Another alleged attack on Turning Point USA was captured on video, this time at the University of Texas at Tyler.

Ciro Stephen Tomlian, 19, is accused of assaulting three people at the TPUSA tent at the university on Tuesday.

‘Everyone has the right to free speech, and violence will not be tolerated at this university.’

Video from the incident shows Tomlian bizarrely march up to the tent dressed in a cape and holding what appears to be a staff or a cane.

He rips an American flag from the tent before he’s confronted by TPUSA members, whom he calls “fascist pieces of s**t,” according to video.

He curses at them, raises the middle finger, and yells, “Back the f*** up!” before swinging the cane at them, the video appears to show.

An officer can be seen rushing in to handcuff the man.

“I apologize, Officer,” Tomlian mutters.

Two videos of the altercation were posted to social media.

UT Tyler President Dr. Julie Philley released a statement saying an individual had assaulted three people at the main campus.

“Everyone has the right to free speech, and violence will not be tolerated at this university,” she wrote, according to Chron.

Beverley Golden, the UT Tyler associate vice president for strategic communications and media relations, said Tomlian used to be a student at the university and now has a criminal trespass warning there.

Records at the Smith County Jail said Tomlian was booked on two charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one charge of assault causing bodily injury.

TPUSA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet provided a statement to Blaze News about the incident.

“We’re so proud of how our students comported themselves. They stayed calm in the face of someone acting extremely erratically, and when this individual finally attacked, they quickly moved to subdue him until police could arrive,” Kolvet said.

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“While we couldn’t be more proud of their actions, it’s disgusting that they have to experience this at all,” he added. “We’re genuinely grateful to campus PD, who moved in quickly, and to President Dr. Julie Philley, who has been supportive and has a zero-tolerance policy for violence on campus, especially politically motivated violence.”

TPUSA field representative Janae Jenson recalled the incident in an interview with “Fox & Friends” on Thursday.

“Our students face threats of violence and mean words all the time on the daily. So, I mean, something like this is bound to happen eventually on campuses,” she said.

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If chatbot users lose access to their internet connection, it’s game over.

However, one AI company doesn’t consider that to be an option.

‘They want to spy on you.’

It’s been more than two years since military tech contractors at EdgeRunner AI first revealed their software was capable of operating missile defense systems and satellites in an offline environment.

It was later revealed that the company was undergoing trials with U.S. soldiers, issuing them an offline chatbot that provided assistance in the battlefield with mission-critical details, all while their system remained inaccessible to the enemy or hackers.

On Tuesday, computer company HP Inc. formally recognized the technology’s importance and announced its partnership with EdgeRunner AI to bundle the software within its new products.

HP will sell its new AI PCs to the military, federal agencies, and companies in critical industries, EdgeRunner CEO Tyler Saltsman told Blaze News, with an embedded localized model that prevents the need for high-bandwidth or cloud-connected environments, making sure none of the data leaves the computer.

“The end customer will be able to buy the EdgeRunner bundle with their device just like they buy Microsoft Word or Excel today. It will come pre-installed and ready out of the box,” he confirmed.

The advantages of EdgeRunner in sensitive environments can be explained as a simple, offline process. Users “never transmit data to the cloud,” maintain “uninterrupted access,” and are using an AI agent trained on relevant military doctrine and operational data that no one can touch, Saltsman explained.

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The same privacy of EdgeRunner’s offline capabilities that appeal to government entities are exactly what consumers should be asking for, too, Saltsman previously said.

During an exclusive interview with Blaze News, the CEO explained that his technology was not only paramount to maintaining a technological edge over the enemy, but also represented what he felt was the future of AI agents for the general consumer.

When asked why leading AI providers are online-only and require a perpetual connection, Saltsman answered by revealing the industry’s biggest overarching plan: “They want to spy on you.”

“They want your data, they want your prompts, they want to learn more about you,” he continued.

