COLUMBIA, Mo. — Upset-minded Auburn soccer blew a 14-point second-half lead and missed its alternative to knock off No. 16 Missouri.

Auburn (2-5, 0-4 SEC) fell 21-17 to Mizzou (6-1, 2-1 SEC) on Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

Mizzou quarterback Brady Cook dinner saved his staff’s season after exiting the sport within the first quarter solely to return late within the third to spark the comeback. He led two landing drives, together with one which ended with Jamal Roberts scoring the go-ahead landing with 46 seconds remaining.

Auburn is left nonetheless looking for its first win in SEC play. It desperately must bounce again when it travels to Kentucky subsequent week.

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Auburn vs Mizzou rating updates

Group	1Q	2Q	3Q	4Q	Complete
Auburn	0	3	14	0	17
Missouri	3	0	3	15	21

Closing: Missouri 21, Auburn 17

2:37 p.m.: Auburn turns it over on downs and that is going to do it. Mizzou completes the comeback.

2:30 p.m.: Landing Mizzou. A four-yard run from Jamal Roberts provides Mizzou a 21-17 lead with 46 seconds to go.

2:26 p.m.: Brady Cook dinner to Luther Burden III for 16 and the primary. Mizzou is in area purpose vary with 1:29 left.

2:24 p.m.: Brady Cook dinner to Luther Burden III for 13 yards. Mizzou is dealing with fourth-and-5 from the Auburn 41 with 1:34 left. Right here we go.

2:23 p.m.: Mizzou is dealing with third-and-18 from its personal 45 with 1:45 left.

2:15 p.m.: Brady Cook dinner scrambles for 14 yards on third-and-7. Mizzou at its 36 with the two-minute warning approaching.

2:11 p.m.: Auburn goes three-and-out and punts it to the Mizzou 5 with 4:26 left.

2:09 p.m.: Auburn forces a three-and-out and takes over on the Mizzou 37 with an opportunity to place the sport away. There may be 5:56 left in regulation.

2:03 p.m.: Payton Thorne missed an open receiver that will have put Auburn in area purpose place. As a substitute, Auburn punts. A strong boot pins Mizzou at its two. Mizzou trails 17-14 with 6:55 left.

1:55 p.m.: Auburn will get the cease it wants. A pair of sacks backs Mizzou up and it punts the ball to the Auburn 23 with 9:55 to go.

1:49 p.m.: Auburn responds with a three-and-out. Three-straight runs. Eek. Mizzou ball at its 19.

1:44 p.m.: Mizzou is within the endzone on the primary play of the fourth quarter. Marcus Carroll from two yards away.

Mizzou goes for 2 and Brady Cook dinner powers in to make it a three-point sport.

Finish of third quarter: Auburn 17, Missouri 6

1:39 p.m.: Brady Cook dinner comes again slinging. He hits Mookie Cooper deep down the center of the sector. He breaks a sort out and turns it right into a 78-yard acquire to the Auburn 2. This sport obtained fairly fascinating shortly.

1:37 p.m.: Auburn picks up 10 on third down and settles for a 30-yard area purpose however Cities McGough misses it vast left. Nonetheless 17-6. Mizzou QB Brady Cook dinner is again within the sport.

1:35 p.m.: Auburn burns its second timeout after Payton Thorne took a 12-yard sack to make it third-and-22.

1:31 p.m.: Auburn simply picked up a primary down on third-and-short on the Mizzou 40.

1:22 p.m.: Mizzou cuts into Auburn’s lead with a 38-yard area purpose. Tigers quarterback Brady Cook dinner, who left the sport within the first quarter, is again from the locker room and is warming up on the sideline.

1:13 p.m.: Auburn goes three-and-out… Luther Burden III muffs the punt, the ball will get batted and Antonio Kite recovers the ball within the endzone for a landing. Wowzers. 17-3 Auburn.

1:08 p.m.: Auburn forces a three-and-out and Mizzou shanks it. Auburn holds, its second particular groups penalty, pushing it just a little additional again. Auburn ball at its 41.

1:02 p.m.: Payton Thorne missed a play after he obtained rocked. On his second play again in, he accomplished a bomb to Cam Coleman for a 47-yard landing. Auburn takes its first lead at 10-3.

12:53 p.m.: Approaching the second half. Mizzou stated beginning quarterback Brady Cook dinner and operating again Nate Noel are “unlikely to return” with lower-body accidents.

Halftime: Auburn 3, Missouri 3

12:34 p.m. — As “meh” of a half of soccer as you may ever watch. Eugene Asante ends the second quarter with a sack. Auburn’s obtained a couple of hits in on Drew Pyne since he entered the sport.

Payton Thorne is 11-15 for 70 yards. Auburn has 58 yards on the bottom.

Mizzou has 133 complete yards with 69 coming by means of the air.

12:32 p.m. — The banged-up Mizzou offense simply obtained the ball to Luther Burden III for the primary time right this moment. That is a win for the Auburn protection.

12:27 p.m.: Auburn goes ultra-conservative on third-and-10 and loses 5 on a handoff to Jarquez Hunter.

Auburn punts and Mizzou is pinned at its eight with 1:48 left within the half.

12:23 p.m.: Two-minute “timeout” after Auburn picks up 15 after Jeremiah Cobb breaks a sort out to make it… third-and-10. This sport has been tough. Auburn on the Mizzou 33.

12:20 p.m.: Auburn picks up a primary on third-and-short and will get a horsecollar penalty added on. Auburn on the Mizzou 33.

12:18 p.m.: Mizzou missed a 55-yard area purpose. Stable area place for Auburn at its personal 38.

12:14 p.m.: Mizzou QB Brady Cook dinner continues to be not on the sideline and Drew Pyne stays within the sport. No replace within the press field after preliminary sideline studies indicated it wasn’t too severe. Bizarre.

12:09 p.m.: Payton Thorne now fumbles after operating into his lead-blocker’s derriere and Mizzou recovers. This one goes to face. Missouri ball at its 40 and this sport is ugly.

12:05 p.m.: Jarquez Hunter’s fumble is now not a fumble. A cheek hit the bottom and Auburn retains possession at its personal 47.

12:01 p.m.: As I used to be clicking “publish” on the earlier replace, Jarquez Hunter fumbled and the ball was recovered by Mizzou. It is being reviewed and there is a good likelihood this one will get overturned. Could be Auburn ball round midfield.

