Here are the facts: Former world champions Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr will face off in an 8-round exhibition match on Saturday night. Tyson, 54, is a 2-to-1 favorite to beat the 51-year-old Jones Jr. Both men will make an awful lot of money. After those facts, we are […]
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The unanimous decision was read and Cormier was not happy. The fight was scored 49-46, 49-46, 48-47 in favor of Miocic. Overall it was a battle of back and forth punishment. I thought Cormier did a great job of landing some punishing blows but it seemed that Miocic always had […]
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Major sports are finally returning for abbreviated seasons. Major League Baseball is back and the NBA and the NHL are following close on its heels … maybe. During the pandemic, we’re all learning to expect the unexpected. Meanwhile, sports fans can still tune into the classic replays that have replaced the […]
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Tyson Fury scored a stunning upset in last Saturday’s heavyweight title fight. The upset wasn’t so much that he won; it’s that he knocked down Deontay Wilder twice and stopped him in the seventh round when Wilder’s corner threw in the towel. The aftermath of the fight led to predictable […]
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In a classic puncher vs boxer matchup, Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury meet in a rematch on Saturday night in one of the most anticipated fights of the year. Their first showdown was ruled a draw after Fury dominated much of the match only to be knocked down twice in […]
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With Jon Jones set to take on Dominick Reyes at UFC 247, even deeply-ingrained fight fans are wondering about his place in the game. Is Jones the pound-for-pound best in the world? At what weight will he fight following the Reyes match? Does Dana White really believe in Reyes, or […]
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As the saying goes, nothing in life is certain except death and taxes. Can the same be applied to sports? Do all sports have a certain shelf life? The games of the Roman gladiators are long gone. Try to find a chariot race or a joust these days. But are […]
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Poor Gastelum. Poor Whittaker. And poor Yoel Romero. The latter beaten by Whittaker. Whittaker beaten by the former. And poor, poor all of them, that they won’t ever beat Israel Adesanya. I think we might start calling this man “The Second Coming of Cormier.” (And not just as an insult.) […]
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Don’t get it twisted. Nate Diaz is still the baddest man in the division. He is the mentally-toughest, too. But last night he lost to an incredible opponent who has some of the sneakiest, most damaging gameplans in the UFC, and is elite in his execution of those gameplans. (Keep […]
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Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal are soul-brothers. I have no idea how they are in real life. But I do know they are cut from the same—err—burlap sack. Attiude: Rough and ready, pugnacious and perverse. Flouters of rules. No tolerance for misdirection, half-speak, double-talk. Open your mouth in hearing range […]
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Bellator 231 was Friday, and Frank Mir, who, less like an aged fighter with an aged skill-set, is maintaining his posture as some animate marble statue from the still-swinging MMA Pantheon of yore. Before we get to the headline fight, let’s take a look at the main card, and how […]
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Yesterday Duke Roufus, guru and striking coach to Anthony “Showtime” Pettis, posted briefly on social media that Pettis is set to rematch Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone: MMAMania.com has Roufus as saying, “It has been a long time in the making. The UFC offered Pettis a rematch with Cerrone. Donald and Anthony […]
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Dear Gennadiy, I remember the first time I saw you fight. You weren’t known simply by your initials back then. In fact, most boxing fans, including myself, didn’t know anything about you. You weren’t American, and your name was almost impossible to pronounce. But, instantly, you proved that you were […]
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Fight night Saturday night for UFC 241. Here were the match-ups and results: Derek Brunson 20-7-0 (Winner Decision) vs Ian Heinisch 13-2-0 Overall this was a boring fight that resulted in a decision in favor of Derek Brunson. In the first round Brunson was stunned early by a kick to […]
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After the Red Sox laid a beat down on the Yankees for three days in a row, I was pretty pumped up for UFC 240 in Edmonton Canada. It was a good night of fighting as most Saturday nights end up being, either in a ring or in a parking […]
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