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Sean Strickland left everything in the octagon at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday night, upsetting Khamzat Chimaev to be named UFC middleweight champion once again for his career.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
Representing Spain and Georgia, Topuria has carried, from the beginning, a mission that goes beyond the octagon—one that now stands as tall as Miami’s skyline.
—Jorge Ebro
may 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
All of Raphael’s portraits in the octagon are quite distinct—the palette ranges from emerald green and cinnabar to earthy browns and bone black—but there is one bizarre consistency.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
And perhaps most maddeningly, eight does not equal six, and this AI slop displays an octagon, not a hexagon!
—Big Think, 15 Apr. 2026
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
Representing Spain and Georgia, Topuria has carried, from the beginning, a mission that goes beyond the octagon—one that now stands as tall as Miami’s skyline.
—Jorge Ebro
may 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
All of Raphael’s portraits in the octagon are quite distinct—the palette ranges from emerald green and cinnabar to earthy browns and bone black—but there is one bizarre consistency.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
And perhaps most maddeningly, eight does not equal six, and this AI slop displays an octagon, not a hexagon!
—Big Think, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Octagon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/octagon. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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