Midday: Mizzou was rolling deeper into Auburn territory however a fumble on the QB-RB alternate was recovered by Jalen McLeod at Auburn’s 33.

11:52 a.m.: Auburn’s drive stalls and Cities McGough boots in a 32-yard area purpose to tie it up.

11:49 a.m.: An 18-yard connection between Payton Thorne and Jarquez Hunter will get Auburn to the Mizzou 19. Thus far, a seven-play drive that is gone for 63 yards after beginning with eight yards between two drives.

Finish of the primary quarter: Missouri 3, Auburn 0

11:40 a.m.: The quarter ends after Auburn strung collectively a pair of runs for 10-plus. It had eight yards in its first two drives.

Auburn is just a little grateful to solely path 3-0 on the finish of the primary. It’s at its personal 49 when the second quarter begins.

11:39 a.m.: Breaking: Auburn has its first first-down! Payton Thorne ran for 14 yards.

11:37 a.m.: Auburn bailed out defensively for the second drive in a row. On third-and-2, tight finish Jordon Harris dropped a move when he had loads of room to run. As a substitute, Mizzou punts.

Auburn takes over at its 22 with 1:57 left within the first.

11:35 a.m.: One other three-and-out for Auburn. It has eight yards in six performs. Mizzou takes over at its 23.

11:29 a.m.: Auburn will get away with what seemed like a DPI however the refs dominated a deep ball uncatchable on third-down.

Mizzou misses a 49-yarder wide-left. It is nonetheless 3-0 Mizzou with 4:56 left within the quarter.

11:23 a.m.: Auburn goes three-and-out on its first offensive drive and the punt solely will get out to the 50. Not a superb begin.

11:16 a.m.: Mizzou kicker Blake Craig boots in a 51-yard area purpose for a 3-0 lead with 8:24 left within the first.

11:15 a.m.: Missouri QB Brady Cook dinner goes down on his personal and limps off the sector. Sack for a lack of 11 whereas going untouched. He is going straight to the locker room with a jog. Drew Pine replaces him.

11:11 a.m.: Missouri will get into Auburn territory with ease with QB Brady Cook dinner finishing two of his first three passes for 22 yards. Mizzou on the Auburn 44.

11:05 a.m.: It is about go-time from Columbia.

Auburn received the toss and can defer to the second half.

Pregame updates for Auburn soccer vs Missouri

10:44 a.m.: It could be loopy to those that have adopted Auburn this season however everybody’s just about 50-50 on how this sport will go. People with Mizzou say they don’t know how good due to the schedule it is performed and the way the Texas A&M loss went down. They’re effectively conscious Auburn might look higher if it wasn’t for the turnovers.

10:35 a.m.: Mizzou operating again Nate Noel and vast receiver Luther Burden III have formally been introduced as starters for right this moment’s sport. Noel spent many of the week on the harm report whereas Burden exited final week’s UMass win with a shoulder harm.

10:05 a.m.: Good morning from what the locals name “CoMo.” Each units of Tigers are on the sector warming up for Missouri’s homecoming sport. A sold-out crowd is anticipated right here at Memorial Stadium.

The ultimate SEC availability report was launched this morning and Auburn will probably be with out Jamonta Waller (OLB), Tyler Scott (DB), Champ Anthony (DB) and Brandon Frazier (TE).

Mizzou, notably, eliminated star vast receiver Luther Burden III from its availability report. Working again Nate Noel has additionally been eliminated and can play this morning.

Auburn vs Mizzou time right this moment

• Date: Oct. 19
• Time: 11 a.m. CT
• Location: Memorial Stadium/Faurot Discipline; Columbia, Missouri

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What channel is Auburn vs Mizzou sport on right this moment?

Auburn vs. Missouri will probably be broadcast nationally on ESPN. Dave Pasch and Dusty Dvoracek will name the sport from the sales space at Memorial Stadium, with Taylor McGregor reporting from the sidelines. Streaming choices from the sport embody ESPN+, ESPN’s subscription streaming service, and FUBO, which presents a free trial to new subscribers.

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The best way to take heed to Saturday’s sport

Native radio: WGZZ 94.3 FM

Satellite tv for pc radio: Sirius/XM 386

Auburn Radio Community will air the sport reside with Andy Burcham serving because the play-by-play and Jason Campbell because the analyst. Ronnie Brown could have reside studies from the sideline.

Auburn vs Mizzou historical past

• Sequence document: Auburn leads 3-1
• Auburn’s final win: 2022 (17-14)
• Missouri’s final win: 1973 (34-14)

Auburn vs Mizzou betting odds

Recreation traces and odds from BetMGM as of Friday morning:

• Unfold: Mizzou favored by 4.5
• Over/beneath: 50.5
• Moneyline: Auburn +160; Mizzou -190

Auburn vs Mizzou harm updates

As of Friday evening’s student-athlete availability report

Auburn

• Jamonta Waller, OLB, OUT
• Tyler Scott, DB, OUT
• Champ Anthony, DB, OUT
• Brandon Frazier, TE, OUT

Mizzou

• Darris Smith, DE, OUT
• Sam Horn, QB, OUT
• Khalil Jacobs, LB, OUT
• Joe Moore, DE, OUT
• Nate Noel, RB, Possible
• Marquis Johnson, WR, Questionable

Auburn soccer 2024 schedule

• Saturday, Aug. 31: vs. Alabama A&M (W, 73-3)
• Saturday, Sept. 7: vs. Cal (L, 21-14)
• Saturday, Sept. 14: vs. New Mexico (W, 45-19)
• Saturday, Sept. 21: vs. Arkansas* (L, 24-14)
• Saturday, Sept. 28: vs. No. 18 Oklahoma (L, 27-21)
• Saturday, Oct. 5: at No. 5 Georgia* (L, 31-13)
• Saturday, Oct. 12: BYE
• Saturday, Oct. 19: at No. 9 Missouri*
• Saturday, Oct. 26: at Kentucky*
• Saturday, Nov. 2: vs. Vanderbilt*
• Saturday, Nov. 9: BYE
• Saturday, Nov. 16: vs. Louisiana-Monroe | 11:45 a.m. | SEC Community (Fubo)
• Saturday, Nov. 23: vs. No. 21 Texas A&M*
• Saturday, Nov. 30: at No. 2 Alabama*
• Report: 2-3, 0-2 SEC