More than a year later, Saltsman’s views haven’t changed, and he reiterated that commercial AI models are hosted “in the cloud.”

“This means your private data is sent to external servers, and you are subject to expensive usage-based fees. If you lose network connectivity, you lose access to your AI capabilities.”

RELATED: Space Force AI chatbot now capable of operating missile defense systems and satellites for soldiers

EdgeRunner AI is used on a military laptop. Image provided to Blaze News courtesy of EdgeRunner

From the HP side, president and head of U.S. public sector Todd Gustafson said that the new partnership will help bring the product to industries that need it most.

“By combining HP’s high-performance computing platforms with EdgeRunner AI’s domain-specific intelligence, we aim to identify validated configurations that can support local AI workloads in demanding customer environments,” Gustafson said in a press release.

Saltsman’s message has remained consistent over the years and is not dissimilar to many of the entrepreneurs in his field; his mission remains focused on advancing the capabilities of the American warfighter while placing added priority on the individual life of the soldier.

“Our partnership with HP gives us a massive distribution partner to bring mission-tuned intelligence to the tactical edge for the warfighter,” Saltsman added.

When asked if the general consumer should be demanding more security and privacy from their AI provider, Saltsman was clear.

“Yes, absolutely. Users should assume that any data they give their AI provider will be used for training purposes. Local AI solves this. Consumers, enterprises, and governments should all have a sovereign AI strategy.”

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When children get bored, screens are increasingly beating out make-believe.

A new survey commissioned by toy manufacturer Playmobil found that children ages 4 to 9 were more than twice as likely to reach for a screen when bored as they were to invent a game, story, or imaginary world.

‘27% said their child will spend between three and four hours of the day on a screen.’

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Twenty-eight percent of children surveyed said they would use or ask for a screen when boredom struck. Just 12% said they would make up a game, story, or pretend world.

The nationwide U.K. survey questioned 2,000 parents and 2,000 children. Parents seem well aware of the problem — and many aren’t particularly happy about their own role in it. Fifty-four percent admitted feeling guilty about relying on screens to keep their children occupied.

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During school holidays, while parents are working, 27% said their children spend between three and four hours a day on screens.

According to 86% of parents surveyed, at least one toy or activity their child once enjoyed has been partly replaced by screens.

It’s practically the plot of this summer’s “Toy Story 5,” in which Woody, Buzz, and the gang find themselves competing for Bonnie’s attention with a tablet.

Parents may wish their children were more eager to exercise their imaginations, but plenty of kids would like a little help from Mom and Dad.

Seventy-four percent of parents said they wished their children spent more time playing imaginatively. Meanwhile, 38% of children said they wished their parents would play with them more often.

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Room and bored

Parents offered some excuses of their own. Twenty-one percent said they sometimes run out of ideas for imaginative play, while 28% said the pressures of everyday life leave little time to join in.

Research psychologist Dr. Amanda Gummer cautioned against concluding that children have simply lost their imaginations. The findings, she said, suggest that screens have become the “quickest and most familiar option” when boredom strikes. Her advice to parents was relatively simple: Give children a prompt, idea, or challenge and let them take it from there.

There may be some urgency. The survey found that children believed they became too old for pretend play at an average age of 9.76.

Of course, children aren’t the only ones staring at screens.

A separate finding released from the Playmobil research this month showed that 28% of children wished their parents would put their phones away more often, while 38% wanted Mom and Dad to play with them more.

Maybe the kids still have imaginations after all. They just need somebody to play with.

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The CEO and founder of Nvidia resigned on Thursday morning, following the bombshell revelation that he had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy. With Jensen Huang officially out of the company, the short list of possible successors is going around with some very powerful names on the ticket.

Jensen Huang had what was considered one of the most legendary resumes on the internet. His LinkedIn page listed only two employers. He started out as a dishwasher, busboy, and waiter at Denny’s in 1978. Five years later, he took a decade-long hiatus and then came back in 1993 as the co-founder and CEO of Nvidia.

