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Manuel Torres wants opponents to fear him when they sign the contract to fight him. Torres is set for his first UFC main event against Rafael Fiziev at UFC Baku on Saturday, in a fight that is a pick’em. Torres enters the fight coming off back-to-back knockout wins, and he eyes another stoppage win on Saturday. If Torres does KO Fiziev on Saturday at UFC Baku as he plans, he believes it will send a statement to the division and make him feared. “I don’t know how that happened, but ever since I was a little kid, I just wanted…

A U.S. sailor who was reported missing in mid-June was discovered dead on Friday in the water near the piers on Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, the service confirmed.Engineman Fireman Apprentice Isaac Benjamin Norris, 22, was assigned to the USS Harry S. Truman and was last seen on Naval Station Norfolk on June 14. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service did not announce a cause of death.“NCIS remains committed to working closely with Navy leadership and our law enforcement partners to ensure the safety and security of our Navy and Marine Corps communities while conducting thorough investigations and supporting affected personnel and…

From July 22 to 26, the city of Valencia, Venezuela, will host an important technical training event with an intensive course and masterclass in Kyokushin Karate and SENSHI Kickboxing, led by Sensei Alvaro Oviedo. The program further reinforces KWU SENSHI’s ongoing work of expansion and development across Latin America. Sensei Alvaro Oviedo serves as Branch Chief for Central America of KWU SENSHI, playing an important role in promoting and strengthening full-contact martial arts in the region. His journey has been marked by dedication to teaching and commitment to the technical development of athletes and practitioners. The intensive course and masterclass in Valencia will represent a valuable opportunity for practitioners of different…

Introduction The Steam Summer Sale is one of the best times of the year to be a gamer! Some of our most anticipated titles go on sale, and it’s the perfect opportunity to stock up on games before our summer vacation period. With so much to offer, it’s no wonder that sometimes people go overboard with their spending, only to end up feeling guilty and with a massive backlog of titles they’ll never play, which causes more stress than fun. Having been in that situation myself and having also escaped it. Here are a couple of tips that I found…

Minneapolis – June 24, 2026 – The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has placed its first delivery order to Polaris Government and Defense on the new Ultra-Light Tactical Vehicle (ULTV) contract, ordering more than 70 MRZR Alphas and numerous accessories vital to mission success. More than half the vehicles ordered were the new 5kW export power variant and the remaining were the standard, 1kW version – all are green, four-seat vehicles. Polaris accessories included in the order have been commonly incorporated on MRZR Alpha ULTVs for the Marines and include: –        Roof Kit – reversible roof kit with multicam-patterned camouflage on…

The top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee’s cybersecurity panel says she has engaged fellow lawmakers about a sweeping legislative plan to dismantle the Department of Homeland Security that would involve sectioning out key components into their own standalone entities, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.In a phone interview, Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., told Nextgov/FCW that she aims to have preliminary bill language in place that could be introduced at the start of next year, adding that she has spoken with other Democratic colleagues, including Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, Greg Casar of Texas, Seth Magaziner of Rhode Island,…

Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter.I tried to schoolyard-taunt an AI language model once. My wife wasn’t home. I was bored and had to find another outlet for my childish male energy. So, I took jabs at Grok’s sexual orientation and its mother. I got no traction.“Bold of you to assume I’m gay, and have a mom who was in the sex industry — all while typing to a language model that doesn’t have parents, genitals, or racial identity,” said Grok,…

Vilnius, Lithuania, 24 June, 2026 — Granta Autonomy today announced the launch of its Black Wasp interceptor drone, an advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed to counter a wide range of enemy strike, ISR and loitering munitions, including Shahed-class drones. The Black Wasp pairs high-speed performance with Granta’s battlefield-proven AI/ML flight control system to deliver automated flight, precision target tracking, and terminal guidance. Engineered for high-stress environments, the drone features vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities, robust jamming resistance, and seamless integration with most NATO air-defense radar networks. Granta Autonomy developed the Black Wasp to address the critical, high-volume threat…

WARSAW, Poland — The Polish Ministry of National Defence has awarded a contract to U.S. California-based defense technology firm Shield AI to buy its V-BAT drone for Poland’s Navy.The development comes shortly after Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the company has offered Poland a role in its X-BAT autonomous vertical-takeoff fighter jet program, including some of the manufacturing activities for the craft.Shield AI said in a statement that the V-BAT will be deployed aboard a Polish Navy vessel, ensuring maritime domain awareness and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) support to the force. “V-BAT has proven its capabilities in Ukraine and…

Eddie Hearn has opened two fresh fronts at once, taking aim at Michael Bisping over his comments on Tom Aspinall while again questioning whether Dana White’s Zuffa Boxing has shown anything close to the standard promised at launch. The dispute ties together two familiar themes in combat sports right now: how much leverage fighters actually have, and whether new power centers are helping the athlete or tightening control. Eddie Hearn attacks Michael Bisping over Tom Aspinall remarks Hearn‘s sharpest comments were directed at Bisping after the former UFC middleweight champion questioned the handling of Aspinall’s eye injury and his place…