Mizzou soccer 2024 schedule

• Thursday, Aug. 29 – vs. Murray State (W, 51-0)
• Saturday, Sept. 7 –vs. Buffalo (W, 38-0)
• Saturday, Sept. 14 – vs. Boston Faculty (W, 27-21)
• Saturday, Sept. 21 – vs. Vanderbilt* (2OT/W, 30-27)
• Saturday, Sept. 28 – Bye
• Saturday, Oct. 5 – @ Texas A&M* (L, 41-10)
• Saturday, Oct. 12 – @ UMass (W, 45-3)
• Saturday, Oct. 19 – vs. Auburn*
• Saturday, Oct. 26 – @ Alabama*
• Saturday, Nov. 2 – Bye
• Saturday, Nov. 9 – vs. Oklahoma*
• Saturday, Nov. 16 – @ South Carolina*
• Saturday, Nov. 23 – @ Mississippi State*
• Saturday, Nov. 30 – vs. Arkansas*
• Report: 5-1, 1-1 SEC

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Nebraska soccer was imagined to be the hardest opponent Indiana had confronted all season. As a substitute, the Huskers had been simply one other opponent to get rolled by the Hoosiers.

Below first-year head coach Curt Cignetti, Indiana hammered Nebraska, 56-7, on Homecoming weekend. The No. 16 Hoosiers keep undefeated on the 12 months whereas the Huskers falls to 5-2, together with a 2-2 file in Massive Ten Convention play.

For these of a superstitious nature, Nebraska wore all-white uniforms. Since 1970, the Huskers at the moment are 7-15 within the all whites.

Nebraska has now misplaced three video games to Indiana by greater than 40 factors: 2024 (56-7), 1945 (54-14), 1944 (54-0), and 1943 (54-13).

The Hoosiers struck first, marching eight performs the opening drive to attain a landing. The following kickoff had Husker followers imagining no particular groups work was carried out throughout the bye week, as Jacory Barney Jr. caught the ball on the 1-yard line and went out of bounds.

Although the Huskers picked up a primary down, they had been compelled to punt. Indiana returned new Blackshirt Brian Buschini’s punt 20 yards to setup in Nebraska territory.

Just a few performs later, Indiana was stopped on fourth down, giving the ball again to Nebraska. That, together with an interception on the finish of the primary half, was the one time the Hoosiers didn’t rating a landing till a punt with 6:25 to go within the sport.

Nebraska, in the meantime, managed simply the one landing within the first half. Barney obtained a key block from Thomas Fidone II on the surface. Nebraska adopted that up with a pair of three-and-outs, basically sealing the sport by halftime.

Indiana out-gained Nebraska 495-304 on the day.

Hoosiers quarterback Kurtis Rourke left the sport with 189 yards on 17-for-21 passing. He had one landing cross and the interception got here on a Hail Mary to finish the primary half. Tayven Jackson got here in and threw for 91 yards and two touchdowns in rubbish time.

The Hoosiers ran for 215 yards, led by Justice Ellison with 105 yards and two scores. Indiana had 5 dashing touchdowns on the day.

Nebraska had not given up a dashing on the landing earlier than the blowout in Bloomington.

The Huskers dialed up Dylan Raiola for 44 passes. Raiola accomplished 28 of these for 234 yards, tossing no touchdowns and three interceptions.

Nebraska’s dashing sport appeared to not make the journey to Bloomington, because the Huskers managed simply 70 yards. The main rusher was Heinrich Haarberg with 32 yards, largely in rubbish time.

NU is again on the street subsequent weekend at No. 4 Ohio State. The Huskers and Buckeyes will kickoff at 11 a.m. CDT on FOX.

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It was an extended sport for Nebraska soccer towards Indiana in Bloomington.

The Huskers got here into Saturday hoping to win their first ranked highway sport since 2011, nonetheless, their desires had been swiftly crushed by the Hoosiers. Indiana may merely do something it needed on the best way to its 56-7 win. Anytime Nebraska discovered an oz. of momentum, the Hoosiers or the Huskers themselves discovered a method to cease it.

Listed below are three takeaways and a query from the catastrophic loss:

Protection has an extended method to go

Nebraska’s protection entered the sport as among the best models within the convention and emerged wanting horrible.

Indiana had 12 drives within the sport and eight of them resulted in a landing. Hoosiers’ senior quarterback Kurtis Rourke torched the Huskers all sport. Indiana scored a landing on 4-of-6 drives that Rourke was in for and a kind of would’ve possible resulted in one other rating if his receiver didn’t drop a wide-open catch.

The Hoosiers’ receivers discovered house all sport and Rourke hit them each single time. Although Nebraska’s standout senior cornerback Tommi Hill returned from damage, the secondary had a tricky time containing something Indiana drew up. Even when the Hoosiers’ backup quarterback, sophomore Tayven Jackson got here in, there was no pushback from the protection.

The Husker defensive backs had a tough time tackling, permitting Indiana’s receivers to show quick catches into massive performs. They’ve struggled at containing receivers in house and that concern was obvious as we speak.

Nebraska’s poor tackling additionally seeped into the staff’s poor try and cease the Hoosiers’ speeding assault. Coming into the sport, the Huskers had not allowed a single speeding landing all 12 months, nonetheless, senior working backs Justice Ellison and Ty Son Lawton gashed Nebraska all day.

The duo mixed for 17 carries for 169 yards and three touchdowns within the blowout win. Each time both of them touched the ball, Nebraska regarded helpless making an attempt to carry them to the bottom.

There’s just one phrase to explain this efficiency: Embarrassing. The Huskers’ protection regarded strong a lot of the season however absolutely crumbled underneath the strain of an actual offense. Indiana has among the best offenses round and used the Nebraska protection as a punching bag to ship a message to the remainder of the nation. 

Huskers’ run sport is nonexistent

Regardless of how dangerous the Blackshirts performed, the Huskers’ speeding assault someway contended for the worst a part of the sport.

Nebraska’s run sport has been inefficient all season, however it was absolutely proven on show towards the Hoosiers. The Huskers fed sophomore working again Dante Dowdell early and he continued to be as inexplosive as he normally is. Dowdell already regarded poor, however a fumble that ended certainly one of Nebraska’s few good drives opened up a spot on the bench for him.