It’s too early to tell how this chain of events will affect Nvida’s business trajectory and the stability of the AI industry.

After 31 years running his company, bolstered by meteoric growth that made it a household name in the gaming industry and AI, his reign was ultimately cut short, thanks to an extramarital relationship he had with an alleged Chinese spy named Alice Huang (no relation). Today, Huang officially resigned as the CEO and a board member of Nvidia.

As Huang exits the company, Nvidia appointed a new interim CEO to fill his shoes. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress will serve in his stead, while Harvey C. Jones will become the company’s first appointed chair of the board.

The night before Huang’s resignation, whispers of possible successors had already made the rounds on the internet, teeming with top talent, familiar faces, and some unexpected surprises.

Polymarket suggested that Madison Huang, Jensen’s daughter, was a top contender among traders. However, as of this morning, she sits in third place on the prediction market at only a 3% possibility of securing the spot.

Instead, traders highly favor Ian Buck as the next Nvidia CEO. Buck is the current VP general manager of Hyperscale and HPC at Nvidia. Having invented Compute Unified Device Architecture, which is a software translation platform that enables Nvidia GPUs to train and run advanced AI models, he’s responsible for working with partners to outfit AI data centers with Nvidia’s GPUs. He’s been with the company since 2004 and holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University.

Far behind Buck in second place, traders think the current interim CEO, Colette Kress, would be a good fit. She’s the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Nvidia with 25 years of experience working with tech giants, including Microsoft, Cisco, and, of course, Nvidia. She holds a bachelor of science degree in finance from the University of Arizona, and she also has an MBA from Southern Methodist University.

RELATED: The AI bubble is about to pop. Here’s how to prepare yourself.

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Outside the prediction markets, the internet floated several other names that would make for interesting replacements. These include powerful people like former Apple CEO Tim Cook, current Apple chief hardware officer and the man behind Apple Silicon chips Johny Srouji, AMD CEO Lisa Su, and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan.

Blaze News reached out to Nvidia for further comment on the timeline to pick a new permanent CEO, possible investigations from the U.S. government over Alice Huang’s ties to China, and whether there will be any changes to Nvidia’s gaming or AI strategies under its new leadership. We did not receive a response by the deadline, but the company included this message in this morning’s press release:

Jensen’s contributions to Nvidia are profound. Nvidia is one of the most consequential technology companies in the world. The board and the company thank Jensen for his immeasurable contributions to the company and the industry.

It’s too early to tell how this chain of events will affect Nvidia’s business trajectory and the stability of the AI industry, which is already teetering on the edge of collapse. However, after a steep drop in Nvidia’s stock price following the news of Huang’s affair, the company’s valuation is climbing now that an interim CEO has taken over.

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Not that long ago, the 2028 debate was JD Vance vs. Marco Rubio. Now, prediction markets say Ron DeSantis and Ted Cruz are more likely to jump into the race than either of them.

On a recent episode of “Predictable,” BlazeTV host Stu Burguiere dove into Kalshi markets to share which Republicans are predicted to run — and the shocking overall favorite to win in 2028.

Stu begins with the Republicans most likely to enter the race.

As of the episode’s taping, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tops the list with a 90% chance of running. Stu mentions a Washington Post report that the Florida governor is preparing another White House bid — a claim DeSantis has flatly denied. “I don’t know what the truth is there,” Stu says.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz follows DeSantis at 86%. Immediately after him is former Trump aide John McEntee.

Stu is surprised by this one. “Who is John McEntee? Do we know?” he asks.

Fourth on the list is Vice President JD Vance, sitting at 73%.

“I still think that’s pretty low, frankly; I think he’s going to run,” Stu predicts.

Following Vance are Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (66%), Secretary of State Marco Rubio (60%), and Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie (59%).

