With a shrewd mix of delusional paranoia and dubious anti-aging nutrition hacks, they strive to make life both scarier and longer for everyone, a commendable goal."The publication said it plans to launch the new platform in January 2025.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Here’s a chance for you to not only win a super-fast Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super GPU, but one clad in Half-Life 2 livery, complete with a portrait of renowned headcrab dispatcher Gordon Freeman wielding his trusty crowbar. Accompanying the recent announcement of Half-Life 2 RTX, which adds ray tracing to Valve’s classic shooter for the 20th anniversary, this competition enables you to stand a chance of winning a graphics card that looks like it could have been dug out of a computer in the Black Mesa labs. As we found in our RTX 4080 Super review, this high-end Nvidia GPU can handle the latest games with all the eye candy enabled, including ray tracing, earning it a place on our guide to the best graphics card. It’s an ideal companion to Half-Life 2 RTX, allowing you to explore City 17 with the realistic reflections and shadows brought by the new ray tracing features. Continue reading Win this new Half-Life 2 Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super graphics card MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best old games, Best FPS games, Best VR games

How do you unlock the Maelstrom in Black Ops 6 and Warzone? Auto shotguns have always been a bit of a menace in Call of Duty, especially when you’re zooming through smaller maps like a rat on Adderall. The ASG-89 already serves the needs of most, but as they say: variety is the spice of death. Black Ops 6 Season 1 Reloaded is set to introduce the Maelstrom - a fast-firing shotty that could very well secure a top spot on our BO6 best loadouts list. While the Maelstrom’s been described as lacking in the damage department compared to its classmates in the FPS game, its innate range and handling, as well as the optimal loadout for it, should make up for its shortcomings. Before that, you’ll need to learn how to unlock the weapon in Black Ops 6 and Warzone. Continue reading How to unlock the Black Ops 6 Maelstrom MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Black Ops 6 guns, Black Ops 6 missions, Black Ops 6 loadouts

Where are the Black Ops 6 Terminus toy boat locations? While some Black Ops 6 Zombies easter eggs are super powerful, like the Terminus Mega-Stuffy that can revive you and your teammates, others just provide a bit of fun. In Liberty Falls, there’s the bowling alley mini-game. In Terminus, it’s a boat race, triggered by locating a toy boat somewhere on the map. Aside from being fun, the Black Ops 6 Terminus boat race easter egg is one of the best ways to see everything this huge Zombies map has to offer. You’ll race through checkpoints across the ocean, weaving in and out of buildings and other obstacles, but only once you’ve found and interacted with the right toy boat. You still need to get through a few rounds of the zombie game while searching, so make sure you’ve got one of the best Black Ops 6 weapons equipped before you head for the following locations. Continue reading Black Ops 6 Terminus boat race easter egg MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Black Ops 6 guns, Black Ops 6 missions, Black Ops 6 loadouts

Few games have made such a big splash this year as Black Myth Wukong, a challenging, lighting-fast action RPG from Chinese studio Game Science. An adaptation of Journey to the West, Black Myth delivers bombastic setpieces and exhilarating boss fights, and you can now grab it at its lowest-ever price. Continue reading Black Myth Wukong is now at its cheapest price, but not for long MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Black Myth Wukong bosses, Black Myth Wukong abilities, Black Myth Wukong weapons

It feels like a good time to be a fan of modern military FPS games. Black Ops 6 is the best Call of Duty has felt in a while, Battlefield contender Delta Force is imminent, and Escape From Tarkov recently laid out a new roadmap. But my eyes are locked on the Gray Zone Warfare Night Ops update, the first major overhaul for the 2024 tactical shooter. Boasting a day and night cycle, high-tier loot drops, upgrades to enemy AI, and a wealth of quality-of-life changes, developer Madfinger Games now has its launch date - and it’s soon. Continue reading Gray Zone Warfare’s game-changing Night Ops update is coming very soon MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best FPS games, Gray Zone Warfare System Requirements, Best survival games

How do you unlock the Sirin 9mm in Black Ops 6 and Warzone? The Overkill Wildcard can sometimes feel like a big limitation if you’re running a DMR or sniper, sacrificing three extra Gunfighter attachments for your big shooty stick in return for a short-range sidearm that doesn’t suck. Well, the CoD gods have heard your grumbling and may have prepared the perfect solution. During Season 1, Black Ops 6 is set to introduce Sirin 9mm - a fully automatic special-class sidearm that functions like a mini SMG. While it may be slower than the best C9 or KSV loadouts the FPS game has to offer, we’re hopeful that it’ll be able to hold its own against established beamers in a pinch. To find out how to unlock the Sirin 9mm in BO6, as well as what we reckon the best loadout for it will be, read on. Continue reading How to unlock the Black Ops 6 Sirin 9mm MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Black Ops 6 guns, Black Ops 6 missions, Black Ops 6 loadouts

What are the best Farming Simulator 25 mods? When it comes to building the greatest farm of all time, you’re going to need the right set of tools to get the job done. While Farming Simulator 25 has practically every licensed tool under the sun, there are some gameplay tweaks that require more than the world’s best tractor. Through the power of Farming Simulator 25 mods, you can take your farm to unprecedented heights, with some mods for the simulation game giving you the power to build things to your exact specifications. From being able to place objects anywhere, to being able to control time itself, we’ve listed the best FS25 mods to help you grow the farm of your dreams. Continue reading Best Farming Simulator 25 mods MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best simulation games, Best co-op games, Best PC games