Fellow sophomore Emmett Johnson got here in to alleviate Dowdell, however even he couldn’t do a lot as he had a measly 24yards on eight carries. Johnson has regarded like the perfect again within the working again room, however even he has didn’t have a real breakout sport.

The Huskers’ incapability to discover a circulate within the working sport flat-out received’t minimize it within the Huge Ten. The air assault has been alright, even in dangerous video games, however it isn’t ok to complement the working sport.

Opposing defenses don’t even have to sport plan for the bottom sport at this level.

Offense wants to complete drives

Though it wouldn’t have made an influence towards Indiana, the Huskers struggled to complete their few good drives. Nebraska had three drives of 10 or extra performs, nonetheless, it solely mustered seven factors between them.

It appears the Huskers’ turnover points from final season might have returned as they gave up the ball twice within the pink zone. The very last thing Nebraska can do, particularly in video games the place possessions are scarce, is hand over the ball in enemy territory. 

The Huskers’ lack of a reliable placekicker additionally doesn’t assist in relation to ending drives. Sophomore kicker Tristan Alvano missed one other sport and Nebraska didn’t give freshman John Hohl an opportunity to probably whiff a kick in entrance of the opposing crowd.

After final season, the Huskers are nonetheless adjusting to the sensation of being on the opposing staff’s aspect of the sector, however they should begin appearing like they’ve been there earlier than.

How does Dylan Raiola bounce again?

Freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola has been dreadful these previous two video games. Raiola has not thrown a landing since week 4 towards Illinois and has thrown 5 interceptions in his final two begins. With a visit to Columbus to play top-five Ohio State on the schedule, Raiola might want to regroup. 

Raiola was requested to do rather a lot as we speak, as he threw the ball a season-high 44 occasions and he didn’t ship. It didn’t assist that he didn’t have a run sport to fall again on. 

As the sport went on, it was straightforward to inform that Raiola was carrying down. The freshman regarded considerably poised regardless of an early deficit however faltered as the sport progressed. Raiola didn’t throw any interceptions within the first half, however a awful effort within the second half led to him throwing three.

Raiola regarded like a celebrity within the first chunk of the season however has proven he’s nonetheless a freshman. Opposing coaches are determining easy methods to scout him and he has but to regulate. Raiola probably has an extended profession of soccer forward of him however might want to use his final two performances as a studying device to do this.

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Typically, you simply must return to the classics.

That’s very true as Halloween approaches. When you queue up your spooky film marathon, listed below are 10 iconic horror motion pictures from the previous 70 years for inspiration, and what AP writers needed to say about them after they had been first launched.

We resurrected excerpts from these opinions, edited for readability, from the useless — did they stand the take a look at of time?

“Rear Window” (1954)

“Rear Window” is an excellent trick pulled off by Alfred Hitchcock. He breaks his hero’s leg, units him up at an condominium window the place he can observe, amongst different issues, a homicide throughout the courtroom. The panorama of different folks’s lives is laid out earlier than you, as seen via the eyes of a Peeping Tom.

James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter and others make it good enjoyable.

— Bob Thomas

“Halloween” (1978)

At 19, Jamie Lee Curtis is starring in a creepy little thriller movie known as “Halloween.”

Till now, Jamie’s most important achievement has been as an everyday on the “Operation Petticoat” TV sequence. Jamie is way prouder of “Halloween,” although it’s clearly an exploitation image aimed on the thrill market.

The concept for “Halloween” sprang from unbiased producer-distributor Irwin Yablans, who wished a terror-tale involving a babysitter. John Carpenter and Debra Hill normal a script a few madman who kills his sister, escapes from an asylum and returns to his hometown desiring to homicide his sister’s mates.

— Bob Thomas

“The Silence of the Lambs” (1991)

“The Silence of the Lambs” strikes from one nail-biting sequence to a different. Jonathan Demme spares the viewers nothing, together with closeups of skinned corpses. The squeamish had greatest keep residence and watch “The Cosby Present.”

Ted Tally tailored the Thomas Harris novel with nice talent, and Demme twists the suspense nearly to the breaking level. The climactic confrontation between Clarice Starling and Buffalo Invoice (Ted Levine) is carried a tad too far, although it’s undeniably thrilling with well-edited sequences.

Such a story as “The Silence of the Lambs” requires achieved actors to drag it off. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins are extremely certified. She offers steely intelligence, with sufficient vulnerability to maintain the suspense. He delivers a traditional portrayal of pure, sensible evil.

— Bob Thomas

“Scream” (1996)

On this good, witty homage to the style, college students at a suburban California highschool are being killed in the identical grotesque vogue because the victims within the slasher movies they know by coronary heart.

If it sounds just like the script of each different horror film to come back and go on the native movie show, it’s not.

By turns terrifying and humorous, “Scream” — written by newcomer David Williamson — is as taut as a thriller, clever with out being self-congratulatory, and beneficiant in its references to Wes Craven’s rivals in gore.

— Ned Kilkelly

“The Blair Witch Mission” (1999)

Imaginative, intense and beautiful are just a few phrases that come to thoughts with “The Blair Witch Mission.”

“Blair Witch” is the supposed footage discovered after three pupil filmmakers disappear within the woods of western Maryland whereas capturing a documentary a few legendary witch.

The filmmakers need us to consider the footage is actual, the story is actual, that three younger folks died and we’re witnessing the ultimate days of their lives. It isn’t. It’s all fiction.

However Eduardo Sanchez and Dan Myrick, who co-wrote and co-directed the movie, take us to the sting of perception, squirming in our seats the entire approach. It’s an formidable and well-executed idea.

— Christy Lemire

“Noticed” (2004)

The fright flick “Noticed” is constant, if nothing else.

This serial-killer story is inanely plotted, badly written, poorly acted, coarsely directed, hideously photographed and clumsily edited, all these components resulting in a yawner of a shock ending. To prime it off, the music’s unhealthy, too.

You might forgive all (properly, not all, and even, fractionally, a lot) of the film’s flaws if there have been any chills or scares to this sordid little horror affair.

However “Noticed” director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell, who developed the story collectively, have give you nothing greater than an train in unpleasantry and ugliness.

— David Germain

Germain gave “Noticed” one star out of 4.

