UFC plans to open world's biggest MMA training facility in Shanghai

The UFC will open the world's largest MMA training facility in Shanghai next year, the company announced Monday.

The UFC Performance Institute Shanghai will consist of a 93,000-square-foot facility, which is more than three times larger than the UFC's Performance Institute in Las Vegas. That 30,000-square-foot facility opened iMMAn conjunction with the UFC's headquarters in 2017.

The announcement is one of the UFC's most aggressive moves to date, in its effort to break into the Chinese market.

"There is over a billion people in China and that economy is booming, it's a big initiative for us," UFC president Dana White told ESPN. "And the way you make a market grow is find a world champion who is from there.

"When you become a global brand like the UFC, breaking into every new market has its ups and downs, it's own challenges. It doesn't happen overnight. I think building this facility -- not everybody who goes through there will be a world champion, but you know what it will do? It will create some great coaches who will go out and open a jiu-jitsu studio somewhere, or a Muay Thai school. That's how you ignite the sport and get it to grow."

The facility will be similar to the one in Las Vegas, in that it will be fully staffed by a team of MMA coaches, strength and conditioning experts, physical therapists and nutritionists. The UFC allows its contracted athletes to use the facilities and services at no cost. According to White, the UFC is also planning to open a facility in Mexico at a later date.

In November 2017, the UFC held its first live event in mainland China. The UFC Fight Night event took place at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, and was headlined by a middleweight bout between Kelvin Gastelum and Michael Bisping. Its second Shanghai event is scheduled to take place Saturday.

The UFC has hosted a developmental program for China in the past, which brought Chinese fighters to the U.S. or sent coaches to the region. Currently, there are 10 Chinese fighters under contract with the UFC.

Zayn Malik Sang Race 3's 'Allah Duhai Hai' and Fans Can't get Over It

Zayn Malik is at it again. After doing the covers of Kailash Kher’s popular songs Allah Ke Bande and Teri Deewani, the global pop star took to social media on Tuesday to share the cover of yet another Hindi song—Allah Duhai Hai, from Salman Khan’s last film, Race 3.

Unlike Teri Deewani, which Zayn had to remove due to excessive trolling, his fans worldwide are actually liking his trippy EDM (Electronic Dance Music) version of the popular track and are even urging him to collaborate with Indian musicians.

One user wrote, “Desi fans are being so well fed. Bollywood music producers give him a song already. He will slay”

Despite not understanding the lyrics, a lot of his international fans are showing love for Zayn’s latest offering.

One user commented, “Wow dude, you've really smashed it your vocals sound fantastic! This is proof music is a universal language, we don't have to understand lyrics or to even have lyrics, the music can convey emotion & with a vocal too this also comes out in your voice! Congrats dude it's awesome!.”

However, the ones who do understand Hindi and Urdu are not so impressed. They feel he needs to work on his language and his thick English accent.

“Someone's gotta help my boy fix that accent,” a user commented.

Nargis Dutt's last audio message for Sanjay Dutt is going viral-Watch

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's biopic 'Sanju' starring Ranbir Kapoor has revealed a lot about his personal life. From the number of women he has bedded to his battle with drug addiction, the world now knows all the highs and ups of his life. Recently, a video of Sanjay Dutt talking about his mother's death and her last message for Sanju went viral on social media.

“When my mother died I did not cry, I had did not have any emotions,” Sanjay says in the video.  “I heard my mother’s voice when she was at a NY hospital telling me things, how much she loved me, how much she cared for me and I cried for four-five hours," he added.

In the video, Nargis can be heard saying, "More than anything, Sanju, keep your humility. Keep your character. Never show off. Always be humble and always respect the elders. That is the thing that is going to take you far, and that is going to give you strength in your work.”

Veteran actress Nargis died of pancreatic cancer in 1981. She was 51. After her death, Sanjay found solace in drugs. That time in his life has been showcased in the recent biopic, Sanju.

Sanju has earned over Rs 500 cr worldwide and minted over Rs 295 crore at the domestic market as of now.

Ranbir plays the titular role of superstar Sanjay Dutt. The actor has had many ups and downs in his personal and professional life which has been presented in the 70 mm format before the audiences. Performances of each and every actor in the film has been hailed.