“Rand Paul would be interesting. … I think he’s always wanted to run again. I think he feels like the right environment might be able to bring him in,” Stu says, adding that Paul would have “real credibility” on the Make America Healthy Again movement and antiwar issues.

From Massie, it descends to former Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (57%), former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (52%), former Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (45%), Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton (36%), South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott (32%), Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (31%), Interior Secretary Doug Burgum (30%), former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (29%), and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (29%).

Tucker Carlson made the list as well at 24%, but Stu doesn’t expect him to jump in.

“I don’t think he’s going to do it,” he says, noting that Carlson is already successful between his “podcasts” and his “private-sector gig.”

Stu is also quick to dismiss Erika Kirk (5.4%) and Elon Musk (3.1%). Kirk, he argues, is “not going to run for president” because “the last thing she needs is more people talking about her,” and Musk is “not constitutionally eligible to be president.”

But more telling is who is actually positioned to win the nomination. As of the taping, JD Vance leads at 34%, followed by Marco Rubio at 18% and Ron DeSantis at 17%.

And when it comes to who’s the favorite to win in 2028, it’s not a Republican at all. After last week’s midterm rout, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) leads at 20%.

Following Ossoff are Vance (13%), New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (9.6%), Rubio (9.4%), California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom (8.4%), and Ron DeSantis (6.2%).

After that, it’s “mostly Democrats,” Stu says.

“Very split. You should expect that 15- to 20-person field going forward,” he adds.

To hear more of Stu’s analysis, watch the episode above.

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One company is preparing for the much-anticipated release of “Grand Theft Auto VI” in an unexpected way — and one lucky gamer will be laughing all the way to the bank.

Kalshi, one of the largest prediction markets in the United States, has posted a new job opening directly related to the release of what could be the most anticipated video game of all time.

‘We’re looking for someone whose parents said video games would never pay the bills.’

On Wednesday, Kalshi announced it is searching for a “GTA VI researcher” to cover the real-time effects of the release of the game and to discover the best strategies in the game before anyone else.

The post, published Wednesday afternoon on LinkedIn, had an unusual job description to match the title.

“This is a real job,” the post says. “We’re looking for someone whose parents said video games would never pay the bills. They were wrong, and you can tell them we said so.”

Indeed, the job post promises up to $120,000, paid out as a fixed project fee with an additional $15,000 upon completion of the project.

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The project sounds simple: “As Kalshi’s GTA VI Researcher, you’ll begin at midnight on November 19 and play until you beat the story. You’ll stream the entire journey, investigate Leonida’s economy, and study what happens to the real economy when everyone suddenly has a ‘family emergency’ on launch day.”

The “GTA VI” researcher is required to be an “established gamer and streamer” with “18+ years of life IRL, 10+ years of sweaty gaming, 3+ years of streaming experience.”

“GTA VI” is set to release next Thursday.

The streamer will have to “lock in for live launch” at midnight, stream the play-through until he beats the game, and “min-max everything” to “find what’s broken, what’s mid, and what’s actually goated, and bring receipts.” He will also deliver an assessment of the in-game economy through an “official State of the Leonida Economy address” as well as weekly research reports on the Leonida economy.

Additionally, the researcher will focus on the real world consequences of the release of the game, with “real-world fallout analysis: who called in ‘sick,’ how DoorDash carried the entire nation through launch week, and how much productivity America lost.”

While “Grand Theft Auto VI” is not set to be released for another week, it has already generated over $1 billion, according to one research firm. SensorTower reports that “GTA VI” has already generated $1.09 billion with 11.27 million presales.

Blaze News reached out to Kalshi for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

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A South Carolina father was arrested after allegedly leaving his sleeping 6-year-old daughter alone outside a Target store in the middle of the night.

The Charleston Police Department said in a statement that 35-year-old John-Michael Dooley of Johns Island was arrested Nov. 6.

Police said the girl was unharmed and placed into emergency protective custody with the South Carolina Department of Social Services.