“Paranormal Exercise” (2009)

The no-budget ghost story “Paranormal Exercise” arrives 10 years after “The Blair Witch Mission,” and the 2 horror motion pictures share greater than a intelligent assemble and shaky, handheld camerawork.

Your complete movie takes place on the couple’s cookie-cutter dwelling, its format and furnishings indistinguishable from nearly some other readymade residence constructed previously 20 years. Its ordinariness makes the eerie, nocturnal actions all of the extra terrifying, as does the anonymity of the actors adequately enjoying the leads.

The thinness of the premise is laid naked towards the tip, however not sufficient to erase the horror of these silent, nighttime photographs seen via Micah’s bed room digital camera. “Paranormal Exercise” owns a uncooked, primal efficiency, proving once more that, to the thoughts, suggestion has as a lot energy as a sledgehammer to the cranium.

— Glenn Whipp

Whipp gave “Paranormal Exercise” three stars out of 4.

“The Conjuring” (2013)

As sympathetic, methodical ghostbusters Lorraine and Ed Warren, Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson make the old school haunted-house horror movie “The Conjuring” one thing greater than your common fright fest.

“The Conjuring,” which boasts incredulously of being their most fearsome, beforehand unknown case, is constructed very within the ’70s-style mildew of “Amityville” and, if one is variety, “The Exorcist.” The movie opens with an imposing, foreboding title card that asserts its aspirations to such a lineage.

However as successfully crafted as “The Conjuring” is, it’s missing the uncooked, haunting energy of the fashions it falls shy of. “The Exorcist” is a excessive customary, although; “The Conjuring” is an unusually sturdy piece of haunted-house style filmmaking.

— Jake Coyle

Coyle gave “The Conjuring” two and half stars out of 4.

Learn the total assessment right here.

“Get Out” (2017)

Fifty years after Sidney Poitier upended the latent racial prejudices of his white date’s liberal household in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” writer-director Jordan Peele has crafted an analogous confrontation with altogether extra flamable leads to “Get Out.”

In Peele’s directorial debut, the previous “Key and Peele” star has — as he typically did on that satirical sketch sequence — turned inside out even supposedly progressive assumptions about race. However Peele has largely left comedy behind in a extra chilling portrait of the racism that lurks beneath smiling white faces and defensive, paper-thin protestations like, “However I voted for Obama!” and “Isn’t Tiger Woods wonderful?”

It’s lengthy been a lamentable joke that in horror movies — by no means probably the most inclusive of genres — the Black dude is all the time the primary to go. On this approach, “Get Out” is radical and refreshing in its perspective.

— Jake Coyle

Coyle gave “Get Out” three stars out of 4.

Learn the total assessment right here.

“Hereditary” (2018)

In Ari Aster’s intensely nightmarish feature-film debut “Hereditary,” when Annie (Toni Collette), an artist and mom of two youngsters, sneaks out to a grief-support group following the demise of her mom, she lies to her husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne) that she’s “going to the films.”

An evening out with “Hereditary” is many issues, however you gained’t confuse it for a night of therapeutic and remedy. It’s extra like the alternative.

Aster’s movie, relentlessly unsettling and pitilessly gripping, has carried with it an ominous air of hazard and dread: a film so horrifying and good that you must see it, even if you happen to shouldn’t need to, even if you happen to may by no means sleep peacefully once more.

The hype is generally justified.

— Jake Coyle

Coyle gave “Hereditary” three stars out of 4.

Learn the total assessment right here. ___

Researcher Rhonda Shafner contributed from New York.

By: Invoice Beckner Jr.

Saturday, October 19, 2024 | 11:01 AM

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Familiarity is not going to be an issue for Denny Zeravica, the brand new hockey coach at Norwin.

He has been across the program for near twenty years, so he is aware of the important thing names and faces on and off the ice.

Again for a second stint as head coach of the Knights, Zeravica wish to velocity up the sport.

“I’m a coach that likes to play quick, stress the opposing staff, whereas nonetheless enjoying essentially sound,” he mentioned.

Zeravica replaces Mike Robinson, who resigned and is now an assistant on the Penn-Trafford employees. Zeravica was Robinson’s assistant for the previous three years and so they gained a PIHL Penguins Cup collectively.

Zeravica, in his twenty seventh 12 months of teaching general, has a laundry listing of stops, from faculty hockey to youth ranges.

He started teaching at Penn State West, a Division III program, in 1997 and, after he left there in 2006, grew to become Norwin’s head coach from 2006-11.

He additionally was the pinnacle coach at Hempfield from 2012-19, so his notion of the PIHL just isn’t fully from a Norwin viewpoint.

A coach within the Westmoreland Hockey Affiliation for the previous 13 years, Zeravica has labored with gamers at Norwin within the developmental, center faculty and junior varsity ranges.

When he isn’t teaching hockey, he’s working as a district operations supervisor for Agiliti, a medical tools firm. He heads up districts in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Erie and Altoona.

Norwin moved as much as Class 2A final season and completed 11-7, third within the standings. The Knights misplaced to Penn-Trafford within the semifinals, 6-3.

“What we discovered was that there have been no so-called ‘straightforward’ video games,” Zeravica mentioned of the transfer up in school. “The staff needed to be ready and prepared each recreation, and we weren’t going to only win simply on having higher expertise. We additionally discovered that you just want depth at each place.”

Norwin has loads of expertise returning to make one other postseason push. Zeravica thinks the Knights will be capable of match ability and depth with opponents.

Key returnees embody senior ahead Dom Cerilli, the staff captain; senior forwards Cade Zeravica, Joey Vecchio, Colin Czekaj and Mitch Soltysiak; defensemen in junior Parker Toth, sophomore Cal Costantino, senior Preston Stoner; and junior ahead Zayn Zeravica.

Cade Zeravica and Vecchio are alternate captains.

“Our expectations are to enhance all season lengthy,” coach Zeravica mentioned, “and put ourselves in a superb place to win the division and safe a excessive seed for the playoffs.”

Backups and newcomers seeking to affect the staff embody sophomore goaltender Connor Lovinfosse, junior defenseman Josh Toth, sophomore ahead Mason Hohman, junior defenseman Zack Katona, senior ahead Cody Barrett, senior defenseman Tyler Barrett and sophomore goalie Damien Flore.

Denny Zeravica expects Penn-Trafford, Armstrong and Fox Chapel to be potential frontrunners within the division.

“I believe the division as an entire goes to be very aggressive once more,” he mentioned.

