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Tyson Fury is set to take on former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in a crossover boxing bout tonight.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The main event for “Knockout Chaos” features two former-heavyweight champions. Anthony Joshua, a British boxer and a two-time former-unified heavyweight champion, faces off against Francis Ngannou, a Cameroonian-French fighter and former-UFC heavyweight champion.

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The best fighters from two mixed martial arts leagues come together for one epic fight night with PFL (Professional Fighters League) heavyweight champion Renan Ferreira taking on Bellator MMA heavyweight champion Ryan Bader headlining the main card for PFL vs. Bellator: Champs on Saturday, Feb.

Tyson Fury is preparing to fight Oleksandr Usyk to become undisputed heavyweight champion.

Metallica played their first ever show in Saudi Arabia this week – check out fan-filmed footage below.The metal icons performed at the Soundstorm festival in Riyadh on Thursday (December 14) in their final show of 2023, running through a 16-song setlist including hits such as ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’, ‘Master Of Puppets’ and ‘Enter Sandman’.When it was announced on November 27, Metallica’s performance was billed as the first ever show from a major international heavy metal act in the country, but technical death metal band Cryptopsy got there first when they played in Riyadh on December 1.Check out fan-filmed footage and view the setlist below:METALLICA LIVE AT RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIAA dream came true

Metallica have announced their final show of 2023 which will take place at a festival in Saudi Arabia next month.The band will be headlining the opening night of the three-day Soundstorm festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December 14. Metallica took to their official Facebook page to share the announcement of their final 2023 gig.“We’re not done with 2023 just yet, as an amazing opportunity has just come our way to perform at a major festival that we have never played in a part of the world we rarely get to visit,” they wrote.

The clash to crown the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the world in almost 25 years is finally set to happen as Tyson Fury's bout against Oleksandr Usyk was announced earlier this month.

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While Tyson Fury 's career in the ring is nothing short of spectacular, his remarkable transformation outside of it also captured the world's attention. He's now set to take on Francis Ngannou in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After a monumental victory over Wladimir Klitschko in 2015, Tyson found himself spiralling into a dark abyss of depression, fuelled by alcohol and drug addiction.

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. One of the best boxers in the world takes on one of the best fighters in MMA history Saturday as Tyson Fury faces off against Francis Ngannou in a one-time-only event in Saudi Arabia. Fury vs.

Professional boxer Tyson Fury explained why he missed his son's birth last month, as he revealed "bills have to be paid" and "things have to be sacrificed". The doting parents welcomed their baby son, Prince Rico Paris Fury, in September and Paris has been keeping her followers updated on Instagram ever since, while Tyson prepared for his upcoming fight against UFC champion Francis Ngannou in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.

Tyson Fury is preparing for his next fight as former UFC champion Francis Ngannou looks to shock the world on Saturday night.

Tyson Fury is set to welcome Francis Ngannou to a boxing ring on Saturday night.

Tyson Fury is set to take on former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in a crossover boxing bout this weekend.

Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou are set to face off for a final time before they meet in the ring.

Paris Fury was spotted wearing a stunning blue jacket with all of her children’s names embroidered into the sleeve, as she got glam-ready for Tyson Fury’s big boxing match at the weekend.The mum of seven, who took her kids pumpkin picking earlier in the week, shared a few snaps on Instagram while at the nail shop and revealed she had to make the “hardest decision”. Paris first shared a picture of a huge display wall of nail polish, along with the caption: “Nail shop.The hardest decision must be made here”.

Tyson Fury was seen back at home as his son celebrated his birthday after missing the birth of his newborn due to being in training for his next fight. The heavyweight champion is currently gearing up for his controversial crossover bout with former UFC champion Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia.

Cello, the under-the-radar English and Arabic-language horror movie shot in Saudi Arabia by Saw filmmaker Darren Lynn Bousman received its world premiere this week at the Muvi Cinema in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 

Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague couldn't bring herself to watch partner Tommy Fury's fight against Jake Paul on TV.The boxing bout took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday evening, with the professional pugilist and wannabe world champion, 23, coming out on top over the American YouTuber, 26, thanks to a split decision from the judges. It was a fiercely pressurised battle between the pair, who'd waited over two years to step into the ring together, but the much cleaner shots came from the gloves of Tommy over eight rounds. Back on UK soil, 23 year old new mum Molly-Mae invited her sister Zoe, fellow Islanders Maura Higgins and Stephanie Lam, and brand manager Ellen Graham over to her place to enjoy the event on BT Sport Box Office.

Tommy Fury and Jake Paul settled their rivalry in the ring on Sunday night in a cruiserweight fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The hotly-anticipated contest was more than two years in the making with two fights between the pair having previously been cancelled.

Boxer Tommy Fury is counting down the days until he faces longtime rival Jake Paul in the ring.The hotly anticipated boxing match has been delayed repeatedly after Tommy was forced to pull out once due to injury, and a second time due to visa issues around his family travelling to the US.This time around, though, the two are set to have it out in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Tommy has already flown out in anticipation.Tommy has been undergoing some final training before the fight on the 26 February and posting about his strict regime on his Instagram account, where he boasts 4.5 million followers. The 23 year old boxer and former reality TV star wrote ahead of his flight that he had had the “best camp of my entire life” referring to the 10-12 weeks of training camp boxers usually undergo ahead of a big fight.Taking to his Instagram, Tommy revealed that he had been training “like a trojan” between Monday and Saturday and using his Sundays as an “active rest day” ahead of the match.

greeted with accusations of Islamophobia after its Sundance premiere from several Muslim and Arab filmmakers, Meg Smaker has told The New York Times that very few festivals have chosen to screen her film while she has struggled financially to promote it. “I don’t have the money or influence to fight this out,” Smaker said. “I’m not sure I see a way out.”“In my naïveté, I kept thinking people would get the anger out of their system and realize thisfilm was not what they said,” she added.

BLACKPINK have announced details of their ‘Born Pink’ world tour, which kicks off later this year.The global run of shows kicks off with two nights in Seoul on October 16 and 17 before heading to North America for a series of concerts.The ‘Born Pink’ world tour will then see Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa visit Europe to finish off 2022, with the group also scheduled to play the likes of Australia, Singapore and Thailand in 2023.

Odion Ighalo has opened up on his loan spell with Manchester United and admits that 12 months will live on in his and his family's memory forever.

Six months after 9/11, firefighter turned “Jihad Rehab” filmmaker Meg Smaker left her job as a Bay Area firefighter to travel to the Middle East to better understand the world she lived in.After making a pit stop in Afghanistan, Smaker moved to Yemen to study Arabic and Islam, and got a job there running a firefighting academy. “So I was a head fire instructor, teaching Yemeni men to fight fire in Yemen, which is where I was when I first heard about the rehab center, when I was living in Yemen and teaching a firefighting like course,” Smaker tells Sharon Waxman at The Wrap’s Sundance Studio.

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Emily Ratajkowski recently turned down a paid appearance in Saudi Arabia in an effort to shed light on the human rights violations occurring in the Middle East.

Anthony Joshua was back in the gym less than a week after beating Andy Ruiz Jr , prompting speculation news about the heavyweight king's next fight is just around the corner. The Brit reclaimed his world titles that he lost to the Mexican-American in June with a points success in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh at the weekend.