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Ronda Rousey returned to Mixed Martial Arts in devastating fashion, submitting Gina Carano in 17 seconds in the headlining bout of Most Valuable Promotions’ MMA debut. Though the quick result harkens back to Rousey’s glory days in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, her dominant performance proved to be the cherry on top of an MMA card filled with mismatches produced by MVP and Netflix. Here are the results of MVP MMA: Rousey vs.

Categories: March 9, 2023 The polls opened at noon on March 7 for the Missouri Student Association’s annual spring elections. Two slates hope to fill the student government’s open executive seats of President and Vice President — Reimagine Mizzou and Mizzou4U. Reimagine Mizzou presidential candidate Zeb Howell and vice presidential candidate Taylor McMahan modeled their campaign on “reimagining” MU’s community, relationships and governance.

Jess Jacobs stars in and produces the new indie film “If You See Something,” directed by Oday Rasheed and written by Jacobs and Avram Ludwig. The film follows the story of Ali, a doctor (played by Adam Bakri), and Katie, a gallerist (played by Jess Jacobs), who are in a relationship as Ali, an Iraqi immigrant, seeks political asylum in the United States. Listed as a thriller, the story begins with Ali and Katie building a new life together in New York.

June 7, 2014 Saturday, June 7- A trio of current events going on in the sports world has brought to light something that has been evident for a while: sports provide social change. Those events are the Donald Sterling case, Michael Sam being drafted and the Washington Redskins’ potential name change.

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Categories: May 15, 2026 Join Brianne Tremper, Kate Alter, Ian Southwell and Christian Urea as they interview Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe about the importance of local elections, the role of city council and her time on KCOU 88.1! Your donation will support the student journalists of University of Missouri. Your contribution will allow us to purchase equipment and cover our annual website hosting costs.

Gwen Bunn is taking on the music industry her own way. As an award winning producer working on projects for artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Syd, Schoolboy Q, and most recently Leon Thomas, with his album ‘Mutt.’ She is becoming one of the most prolific names behind the scenes for modern R&B, Hip Hop, and House. She also has her own discography, featuring her newest single “Extra Mile” as well as her last project “Phase”.

As he finishes working on the third song of their first album, Noah Schmitz, lead guitarist of Nightstand, reminisces about how far the band has come. Growing up surrounded by music, Schmitz always hoped to be in a band, but he never expected to make his dreams a reality. He now plays in Nightstand, a self-described “basement-rock” band based out of Columbia, alongside his four best friends.

It was announced on Friday that BYU transfer Kennard Davis has committed to Missouri. The 6-foot-6 wing is a rising senior and a Missouri native, having attended Vashon High School in St. Louis. He played there with current Mizzou forward Nicholas Randall, part of a Wolverine dynasty that won 5 straight Missouri Class 4 championships. Davis, a three-star recruit out of high school, attended Southern Illinois his freshman and sophomore years, winning second-team conference honors as a sophomore.

Categories: April 23, 2026 KCOU interviewed Bridget St. John before she played at the True/False film festival this year. Listen to the whole conversation on YouTube. “If you’re a musician or wanting to do something in music, I would say… just focus on the work, don’t think about the result. You cannot affect how people are gonna react to your music. You can’t make people like what you do, so you have to love what you do and do it—y’know—with a good mind and a good heart.” – Bridget St. John.