Invoice Beckner Jr. is a TribLive reporter masking native sports activities in Westmoreland County. He could be reached at bbeckner@triblive.com.

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A five-alarm brush hearth in Oakland, California, sparked evacuation orders because it burned two properties on Friday.

Crews had been “working aggressively to totally extinguish” the blaze in Oakland Hills, named the Keller Fireplace, the Oakland Fireplace Division stated in an replace on X early Saturday morning.

The fireplace began Friday afternoon in a house on Mountain Avenue. Wind carried flames right into a grove of Eucalyptus bushes, the place it has grown to fifteen acres, NBC Bay Space reported. The fireplace was 50% contained as of Saturday morning, in keeping with the California Division of Forestry and Fireplace Safety (CalFire).

Fireplace Chief Damon Covington stated at a information convention Saturday that there are nonetheless a “super quantity of scorching spots.”

“We have now numerous work to do,” he stated.

A serious trigger for concern was the wind choosing up and the elevated temperature, he stated.

“We count on to be right here all through the day and probably via the night,” Covington instructed reporters.

At a information convention Friday, he stated that crews had been in a position to cease the ahead progress of the hearth however stated “we nonetheless have numerous work to do.”

Oakland hearth stated two properties have been impacted by flames. Dozens of different properties on Maynard, Sanford, Greenridge and Canyon Oaks had been threatened by flames however not broken.

Evacuation orders had been initially issued for Campus Drive and Crystal Ridge Courtroom, NBC Bay Space reported, earlier than it expanded to surrounding areas. Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao stated anybody being evacuated ought to depart instantly.

“You are solely being evacuated, it is as a result of we’re attempting to guard the well being of our residents,” she stated at Friday’s information convention.

Delane Sims’ stated her house was one of many two broken. Sims instructed NBC Bay Space that her husband was inside their house when the panorama caught on hearth and brought about a entrance window to blow up.

“That explosion woke him up, and he was in a position to get out alive, and that’s what I’m grateful for. That’s what I’m most grateful for,” she stated. “I thank God for that.”

The second that followers have been ready for is lastly right here.

Andrew Garfield made his long-awaited look on Amelia Dimoldenberg’s hit present, “Rooster Store Date.” His Oct. 18 look comes after Garfield and Dimoldenberg seemingly flirted with each other on the Golden Globes in January 2023.

Whereas sharing a meal collectively on “Rooster Store Date,” Garfield admitted that they did have a “couple of beautiful interactions” collectively up to now. Nevertheless, Dimoldenberg famous that they haven’t seen one another shortly, teasing the actor for “avoiding her.”

“I’m shocked you’re right here,” she mentioned.

“I’m shocked I’m right here as effectively,” Garfield replied.

Later within the dialog, Dimoldenberg joked that their preliminary encounter was an act of destiny. Garfield laughed and the 2 playfully went backwards and forwards earlier than the actor requested if Dimoldenberg thinks certainly one of friends might go on the date and assume “that is it.”

“Yeah, do you not?” she responded, evaluating the dates to assembly a big different at work.

“Yeah, and what number of of these relationships work out?” Garfield challenged her.

Garfield, at one level, admitted to flirting with Dimoldenberg and known as their two prior interactions “meet cutes.”

The pair then talked about their courting etiquettes and Dimoldenberg mentioned that she’s usually the one that asks another person out on a date, even when she would possibly get rejected.

“I actually admire that,” Garfield mentioned. “I believe that’s attractive. I believe that’s actually sizzling.”

Seemingly taking the dialog extra critically, Garfield and Dimoldenberg mentioned whether or not or not they might really make a relationship work.

“I believe that we — there’s one thing happening,” Dimoldenberg lastly mentioned, to which Garfield requested if she sincerely thought they’d go on a date outdoors of the present.

“Take out all of the practicalities and the logic. I really consider possibly we might’ve, with out all of this,” he continued, pointing to the cameras and the set.

Later, Garfield went again to the subject, saying, “I believe we’d have a very nice time with out the digicam.”

In response, Dimoldenberg instructed Garfield they need to “be freinds,” earlier than course correcting. “Did I simply good friend zone this example? Ah, I shouldn’t have accomplished that.”

“Until that’s what you need,” Garfield responded.

“No, I don’t know what I would like,” Dimoldenberg mentioned.

The 2 then agreed that the present date ought to merely be a “apply spherical” for the true deal.

“I believe we must always do it once more, really, and higher,” Garfield mentioned of the potential for an additional date. “This could simply be a rehearsal.”

In an interview with TODAY.com, Dimoldenberg talked in regards to the possibilities of her discovering love on her present.

“I’ve mentioned earlier than, I don’t see why I couldn’t meet somebody, like a romantic companion, through the present. Perhaps some folks would possibly assume that’s actually deluded,” she mentioned. “I believe a part of me truthfully believes, like, I’m really attempting to fulfill somebody and fall in love. And I believe that real feeling is introduced by means of throughout the present.”

Francis Ngannou and Renan Ferreira enter the cage Saturday with correct billing.

“Battle of the Giants,” trumpets the Skilled Fighters League (PFL), will pit Ngannou, a 6-4, 256-pound Cameroonian, towards Ferreira, a 6-8, 261-pound Brazilian, in the principle occasion of the PFL Tremendous Fights in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Each males have jaw-dropping energy.

Ferreria, 34, is 13-3 with 11 KOs. Ngannou, 38, is 17-3 with 12 knockouts. However numbers fail to account for one more vital storyline. This conflict marks Ngannou’s first MMA struggle since January 2022, after which he left UFC due to a contract dispute and ventured into professional boxing.

He surprised the world of fight sports activities in October 2023 when knocked down and almost beat Tyson Fury in his professional boxing debut. However he received brutally knocked out by Anthony Joshua of their March struggle.

The next month, Ngannou introduced his 15-month-old son died. Nonetheless grieving, Ngannou informed USA TODAY Sports activities he determined to struggle once more partly due to his son’s demise. Whether or not it was too quickly will grow to be clearer Saturday throughout his large PFL debut.

What time is Francis Ngannou vs. Renan Ferreira?

Preliminary card begins at 1:30 p.m. ET Saturday. Important card begins at 4 ET. 

The place is the Francis Ngannou vs. Renan Ferreira struggle tonight?

The Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

Francis Ngannou vs. Renan Ferreira the best way to watch 

• Preliminary card on ESPN+. Free with subscription.
• Important card on DAZN. PPV charge: $49.99. 

Combating now: A.J. McKee vs. Paul Hughes, light-weight

The primary struggle of the principle card is underway. Keep tuned for round-by-round evaluation of all primary card fights.

Spherical 1: McKee fires with a kick. Hughes almost catches it however McKee jerks free. McKee punches and kicks and works Hughes towards the fence earlier than Hughes turns the tables. Clinched now. They commerce knees to the intestine. Simply tangled. McKee breaks free and Hughes rewards him with a knee to the physique. McKee delivers a few kicks and Hughes solutions with punches. Extra kicks from McKee and extra punches from Hughes. They’re wrapped up on the mat. Again on their ft and Hughes delivers a nasty knee and drops McKee with an enormous proper because the bell rings. Hughes 10, McKee 9.

Francis Ngannou vs. Renan Ferreira primary card 

• Cris Cyborg vs. Larissa Pacheco, ladies’s featherweight 
• Johnny Eblen vs. Fabian Edwards, middleweight 
• Husein Kadimagomaev vs. Zafar Mohsen, featherweight 
• AJ McKee vs. Paul Hughes, light-weight 

Cris Cyborg vs. Larissa Pacheco time 

This struggle is the co-main and can begin immediately earlier than Francis Ngannou vs. Renan Ferriera 

Francis Ngannou vs. Renan Ferreira preliminary card 

• Raufeon Stots def. Marcos Breno, bantamweight 
• Makkasharip  Zaynukov def. Dedrek Sanders, light-weight 
• Ibragim Ibragimov def. Nacho Campos, featherweight 
• Taha Bendaoud def. Tariq Ismail, featherweight 

Raufeon Stots def. Marcos Breno by submission, third spherical

Breno almost knocked down Stots twice early within the first spherical of their three-round bantamweight struggle. Any celebration would have been untimely.

Breno maintained his aggressive assault and gained the spherical. However Stots, a former NCAA Division II wrestling champion, ultimately discovered a chance to capitalize on his grappling.

It went from good to sensible for Stots within the third spherical, when Breno took down Stots solely to seek out himself shortly underneath Stots’ management.

He punished Breno with punches and completed him off with a rear bare choke. Breno tapped out with 1:59 left within the struggle.

Stots, a 25-year-old from Texas, improved to 21-2. Breno, a 26-year-old from Connecticut, fell to 15-4.

Makkasharip Zaynukov def. Dedrek Sanders, unanimous choice

By the tip, about the one factor in query about this three-round light-weight struggle was whether or not Sanders would keep away from a submission or survive late hammer fists earlier than the referee interceded.

He did.

However Zaynukov was dominant, securing seven takedowns. Maybe probably the most spectacular takedown: within the second spherical, Sanders caught Zaynukov’s leg after an tried kick and but moments later it was Zaynukov who wrestled Sanders to the mat.

A number of occasions, Sanders appeared to squirm free. It was false hope, as Zaynukov sustained his dominance with superior grappling.

All three referees scored it as a unanimous choice for Zaynukov, a Russian who improved to 16-4. Sanders, a 34-year-old from Alaska, fell to 9-5. 

Ibragim Ibragimov def. Nacho Campos by unanimous choice

Ibragimov opened the featherweight bout with just a few kicks, together with a flashy wheel kick. Looking back, it felt like principally present.

He shortly shifted into his dominant place: grappling, and Campos seemed largely helpless. He spent more often than not on the mat – and seeking to the referee in hopes he would instruct the fighters to face up in the course of the three-round featherweight bout.

No luck.

Campos did get in his pictures, however Ibragimov’s fists linked much more – 125 strikes for Ibragimov to 57 strikes for Campos.

The gang grew stressed with all of the wrestling, however the judges didn’t appear to thoughts. All three scored it 30-27 in favor of Ibrahimov, the 20-year-old from Republic of Dagestan who improved to 8-0.

Campos, a Spaniard, fell to 5-1.

Taha Bendaoud def. Tariq Ismail by submission, 2nd spherical 

Bendaoud’s face was bloody and swollen after the struggle, but it surely didn’t hold him from pulling off a shock transfer to win the featherweight bout.

Ismail dominated the primary spherical after securing a takedown. It was extra of the identical within the second spherical, solely this time Ismail pounded Bendaoud’s face because the blood flowed.

However as Ismail leaned in for extra strikes, Bendaoud shocked him with a triangle choke and along with his legs squeezed him like a boa constrictor earlier than Ismail tapped out with 1:09 left within the second spherical.

Bendaoud, a 29-year-old from Morocco, improved to 4-0. Ismael, a 34-year-old from Sudan, fell to 8-2.

Francis Ngannou boxing document 

Ngannou is 0-2 in boxing. He’s 17-3-1 in MMA with 12 KOs and 4 submissions. 

Renan Ferreira document 

13-3 in MMA with 11 KOs and one submission 

Francis Ngannou spouse 

Ngannou, who has two youngsters, has protected the small print of his personal life. 

How did Francis Ngannou son cross away 

In April, Ngannou introduced his son Kobe had died on the age of 15 months. Ngannou mentioned medical doctors didn’t diagnose a mind malformation that resulted in Kobe’s demise. 

Francis Ngannou peak & weight 

6-4, 256 kilos 

Renan Ferreira peak & weight 

6-8, 261 kilos 

How previous is Francis Ngannou? 

38 

How previous is Renan Ferreira? 

34 

Cris Cyborg document 

27-2 with 21 KOs and one submission 

How tall is Cris Cyborg?

5-8 

Larissa Pacheco document 

23-4 with 11 KOs and eight submissions 

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Philip G. Zimbardo, the psychologist behind the controversial “Stanford Jail Experiment” that was supposed to look at the psychological experiences of imprisonment, has died. He was 91.

Stanford College introduced Friday that Zimbardo died Oct. 14 at his residence in San Francisco. A explanation for demise was not offered.

Within the 1971 jail research, Zimbardo and a crew of graduate college students recruited college-aged males to spend two weeks in a mock jail within the basement of a constructing on the Stanford campus.

The research was ended after six days as the scholars taking part in guards turned psychologically abusive and people taking part in prisoners turned anxious, emotionally depressed and enraged, in response to the Stanford assertion.

