ROBOT WARS: MMA BOUT BETWEEN HUMANOIDS LEAVES 1 WITHOUT A HEAD, FANS STUNNED
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It turns out it isn’t just office jobs people should be worried about AI taking, some athletes might want to watch their backs too. In a scene that could have come from the Terminator film franchise, two robots battled it out in an MMA fight in Shenzhen this week, leaving social media users stunned and one of the two combatants without a head.
Dubbed the robot version of the UFC, the Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend (URKL) opener was the first event of its kind, with two identical T800 robots,...
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- News - South China Morning Post: It turns out it isn’t just office jobs people should be worried about AI taking, some athletes might want to watch their backs too.
- News - South China Morning Post: In a scene that could have come from the Terminator film franchise, two robots battled it out in an MMA fight in Shenzhen this week, leaving social media users stunned and one of the two combatants without a head.
- News - South China Morning Post: Dubbed the robot version of the UFC, the Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend (URKL) opener was the first event of its kind, with two identical T800 robots,...
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- Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on ROBOT, WARS, BOUT, BETWEEN, HUMANOIDS.
- Original feed: News - South China Morning Post.
- Published: 18 Jul 2026, 10:30 UK.
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- 18/07/2026, 10:30 PRIMARY FEED ROBOT WARS: MMA BOUT BETWEEN HUMANOIDS LEAVES 1 WITHOUT A HEAD, FANS STUNNED (News - South China Morning Post • 1 hr ago) [Story Intel]
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