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Former interim UFC lightweight champion Colby Covington accepted a challenge from a TikTok influencer resulting in a laughable beatdown of the young star.Covington agreed to spar Kaz Sawyer, a 23-year-old content creator with a whopping nine million TikTok followers, with another near two million followers on Instagram."Today, we're sparring!" Covington screamed at the start of the video. The two set rules that the UFC star could only try to defend himself, not throw punches, while the influencer was allowed to punch, kick, and try to tackle him.'Anyone comes around here thinking they're tough, they end up like that.'"I think I'm tapping him out," Sawyer jokingly said before the spar started.Sawyer began by saying it was "pretty intense" to step into the cage, but then gained some confidence when he realized Covington wasn't allowed to hit back.Showcasing the stark difference between a trained fighter and a regular person, the influencer barely landed any strikes on the evasive Covington throughout the sparring session, even with the slanted rules.After tiring himself out, Sawyer noted he was "exhausted," at which point, Covington decided he didn't want to follow the rules anymore."Now, it's my turn," the 170-pound fighter said."This is not a part of the rules!" Sawyer screamed as Covington began posturing to throw punches.Covington toyed with Sawyer as he landed body punches and eventually grabbed a hold of the young creator."Colby! Stop!" the influencer yelled. "He's gonna take a nice little trip to the hospital," Covington joked after playfully slamming the influencer to the mat.What made the video more shocking was that Covington didn't even take off his hat for the duration of the sparring session."That's what happens to virgins around here!" Covington yelled as Sawyer was sarcastically taken away in a wheelchair. "We take you to the hospital, we take your lunch money, we stuff you into lockers. We give you a good swirly," the fighter continued. "Anyone comes around here thinking they're tough, they end up like that."UFC fighters have increasingly accepted challenges from online commentators and influencers in recent years, something that would have been unheard of for previous generations of fighters. Whether it is to expand their online reach or to simply show their talent level compared to a commoner, fighters are popping up on a lot of social media feeds.This was as least the second time Covington strapped up his gloves to spar with an influencer; the welterweight toyed with a YouTuber named Lofe in late 2023 but didn't take it as easy on the young star, who admittedly has martial arts training.Similarly, former UFC champion Sean Strickland has accepted challenges as well. However, Strickland informs his opponents before stepping in the cage that he will not be holding back at all. This included a challenge from commentator Sneako in February 2024, when Strickland more than likely caused a concussion to yet another young online personality.Joe Rogan reacted to that video negatively, saying it's "not a good look" for a fighter."He beat the s*** out of that guy. I don't know why he wanted to do that," Rogan continued. "It's not fair," he added.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A judge sided against the family of a 7-year-old who was severely punished for scrawling "any life" under a Black Lives Matter message on a card she gave to a friend who happened to black. The girl, known in court documents only as "B.B.," gave a picture to her friend after they saw a documentary about the life of Martin Luther King Jr. She also drew round shapes in different colors that were supposed to represent their "racially-mixed" group of friends, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. 'An elementary school ... is not a marketplace of ideas.'Her friend, known as "M.C." in court documents, took the image home, where it was seen by her parents. They were offended by the picture and called the school to demand administrators take action.The school punished the girl for what administrators saw as racially insensitive speech by making the girl apologize to her friends and teachers on the school playground. They also banned her from drawing pictures for two weeks and from going to recess.The mother of the girl only found out about the incident a year later. "I was immediately angry, I didn't know what had happened, I knew it was wrong fundamentally," said Chelsea Boyle, the mother of B.B. in an interview with Fox News. "My daughter's rights were taken away, and I just started reaching out to find out what compelled speech was. I didn't know what it was until I spoke to attorneys," she added. Boyle then sued the Capistrano Unified School District. Central District Court Judge David Carter sided against the girl's family and said that she didn't have First Amendment rights at an elementary school. "Students have the right to be free from speech that denigrates their race while at school," wrote Carter. “An elementary school ... is not a marketplace of ideas,” he continued. “Thus, the downsides of regulating speech there is not as significant as it is in high schools, where students are approaching voting age and controversial speech could spark conducive conversation.”The case will now go to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Americans across the country are undoubtedly getting sick of the woke virus invading every facet of their everyday lives — but they’re not the only ones. “It’s not just individual people waking up now. Massive corporations, many of whom have been the prime drivers of this woke nonsense, they’re waking up too,” Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” explains. One of those companies is Microsoft, which has just laid off its entire DEI team. It was reported that a team leader sent an email out explaining that the DEI initiatives were no longer necessary. The company Zoom also laid off a DEI team earlier in the year, while Google and Meta (Facebook) have made cuts to DEI following their 2020 pledges. Last year, CNBC reported that DEI related job postings declined 44% in mid 2023 from the same time period in 2022. By November 2023, the job postings had dropped by 23%. Farm equipment manufacturer John Deere jumped on the bandwagon as well. The company has said it will no longer sponsor “social or cultural awareness” events. In a statement posted to X, the company also said it would audit all training materials “to ensure the absence of socially motivated-messages.” “Do you guys realize how absolutely massive this is?” Rubin asks. “DEI and these woke programs and bringing in engineers based on the color of their skin, or bringing in technical people because they like to have that genital in their mouth as opposed to that genital in their mouth was never a thing that was going to help you do business.” Want more from Dave Rubin?To enjoy more honest conversations, free speech, and big ideas with Dave Rubin, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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