'Sanju' has an ensemble star cast with the likes of Ranbir playing the titular role of Dutt. It stars Sonam Kapoor, Dia Mirza, Paresh Rawal, Manisha Koirala, Anushka Sharma, Karishma Tanna, Jim Sarbh to name a few.

Ranbir's hard work and massive transformation to look like the real-life Dutt has finally paid off. The positive response and good word of mouth publicity helped the film do even better.

Sanju, Padmaavat lead nominations at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne

Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) is all set to begin from August 10 and will go on till August 22 under the theme ‘Inclusion’ exploring the diversity of contemporary Indian cinema.

Termed as southern hemisphere's greatest annual celebration of Indian cinema, IFFM 2018 has over 60 films in 22 languages for nominations and leading the pack is Ranbir Kapoor’s Sanju and Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial Padmaavat.

Other nominations for Best Film include Padman, Hichki, Secret Superstar, Raazi, Mahanati and Rangasthalam.

Contenders in the Best Indie Film category are In The Shadows, Village Rockstars, Balekempa, Up, Down and Sideways (Documentary), Mayurakshi, Garbage, Sir and Love Sonia.

In the Best Actor category, nominations are — Ranbir Kapoor for Sanju, Varun Dhawan for October, Ranveer Singh for Padmaavat, Akshay Kumar for Padman, Manoj Bajpayee (In The Shadows), Fahadh Faasil (The Exhibit and Eyewitness), Soumitra Chaterjee (Mayurakshi) and Shahid Kapoor (Padmaavat).

Among the Best Actress nominees are Rani Mukerji for Hichki, Vidya Balan for Tumhari Sulu, Deepika Padukone for Padmaavat, Alia Bhatt for Raazi, Bhanita Das for Village Rockstars, Keerthy Suresh for Mahanati, Tillotama Shome for Sir, and Zaira Wasim for Secret Superstar.

Names in the race for the Best Director title are Rajkumar Hirani for Sanju, Shoojit Sircar for October, R Balki for Padman, Siddharth P Malhotra for Hichki, Advait Chandan for Secret Superstar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Padmaavat, Rima Das for Village Rockstars, Dipesh Jain for In the Shadows, Ere Gowda for Balekempa, Suresh Triveni for Tumhari Sulu, Meghna Gulzar for Raazi, Tabrez Noorani for Love Sonia and Rohena Gera for Sir.

Windows 10 update: What to expect this fall

Love them or hate them, Windows 10 updates happen. It is all part and parcel of using Microsoft’s latest and greatest desktop operating system. Rather than giving us a finished OS like with Windows 7 or Windows XP, Microsoft decided to give us a constantly evolving operating system that updates every now and then.

Since it first launched, we’ve had a few Windows 10 updates already and many new features have been added to the Microsoft operating system. Now, however, we’re looking forward to the next Windows 10 update. Let’s have a look at what we can expect from the Windows 10 Fall Update.

It looks like the fall update will be called Windows 10 Redstone and that it will come with some neat new features and somewhat surprising updates.

Windows 10 Notepad update
Windows Notepad offers a bundled, much stripped down, version of word processing to all Windows users. Notepad hasn’t received any update attention from Microsoft for years, but this fall it will get some useful new features.

Text zooming is now possible and there is also an update to find/replace so that it will remember old search terms and automatically fill out the search field if you open it up while you have highlighted text. Other Notepad updates include Ctrl + Backspace to delete the previous word, improved performance on larger files, and displaying line and column numbers if requested.

Big Windows 10 Edge update
Microsoft’s new browser actually packs quite a punch. It is quick and reliable and offers a decent reading experience compared to other browsers. With the new Edge update, Microsoft is doubling down on this unique selling point. There will be a brand new built-in dictionary that includes a read-aloud feature so users can hear how words are correctly pronounced.

If you use Edge as your PDF viewer you’ll also see a host of updates when the Redstone update drops. There will be a considerable toolbar update to the toolbar making new options like Add notes much easier to access. You’ll also be able to pin/unpin the PDF toolbar and there will be far fewer rendering issues when scrolling through different pages.

Windows Biometrics update for business
In a cool update for Enterprise, The next Windows 10 update will bring with it the ability to log in remotely using biometrics. Windows Hello for business users will gain this handy new feature. A Fast Sign-in feature has also been added, which will help people using a shared or guest Windows 10 device.