Dooley was booked at the Al Cannon Detention Center in North Charleston and is charged with unlawful conduct toward a child.

Around 2:30 a.m. Nov. 6, police responded to the Target store in West Ashley after reports of an unattended child who was sleeping outside the store, according to the statement.

According to police, Dooley gave his young daughter a pillow and blanket before leaving her outside the Target store sometime after 1 a.m. Witnesses contacted police roughly an hour later after noticing the child was unattended, the police department said.

“Numerous customers had gathered outside the store overnight in anticipation of the release of a new Pokémon trading card set,” the police statement added.

NBC News reported that the “latest expansion for the bestselling Pokémon Trading Card Game, ‘Mega Evolution — Delta Reign,’ went on sale on Nov. 6.

The news network added that the Pokémon franchise began as a children’s video game and focuses on fictional creatures that players collect, train, and battle.

Police said witnesses told them Dooley had been in line at the Target store with his young daughter.

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Police said witnesses identified Dooley when he returned.

“During an interview with detectives, Dooley admitted that he had returned home, leaving his daughter unattended so he could maintain his place in line and avoid missing the opportunity to purchase the cards,” the police stated.

Police said the girl was unharmed and placed into emergency protective custody with the South Carolina Department of Social Services.

Police did not indicate if Dooley planned to buy the cards for himself or his daughter.

Dooley told NBC News that media reports about his arrest contained inaccuracies, but on the advice of his attorney he declined to elaborate on what exactly was wrong.

A Target spokesperson told ABC News the store was closed at the time of the incident and added that the company would cooperate with law enforcement during the investigation.

Dooley’s bond was set at $40,000, according to Charleston County court records that USA Today said it obtained.

Dooley has been released from custody, a police spokesperson told ABC News.

Dooley is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 18.

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Democratic U.S. Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan says he is going to be sworn into office with a Qur’an.

El-Sayed will become the first Muslim to serve in the U.S. Senate after beating Mike Rogers in the midterm elections.

‘It really doesn’t matter what your name is, doesn’t matter how you pray. Like, America is big enough.’

El-Sayed also mocked Vice President JD Vance while pointing out the “delicious irony” that Vance is “constitutionally obligated” to swear him in as senator.

“I will likely swear in on the Qur’an,” said El-Sayed in an interview with NPR host Leila Fadel that published Thursday.

“Which Qur’an, we’re not sure. I mean, Thomas Jefferson had a copy of the Qur’an. So when Keith Ellison was sworn in to Congress, he swore in on that copy. There’s also the University of Michigan holds the first Qur’an in the state of Michigan. It’s very, very old,” he added.

“And that might be the choice. So I don’t know,” El-Sayed said. “But I will swear on the Qur’an.”

He went on to say that it was more important to America than it was to him personally that a Muslim be sworn in to the U.S. Senate for the first time in history.

“It‘s less about what it means to me and more about what it means for America. I mean, everybody has the experience of being told they’re less-than or excluded or that they don’t belong,” said El-Sayed.

“I hope that when people see that, there is this sense that America really is big enough for you, right?” he added. “It really doesn’t matter what your name is, doesn’t matter how you pray. Like, America is big enough.”

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El-Sayed easily defeated Rogers and was one of the beneficiaries of the blue wave of Democratic victories in the midterms.

Rogers garnered only 45.5% of the vote, while El-Sayed got 52.5%, according to the latest count in the Michigan election.

The University of Michigan does have many old Qur’anic manuscripts, but it is unclear whether it has the “oldest” in Michigan.

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An illegal alien who was arrested after allegedly claiming to have a bomb on a flight had been granted asylum to stay in the U.S. after claiming to identify as transgender, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed.

Rony Alexander Gomez-Alberto allegedly tried to force his way into the cockpit of a United Airlines flight going from Newark, New Jersey, to New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday.

‘This twice-deported criminal illegal alien was allowed into our country because of a weak asylum system that allowed him to game the system.’

