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Manuel Torres suffered a setback against Rafael Fiziev, but he is in “good spirits.” Torres and Fiziev collided in the UFC Baku main event this past Saturday. While “El Loco” was hoping to make a statement in enemy territory, he ended up being stopped early in the second stanza after being caught with a spinning wheel kick. It’s Torres’ first loss since 2024. In a statement posted on Instagram, Torres’ manager César Lince vowed that his fighter will get back on the horse and learn from the defeat. “There are defeats that also build character,” Lince wrote. “Thank you to…

Airbus has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Under the MoU, Airbus, in cooperation with  Kawasaki Heavy Industries, will analyse opportunities to work on a Japanese anti-submarine warfare variant of the U950 Eurodrone, Europe’s first Large Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS). Japan has held observer status in the Eurodrone programme since 2023. Airbus press release The Eurodrone is ideally suited for countries like Japan that need to monitor large maritime areas. Compared to its nearest competitor, Eurodrone has very long flight endurances and can fly with much more mission payload, including sonobuoys and torpedoes for…

ROTA, Spain – U.S. Naval Hospital (USNH) Rota recently partnered with Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) schools to provide sports physicals for student athletes ahead of the 2026–2027 school year. Hospital staff completed 169 sports physicals at David Glasgow Farragut Middle High School, helping students meet participation requirements for school athletics and ensuring they are medically cleared to safely compete during the upcoming school year. The event provided military families with a convenient opportunity to complete an important requirement before the start of classes. Providers, nurses, Hospital Corpsmen, and support staff worked together to conduct the physicals and support…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org Both the Air Force and Space Force are helping support U.S. military emergency response efforts in Venezuela, where a pair of devastating earthquakes rattled the country June 24, killing at least 900 people. Two Air Force C-17 airlifters are flying search-and-rescue teams to Venezuela, while another C-17 is delivering equipment to help move debris, according to a June 26 release from U.S. Southern Command. Images released by SOUTHCOM and the U.S.…

Anshul Jubli recently trained with current and two-time UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland at the UFC Performance Institute. Earlier this month, Jubli had arrived in Las Vegas and was spotted training with former bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili. And now, the Indian fighter has linked up with “Tarzan” at the UFC PI, as mentioned earlier. After hitting the mats with the controversial Strickland, “King of Lions” said: “Maybe he’s not racist, guys just a guy with a wild sense of humor. Or maybe he’s low-key racist. Either way, it’s a lot of fun and laughter having him in the room.” Meanwhile,…

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It hasn’t been a very good few weeks for longtime MMA referee Herb Dean.Dean took a lot of heat from two-division champion Alex Pereira after the referee allowed Ciryl Gane to get away with a few shots to the back of the head during their UFC White House title fight. A week later, Andre Fili was finished by a tomahawk elbow to the back of the head at a UFC Apex event. Once gain, referee Herb Dean let it slide.Now we have a third event where Herb Dean’s refereeing is in question. Shara “Bullet” Magomedov spent a decent amount of…

Oleksandr Usyk shocked the boxing world on Friday when he relinquished his multiple heavyweight boxing titles and announced his plan to retire after ‘one last dance.’Fighters from across combat sports jumped on the opportunity to call him out, including kickboxing champ Rico Verhoeven. Verhoeven took Usyk to the brink of defeat in front of the pyramids of Giza last month before a ridiculous referee stoppage spoiled the end. Unfortunately for Rico, Usyk already has his plans set.Eddie Hearn was speaking to media before Saturday’s DAZN Xander Zayas vs. Jaron “Boots” Ennis fight and spilled the beans.“I think he’s accomplished everything,”…

A Japan-based U.S. Marine Corps unit designed to lock down maritime chokepoints and sink naval vessels has deployed the first forward-based American anti-ship missiles along the first island chain this week.  Stationed on Okinawa, Japan, the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) is the most recent of the service’s next-generation units derived from Force Design concepts that aim to train, equip and deploy Marines capable of fighting across the littorals of the Western Pacific.  This week, the service announced the unit had formerly received the anti-ship missiles and air defense systems that will form the backbone of its operations. Redesignated in…

GROTON, Conn., June 25, 2026 — ThayerMahan, Inc. has been awarded a contract to deliver dozens of Outpost® acoustic intelligence payloads, along with TransparenSea® processing software, to an international defense customer. The award represents one of the largest fielded deployments of unmanned acoustic sensing systems supporting persistent undersea surveillance and USW (Undersea Warfare) missions. ThayerMahan to deliver dozens of Outpost acoustic intelligence payloads to international defense customer. The selection followed a rigorous, multi-phase evaluation that included controlled validation, extended at-sea deployments, and head-to-head comparative trials against multiple payloads under representative mission conditions. Testing focused on detection performance, tracking reliability, system…