The new UFC bantamweight champion of the world, Holly Holm is set to be honoured by her hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico for her victory over Ronda Rousey. 

On Saturday night, the sporting world witnessed a huge upset when undefeated champion and UFC great, Ronda Rousey was not only beaten, but outclassed by challenger Holly Holm.

Some of the strnger stories from around the world

Gardaí investigate after prisoners’ protest leads to injuries at Cloverhill; Banking inquiry to quiz Cowen advisor as Drumm controversy continues; Players defend departing Brian Cuthbert; and Dentist who killed Cecil the lion ’in hiding’ as he shuts up shop Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

A US mother who saw her five-year-old daughter being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt.

A prisoner infatuated with pop star Justin Bieber plotted to kill the singer, according to documents recently filed in a New Mexico court.

A US man has lost $5,000 after driving off with the money on top of his car.

OTHER passengers sat stunned as they watched a man walk quickly towards the front of American Airlines Flight 1561 as it was descending toward San Francisco.

THE remains of two American balloonists missing over the Adriatic since September 29 have been found by a fishing boat, an Italian port official said yesterday.

The Guantanamo tribunal system was preparing today for its first trial under President Barack Obama.

Authorities in Kansas have identified three individuals out of six heads and numerous other human body parts found in a truck at a medical waste centre, including at least one man who was to have been cremated.

A family is suing a funeral home claiming their grandmother’s brain was sent home in a bag of personal effects given to them after her death.

Paula Radcliffe has delayed making a decision on when she will return to competitive racing until she knows how well her foot has recovered from surgery.

THE Fiat motor company had made changes to the design of its Punto car following a fatal crash in Kerry last year, an inquest heard yesterday.

The two US presidential rivals go head-to-head in their second debate tonight after the race to the White House took a nasty turn.

Irish golfer Danielle McVeigh made her mark among the best young women players in America as she scored a top-15 finish at the NCAA Women's Golf Championship in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Danielle McVeigh saw her challenge at the NCAA Women's Championship halted by high winds yesterday in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

A lawyer for the delivery man who said Howard Hughes left him £78m (€97.9m) after he rescued the reclusive billionaire in the desert has told a US court he deserves another chance to claim the cash.

MARLENE CHAVEZ stood before a hushed courtroom and publicly acknowledged the consequences of her second drunken-driving offence.

White Stripes frontman Jack White and his wife, Karen Elson, are the parents of a baby boy.

As pressure builds for a change in Iraq policy, a top US commander there warned today that withdrawing troops too soon would leave the country “a mess”.

The US military has filed murder charges against Omar Khadr, a Canadian who was a teenager when he was captured in Afghanistan and sent to the Guantanamo Bay prison in 2002.

A PLACE in the 800m final and the six-year-old Irish indoor record will be top of Thomas Chamney’s agenda when the Tipperary man takes to the blocks at this weekend’s European Indoor Championships in Birmingham.

A Romanian man has been indicted on charges of hacking into more than 150 US government computers, costing Nasa, the Energy Department and the Navy nearly $1.5m (€1.1m).

Bernard Dunne puts his undefeated record on the line at the National Stadium against American David "El Finito" Martinez.

A doctor from eastern China donated his bone marrow today in the hope of helping an eight-year-old American girl with a potentially deadly blood disease.

RUNAWAY bride Jennifer Wilbanks made a deal with a company that is pitching a movie about her life to networks - annoying officials who spent thousands of dollars searching for her.

THE bride-to-be who skipped town just days before her lavish wedding was indicted on charges she told police a phony story about being kidnapped and sexually assaulted.

HER would-be husband may forgive her, but police are nowhere near as forgiving and may sue the runaway bride who skipped town days before her wedding falsely claiming she had been abducted.

A lawyer for the husband of Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged woman at the centre of a life-or-death legal battle, says he expects a court ruling today.

US president George Bush has hit back at Democratic rival John Kerry’s criticism of his handling of Iraq, saying: “I know what I’m doing when it comes to winning this war.”

SONIA O’SULLIVAN makes her seasonal debut over 5,000m at tonight’s track meet at Stanford, California.

Injury will prevent former European Indoor 3,000 metres champion Mark Carroll from competing in this summer’s World Championships.

Recordings made by instruments sensitive to sound below the threshold of human hearing may help investigators build a timetable of any uncharacteristic movements made by the space shuttle Columbia minutes before it broke apart, scientists say.

History teacher Ken Senter has a plan to capture the horror of the September 11 terrorist attacks for his students in Tennessee. He’ll take them outside.

American Johnny Tapia, boxing’s wild man, brings his fistic talents to London’s East End tonight when he meets Argentina’s Eduardo Alvarez at York Hall, Bethnal Green.