Pilots on the flight triggered a hijacking alarm, according to the Daily Mail, and Gomez-Alberto was taken into custody when the plane landed.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Gomez-Alberto had been deported twice after entering the U.S. illegally. But after he was caught a third time, he was allowed to stay in the U.S.

On Thursday, ICE confirmed that Gomez-Alberto identified as transgender to request asylum, as first reported by the Daily Wire.

“I am also afraid that I will be killed — either by private citizens or the police — in both of these countries because I am transgender,” he wrote on his asylum application, according to ICE.

The Daily Wire reported that Gomez-Alberto claimed he feared for his life in his homeland of Honduras and also told authorities that he was HIV-positive and an avid marijuana user.

“This twice-deported criminal illegal alien was allowed into our country because of a weak asylum system that allowed him to game the system,” said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin in a statement Thursday.

“Thanks to law enforcement, he is now behind bars,” he added.

United Airlines identified the plane as a Boeing 737 Max 9 with 46 passengers and six crew members.

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ICE added that it had issued a detainer request to ensure that Gomez-Alberto was not released by local authorities without notifying ICE.

“With 2,312 known or suspected terrorists arrested, ICE is putting American safety FIRST and cracking down on those who exploit our asylum system,” read the statement from ICE. “There is NO place in our country for illegal aliens who terrorize American citizens.”

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The esports world was on fire last week as the popular Germany-based team G2 Esports announced that they fired their head coach for making controversial comments online. What could possibly be so vile that they turned him loose?

He took a stance against abortion, labeling it murder. Now the internet is angry for what G2 has done. G2 Esports announced the termination of the head coach — veteran player Luka “Perkz” Perković — in a lengthy post on X.

‘That is one view I will die by and never change.’

In a statement signed by the team’s CEO, Alban Dechelotte, the team wrote:

Last night, like many of you, we saw the statement shared by the Head Coach of one of our teams.

G2 is a diverse and international organization with different people from all around the world. While the world is complex and not everyone agrees on everything, some of the statements made last night do not align with G2’s stance and values. We have fans with different cultures and personal opinions, and it is of the utmost importance to us as an organization that we respect and uphold this diversity when representing G2. We acknowledge that this statement hurt many of our fans, and we want to apologize for it.

As a result, we have decided to terminate our collaboration with the individual. We will now focus on rebuilding our staff and roster for the next season and ask for your patience, as we will not be able to communicate any changes until free agency officially opens.

Perković’s offending post is no longer available on his profile. In fact, he deleted his entire X account after the backlash from his ousting. However, thanks to users on Reddit, the post has been copied and pasted in full. You can read it here, though please note that it includes some foul language.

In his statement, Perković declared:

There are some things I stand for, very simple things in life, but the only thing that is unshakeable for me how its so widely accepted in public is abortion, I cannot comprehend how people do not understand that is a mu[r]der, as life is created at conception. That is one view I will die by and never change.

It’s rare for someone in a powerful position to remain steadfast in his pro-life beliefs, even as abortion initiatives take hold in the United States and around the world. Unfortunately for Perković, he sacrificed his head coaching career to uphold those sacred values.

Luka Perković is a veteran League of Legends player hailing from Croatia. Having played for several teams over the course of his career, including G2 Esports, he is highly decorated, with eight titles and championships to his name from 2014 to 2021. He retired from playing League of Legends professionally in 2025, but he didn’t walk away entirely. He rejoined G2 Esports as a coach in July 2026 before he was dismissed in November.

According to Perković’s post shared on Reddit, he is also a devout Catholic who firmly believes in the Holy Trinity. Only recently, though, did he cultivate a closer relationship with God in pursuit of His grace and peace. These likely serve as the foundation for his views on life and abortion today.

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The irony in Perković’s unceremonious removal is that G2 Esports claims that it values and upholds diversity. However, as angry commenters pointed out on X, that diversity stretches only as far as the approved narrative.

