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Yuya Wakamatsu has waited his entire combat sports life for this kind of moment.The 30-year-old finally reached the summit when he became the ONE Flyweight MMA World Champion in Tokyo earlier this year, fulfilling a dream he once believed might not be possible. Now he returns home to defend that title for the first time, determined to show he is not only the man who climbed the mountain, but the man who belongs at the top of it.Wakamatsu faces ONE strawweight champion Joshua Pacio at ONE 173 in Tokyo, in a match-up that could have an impact across both divisions.…

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – For over two millennia, the Dujiangyan irrigation system has stood the test of time. Dujiangyan, located at the confluence of the valley and the plain of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, is not just a relic of the past. It remains fully functional and relevant today.This irrigation system was conceptualized and built during the Qin state around 256 BC by the project leader Li Bing and his son. Unlike conventional irrigation systems, which rely on massive dams, this system utilizes three main components that regulate water flow by optimizing the natural topography: Yuzui (Fish-Mouth Levee), Feishayan (Flying-Sand Weir), and…

Dana White has long called Abu Dhabi the fight capital of the world. As the UFC returns to the UAE for its 22nd event this weekend, the organisation’s president says the partnership between the promotion and the capital “just keeps getting stronger”.Fifteen years after hosting its first UFC event, Abu Dhabi once again takes centre stage, the setting for one of the most highly anticipated bouts in heavyweight history as Tom Aspinall, who many are predicting for a long and illustrious reign, defends his title against top-ranked Ciryl Gane, the cherry on top of a mouth-watering cake that is UFC…

The Michigan Attorney General’s office concluded that a state trooper who fatally shot a Detroit man earlier this year acted in self-defense.Officials say 41-year-old Stephen Wangara-Mason was shot and killed during a traffic stop on May 16, 2025, near southbound M-10 and Wyoming Avenue. State officials say an investigation, which included reports, video from the patrol car and bodycam, and witness interviews, determined that Wangara-Mason was killed after he shot the trooper three times.”Tpr. Cope’s use of force and use of deadly force to protect himself was objectively reasonable. Mason not only threatened to use deadly force against him, but…

KOCHI: Kerala high court has set aside a criminal case against a Palakkad schoolteacher who caned three class 5 students for fighting, ruling that he acted within his authority to maintain classroom discipline.Justice C Pratheep Kumar, delivering the order on Oct 16, said the teacher’s actions were aimed at correcting the students and helping them grow into responsible citizens, not at causing harm. The case had been registered by Vadakkencherry police after parents complained that the teacher struck their children on the legs during class at 10am on Sept 16, 2019. The complaint was lodged four days later on Sept…

Fighting games have certainly been branching out their crossovers lately considering we just saw Street Fighter join forces with McDonald’s for a special menu and an M. Bison costume color (for Japan at least). Now it appears that Bandai Namco is looking to get in on the action a little bit by teaming up with a familiar face in the fighting game community, the WWE. The official WWE Champions social…

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Rocketing Share Price: BigBear.ai Holdings (NYSE: BBAI) has skyrocketed roughly 80–100% year-to-date in 2025 and an astonishing 300%+ from a year ago, riding a wave of artificial intelligence hype [1]. The stock spiked 22% in one day on Oct. 13 after a new defense AI deal, briefly topping $9 per share, but has since pulled back to around the mid-$6 range with extreme volatility [2].New Defense Deals Fuel Optimism: The rally is driven by fresh military tech partnerships. On Oct. 13, BigBear.ai announced a collaboration with Tsecond Inc., integrating its ConductorOS AI software with Tsecond’s rugged “BRYCK” edge-computing hardware to…

MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – Former professional boxer and world champion Virgil Hill is back in North Dakota, his stomping grounds.He’s here to host the first-ever Magic City Mayhem pro boxing event, where local youth fighters are getting the chance to take on the ring at a professional level.You may remember our stories with the Lopez twins, Jose and Rafael, from Minot.They’re making their debut as pro athletes in this weekend’s show.Hill told us he’s trained with them at their gym north of town and called them “impressive.”The North Dakota native, known by many as “Quicksilver,” is a five-time world champion…

Insider Brief Vermeer closed a $10 million Series A led by Draper Associates (with AeroX Ventures, Boscolo Intervest, High Point Ventures, Rockaway Ventures, and U.S. Air Force Tech Stars) to scale its visual positioning system (VPS) for defense and commercial use. The VPS enables GPS-denied navigation via multi-camera visual matching and AI on Nvidia chips, is resistant to jamming/spoofing, and is already used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and partners including the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman. Vermeer has grown from 10 to 40 employees, previously secured $7M+ in SBIR/AFWERX non-dilutive funding, and will…