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Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a well-known fan of UFC and frequent practitioner of Brazilian jiu-jitsu so when it came time to show off some new technology at the annual Connect conference he called on former flyweight champion Brandon Moreno to help him out.

Moreno posted a video of his appearance alongside Zuckerberg on stage on Wednesday where the billionaire MMA enthusiast revealed some new and improved technology coming to Meta’s artificial intelligence powered Ray-Ban smart glasses.

Part of a new update coming soon is real-time AI-powered software where users can speak to each other in different languages and translations will come across in a speaker implanted in the glasses.

As a demonstration, Moreno spoke in Spanish, which was then translated into English for Zuckerberg to ask him about his recovery from a knee injury after he suffered a torn ACL in training.

Zuckerberg then responded in English and that was translated back into Spanish for Moreno.

“What a crazy experience today,” Moreno wrote about his appearance on Instagram. “I had the opportunity to try the new updates from the Ray-Ban Meta [smart glasses] live translation with Mark Zuckerberg at Connect 2024.”

Here’s how Meta described the update coming to the Ray-Ban smart glasses:

Soon, your glasses will be able to translate speech in real time. When you’re talking to someone speaking Spanish, French, or Italian, you’ll hear what they say in English through the glasses’ open-ear speakers. Not only is this great for traveling, it should help break down language barriers and bring people closer together. We plan to add support for more languages in the future to make this feature even more useful.

Meta didn’t reveal how soon the software update would be available to users but Tech Crunch described the live-translation technology as the “holy grail for established hardware firm and startups alike.”

For now, at least, Moreno got a taste of how it works from his conversation with Zuckerberg at the Connect conference.

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Brendan Allen believes he deserves more respect — especially from those involved with compiling the official UFC rankings.

Allen meets Nassourdine Imavov in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC Paris event. According to the UFC rankings, Allen is ranked No. 8 despite being on a seven-fight win streak inside the octagon — which is four spots below Imavov, a winner of two straight.

“Yeah, it’s crazy, man, I’m the only guy on the win streak that I’m on that falls places in the rankings,” Allen told MMA Fighting. “When guys above me are on losses, or consecutive losses — I don’t even know, but I know there are losses — so it’s just whatever. Like, it’s kind of comical at this point.

“I don’t even know who’s on the board panel, but if anyone told me they were on the rankings [panel], I would never have a conversation with them, ever. I’d literally tell them go f*ck themselves.”

Allen is currently one spot behind Imavov in MMA Fighting’s Global Rankings — which encompasses all MMA promotions, and not just the UFC.

With a lot of chatter about upcoming middleweight fights, and the stakes that surround them, the fight between Allen and Imavov doesn’t seem to be in the same conversations. After seeing fighters like Belal Muhammad and Merab Dvalishvili play the long game, become undeniable, and then cash in on their world championship opportunities, “All In” believes his time will come — but that doesn’t mean it’s not a little bit frustrating.

“I think for me, it’s just I don’t have the followers that a lot of these other guys have,” Allen explained. “I don’t have the time, nor the want to do what Americans have to do in order to get those followers. I’m not willing to go out here and act crazy. I’m not willing to go out here and f*cking troll everyone, because it’s everywhere we go. Everywhere I go, I’m going to end up having a problem with someone because everyone gets [upset] about anything you say. So I don’t want have a problem with someone everywhere I’ve got to go, especially if I bring my wife with me, or if I bring my kids with me.

“I just try to mind my business and stick to myself and let my fighting do the talking because at the end of the day, the person off [the top of] my head that I could think of that did that was Robbie Lawler and he’s one of the most loved people in the sport right now — he was, and still is — by the company, by the fans. He’s one of the most respected and loved guys. So I feel like if I stay true to myself, then everything that I’m hoping for will hopefully come.

“I just wish I could get the money without the fame kind of thing. I don’t know, I’m just… sometimes, I just don’t think I’m built for that life.”

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Event: PFL “Battle of the Giants”
Date: Sat., Oct. 19, 2024
Location: Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
How To Watch: ESPN+ PPV in the U.S. and DAZN worldwide

Battle of the Giants Main Event:

265 lbs.: Francis Ngannou (17-3) vs. Champion Renan Ferreira (13-3, 3 NC)

Battle of the Giants Main Card (4 p.m. ET):

145 lbs.: Cris “Cyborg” (27-2) vs. Larissa Pacheco (23-4)
185 lbs.: Champion Johnny Eblen (15-0) vs. Fabian Edwards (13-3)
145 lbs.: Husein Kadimagomaev (11-1-0, 1 NC) vs Zafar Mohsen (13-4)
155 lbs.: AJ McKee (22-1) vs. Paul Hughes (12-1)

Battle of the Giants Prelims Card (1:30 p.m. ET):

135 lbs.: Raufeon Stots (20-2) vs Marcos Breno (15-3)
155 lbs.: Makkasharip Zaynukov (15-4) vs Dedrek Sanders (9-4)
145 lbs.: Ibragim Ibragimov (7-0) vs Nacho Campos (5-0)
185 lbs.: Mostafa Nada (9-3) vs Ahmed Sami (11-4-0, 1 NC)
145 lbs.: Youssef Al Housani (4-1) vs Taha Bendaoud (3-0)

For all the latest PFL news and notes click here.

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The UFC’s final pay-per-view event of 2024 has added a welterweight showdown.

Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Michael Chiesa and Max Griffin has been added to UFC 310 on Dec. 7 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The card currently does not have a main event announced.

Chiesa returned to the octagon following a year layoff at August’s UFC Abu Dhabi event and submitted Tony Ferguson via rear-naked choke in the opening round. The victory snapped a three-fight losing skid for “Maverick” — which included losses to Kevin Holland, Sean Brady, and Vicente Luque — and he is set to compete multiple times in a year for the first time since 2021.

Griffin makes his 17th walk to the octagon, and does so coming off a split decision win against Jeremiah Wells at UFC Vegas 86 in February. “Pain” has flip-flopped wins and losses over his past five outings, which includes victories over Carlos Condit and Tim Means.

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