One user wrote: “’we are a diverse organization but if you have a differing opinion, we have to fire you.’”

Another shared a similar sentiment: “Sacked for giving his opinion based on his religion, nice.”

Even popular American YouTuber and streamer Asmongold chimed in: “Fires someone for being against abortion. Promotes gambling on their official website via gambling sponsors. Takes money from and competes in tournaments in Saudi Arabia. What kind of value system is this? You are a joke begging for money with no moral compass.”

Aside from coaching, Perković is a co-owner of Friendly Fire, a Croatia-based Internet cafe franchise where visitors come to hang out and play games. So far, the company has not released a statement regarding the incident with G2 Esports.

Blaze News reached out to the PR company associated with Perković for comment, but the company pointed us back to G2 Esports’ announcement on social media. We also reached out to Luka himself, but he did not respond. Finally, we contacted G2 Esports, but the team did not respond either.

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A gang attack on a popular UFC fighter has led to the arrest of 10 people, and it was all caught on video.

Ahead of a star-studded wrestling event set for this weekend, the mixed martial arts world was rocked by a brutal group assault led by a fighter from Dagestan, a Russian republic with a high Muslim population.

‘You guys came from behind, bro.’

It all started in a Hilton hotel on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, which has become a hub for martial arts since it opened its doors to UFC events during the COVID-19 lockdowns.

Merab Dvalishvili — a devout Christian, Georgian national, and UFC star — said he was doing an interview with wrestling company RAF ahead of the event when he was approached by Usman Nurmagomedov, a member of one of the most prominent martial arts families in the world and a Muslim.

In a video allegedly taken by a member of Nurmagomedov’s entourage, the 22-0 fighter walks up to the much smaller Dvalishvili and seemingly says something to him before slapping him across the face.

Dvalishvili backs off and covers his head before he is attacked twice more by two members of Nurmagomedov’s crew, at which point the altercation turns into an all-out brawl, according to the video.

The violent incident reportedly led to 10 arrests, including the men from Nurmagomedov’s side who reportedly filmed the attack.

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“The incident was a fighting over previous disputes between a number of individuals. It took place at the entrance of a hotel,” Abu Dhabi police said in a statement, according to The National News.

Police said they would “deal firmly with behaviour that threatens public safety or disrupts public order.”

Dvalishvili, who is 5 foot 6 inches and fights at 135 pounds, shot a video showcasing his injuries following the attack; Nurmagomedov is 5 foot 11 inches and fights at 155 pounds.

“Usman Nurmagomedov and his friends came like a snakes from behind,” the Georgian said as his wounds were tended to.

“What kind of fighters you guys are? What kind of man does this, bro?!” he went on.

“You guys came from behind, bro. Then I don’t know how many guys. … All your friends waiting for us in the sneaky way?! Wow.”

Dvalishvili is scheduled to wrestle at the RAF event on Saturday, as is Nurmagomedov’s older brother, Umar.

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Reactions from the MMA world overwhelmingly condemned the attack, including recent UFC champion Ilia Topuria, also a Georgian, who said on X that Nurmagomedov had reportedly been “detained.” Topuria called Nurmagomedov’s group “a bunch of absolute cowards.”

“I always thought you were a bunch of mediocre individuals. Now you’ve removed every last doubt. Honor, respect, and humility aren’t words you preach. They’re values you live by. And you’ve shown none of them.”

On the other side, fellow Dagestani and UFC champion Islam Makhachev wrote, “To those who are now condemning Usman and the guys and insulting them. Why were you silent when Merab hit a Dagestani wrestler for no reason and insulted his honor? The man approached him to talk with no ill intent,” according to MMA Mania.

“What happened today was started by Merab in his own homeland when he took it upon himself to hit a guest and insult his mother,” Makhachev added.

Makhachev is referring to a July incident in Georgia where Dvalishvili slapped a training partner of Nurmagomedov during another large group scuffle, footage showed.

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