Zimbardo was criticized for taking the position of superintendent – changing into an energetic participant within the research and now not a impartial observer.

“The end result of our research was stunning and surprising,” Zimbardo would later co-write with one of many graduate college students who was a part of the challenge.

The experiment is now utilized in psychology courses to review the psychology of evil and the ethics of psychological analysis with human topics, Stanford stated.

Zimbardo’s analysis additionally included persuasion, hypnosis, cults, shyness, time perspective, altruism, and compassion, Stanford stated.

Zimbardo is survived by his spouse, Christina Maslach Zimbardo, three kids and 4 grandchildren.

Francis Ngannou returns to blended martial arts after two years away from the game and as many high-profile boxing fights. Ngannou will reply many questions after his Skilled Fighters League debut at PFL Battle of the Giants on Saturday.

Former UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou — thought of the lineal champion since he held the title when exiting the promotion — faces 2023 PFL heavyweight champion Renan Ferreira. “Problema” earned a shot at “The Predator” by knocking out Bellator heavyweight champ Ryan Bader in 21 seconds. Ngannou is a large favourite on this inaugural PFL heavyweight superfight title bout, the place there are reliable questions contemplating his 1,000-day MMA layoff.

“That is an MMA battle, so the whole lot can be on show,” Ngannou mentioned in the course of the last press convention this week. “We have ready the whole lot, and the whole lot can be on show. On his finish, too, I consider he [Ferreira] is getting ready some issues as a result of he’s a jiu-jitsu black belt, and he isn’t undermining my punching energy.”

Ngannou has skilled unbelievable highs and lows between his final and subsequent MMA battle. Let’s get you on top of things with the place Ngannou is forward of Saturday’s battle

Why is Ngannou preventing within the PFL?

Ngannou made shockwaves by leaving the UFC in January 2023. “The Predator” vacated the UFC heavyweight championship after negotiations with UFC fell aside. Ngannou and UFC CEO Dana White have repeatedly sparred within the media concerning the circumstances surrounding his exit. Ngannou’s sticking factors included pay, fighter rights and the chance to pursue exterior ventures. The UFC allegedly did not budge on a lot aside from pay and free company. PFL welcomed a lot of Ngannou’s calls for to amass MMA’s prime heavyweight.

The place has Ngannou been?

Cash wasn’t the one level of deadlock between Ngannou and the UFC. The native of Cameroon sought freedom from UFC’s notoriously strict contracts. UFC fighters are impartial contractors, but UFC’s contracts stop them from competing for different fight sports activities promotions. Ngannou’s PFL deal allowed him to pursue big-ticket boxing fights towards former unified world champions Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua. Ngannou shockingly took Fury to a break up choice in 2023 earlier than struggling a brutal KO loss to Joshua in March 2024. Ngannou’s boxing excursions delayed his MMA profession. When Ngannou and Ferreira battle on Saturday, greater than 1,000 days may have handed since Ngannou defeated Ciryl Gane in January 2022.

How did Renan Ferreira win the Ngannou sweepstakes?

Discovering an acceptable opponent for Ngannou’s PFL debut was among the many promotion’s greatest hurdles. Analysts and followers speculated that PFL may signal a notable UFC alum like Alistair Overeem or Junior dos Santos. Others steered they signal a notable UFC heavyweight coming into free company. One such instance was Derrick Lewis, who the UFC locked down earlier than he may probably communicate with PFL. The promotion in the end appeared inward. A PFL vs. Bellator card was held in February after the PFL acquired the promotion. Ferreira and Ryan Bader met in a battle between PFL and Bellator heavyweight champions. The winner earned the fitting to welcome Ngannou to the PFL with a assured $2 million purse, as negotiated by Ngannou on behalf of his future opponent.

What title is Ngannou preventing for?

The PFL primarily operates below a playoff format. Fighters qualify for and compete in weight class tournaments to win $1 million prizes. Ferreira received the 2023 PFL heavyweight match by defeating two fighters within the playoffs. Battle of the Giants is a PPV occasion exterior of the season format. The promotion raised the stakes for Ngannou vs. Ferreira by introducing the inaugural PFL heavyweight superfight championship. Saturday’s co-main occasion between PFL match winner Larissa Pacheco and Bellator champion Cris Cyborg will equally function the PFL girls’s featherweight superfight title.

Why is not Ngannou preventing Jon Jones for the UFC heavyweight title?

UFC would have seemingly booked Ngannou vs. Jones had Ngannou re-signed with the promotion. Ngannou beforehand mentioned he was supplied $8 million for the Jones battle. Jones as an alternative made his long-awaited heavyweight debut in March 2023 towards Gane for the vacant heavyweight title. Jones — thought of far and away the all-time biggest MMA mild heavyweight — rolled by Gane in minutes. Jones and Ngannou now battle for various promotions however that does not imply they cannot battle one another. The first impediment is the UFC’s unwillingness to co-promote. UFC and PFL air on ESPN, which means there aren’t any issues about broadcast rights. White and firm may e book the battle tomorrow in the event that they needed to. As an alternative, Jones will defend the UFC heavyweight title towards Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 in what’s rumored to be each fighters’ retirement bouts.

Under is the entire battle card for PFL Battle of the Giants together with the newest odds. Verify again all week lengthy for the newest information, options and different content material round this occasion.

PFL Battle of the Giants battle card, odds

• Francis Ngannou -320 vs. Renan Ferreira +230, PFL heavyweight superfight title
• Larissa Pacheco -150 vs. Cris Cyborg +120, PFL girls’s featherweight superfight title
• Johnny Eblen (c) -400 vs. Fabian Edwards +275, Bellator welterweight title
• Husein Kadimagomaev -1000 vs. Zafar Mohsen +550, featherweights
• A.J. McKee -175 vs. Paul Hughes +135, lightweights
• Raufeon Stots -750 vs. Marcos Breno +460, bantamweights
• Makkasharip Zaynukov -450 vs. Dedrek Sanders +300, lightweights
• Ibragim Ibragimov -1200 vs. Macho Campos +600, featherweights
• Tariq Ismail vs. Taha Bendaoud, featherweights

PFL Battle of the Giants data

• Date: Oct. 19
• Location: The Mayadeen — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Begin time: 4 p.m. ET (Principal card) 
• How one can watch: ESPN+ PPV