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Unfortunately, those three defeats meant that Anders would go unranked and he is currently looking to climb the ranks and reach his eventual goal of being a champion. “He doesn’t know who I am” Israel Adesanya’s victory over Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 completely changed the landscape of the Middleweight division. The Nigerian-born Kiwi Champion is now the targeted man in the division and will be going up against Paulo Costa next in what will be his first title defense....

In case you didn’t know… In May 2018, just under two months since his last fight against Volkov, Werdum was suspected for a potential USADA violation. Three months following this incident, Fabricio Werdum was found to have tested positive for an anabolic steroid, Trenbolone, and its metabolite, Epitrenbolone. The UFC rendered a 2-year suspension on Werdum, making him eligible for a return to the promotion only by April 22nd, 2020....

Rosen suffered a severe shoulder sprain against Arizona State on Oct. 8 and has dealt with nerve damage since, missing the Bruins’ last two games. MORE: College Football Playoff contenders and pretenders The 2015 Freshman All-American was largely considered the top quarterback in the 2018 NFL draft class, but this injury and the emergence of Washington QB Jake Browning could knock Rosen down draft boards. Through five games, Rosen threw for 1,915 yards and 10 touchdowns....

Sadly, though, that’s the case for Thursday’s Duke-UConn game at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J. MORE: DeCOURCY — Changing the schedule won’t increase interest The online discount retailer was offering upper-level seats for less than half their $80 pricetag, allowing each fan to buy up to eight tickets. According to Groupon, roughly 80 people purchased tickets for Thursday’s game on their website. The deal is no longer available, although the link is live....

According to an announcement from the school, the Huskies’ football team will become an independent FBS program after the 2019 season. They have gone 18-55 over six years in the AAC, including 11-37 in conference play. MORE: UConn officially returns to Big East with board of trustees vote UConn and the American Athletic Conference also agreed to a deal regarding the Huskies’ departure to the BIg East. The Huskies will pay an exit fee of $17 million in order to join the Big East starting in the 2020 season....

Giffey did embellish slightly, but Blackshear did made contact with him. Ollie was hot over the no-call and sprinted out of the coach's box, for which he was immediately assessed a technical foul. He continued to rip into Stuart and was quickly given a second T for his efforts. Assistant coach Glenn Miller filled in for Ollie following the ejection.

Paris Saint-Germain’s expensive squad looks way too unbalanced to make any material impact in this season’s competition while Inter’s Marcelo Brozovic has found a cool and new way to defend a sneaky low free-kick. Manchester United look shaken, Juventus are marching on as expected while Barcelona are soaring high unlike their El Clasico rivals who are just hoping for the best in the latter stages of the competition. We look at individual groups and try to predict what the outcome of the group stages will be while reviewing the first half of the Champions League group stages....

The incidents, which occurred just days after four Chelsea fans were suspended by the club after claims they racially abused Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling during a Premier League clash at Stamford Bridge, are said to have taken place during the 2-2 draw on December 13. Chelsea reacted angrily at the time, releasing a statement denouncing those said to be involved. It read: “Anti-Semitism and any kind of racial or religious hatred is abhorrent to this club and the overwhelming majority of our fans....

Werdum had upset Cain Velasquez at UFC 188 in June 2015 and was defending the title for the first time in his May 2016 defence versus Miocic. Miocic had beaten contenders Mark Hunt and Andrei Arlovski to earn this title shot but it was still a surprise when he smashed through the champion in under three minutes. A brutal punch was enough to earn Miocic the Heavyweight Championship. Ronaldo Souza beat the legendary Vitor Belfort in the first round in a bout where Belfort looked every one of his 39 years....

That’s part of the reason the talented titleholder has no issues with the myriad things Joanna Jedrzejczyk has been saying since their first meeting at UFC 217 in November ended with Namajunas handing the Polish standout her first professional loss and unseating her for the strawweight throne. MORE: Who walks out of UFC 223 with the gold? “It’s fine with me,” Namajunas said of Jedrzjecyzk’s many comments leading up to their championship rematch this weekend at UFC 223 in Brooklyn when speaking with Sporting News on Wednesday afternoon....

The animosity between the two is at a fever pitch. Their Sept. 20 press conference didn’t include any fans inside Radio City Music Hall in New York City out of safety precautions. The presser resulted in verbal jabs being thrown left and right, ranging from political to personal barbs in nature, and ending with security on stage to accompany their tense staredown. MORE: Join DAZN and watch more than 80 fight nights a year Nurmagomedov (26-0) is regarded as the most dominant fighter in the UFC, defeating every opponent who has come in his path with his suffocating wrestling....

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor will both attend a UFC press conference which will be exclusively for the media. In case you didn’t know… Conor McGregor hasn’t contested in a professional fight after losing the money fight with Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas. He passed through probably one of the most difficult times of his life in the meantime. McGregor and his teammates had trespassed into Barclays to retaliate the Dagestani fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov after he threatened Conor’s longtime friend and training partner Artem Labov....

For the longest time, UFC 230 didn’t officially have a main event for what has now turned out to be one of the bigger shows of the year in the top media market in the country. Then on Oct. 9, the UFC announced that Daniel Cormier would defend the heavyweight title against No. 2-ranked Derrick Lewis. MORE: Join DAZN and watch more than 80 fight nights a year Cormier (21-1, one no contest), also the light heavyweight champion, made history when he scored a first-round knockout of Stipe Miocic at UFC 226 to capture the heavyweight title and became the second fighter to hold two championships at the same time....

Jessica Eye and Katlyn Chookagian faced each other at UFC 231 for a possible future fight for the UFC Women’s Flyweight Title. In case you didn’t know… Jessica Eye came into this fight on the back of a 2-fight win streak. Ranked number 9 in the UFC Women’s Flyweight Division, Eye was supposed to be facing someone else altogether at UFC 232. Having been supposed to fight Sijara Eubanks, the cancellation of the fight saw her fighting in an earlier slot at UFC 231 against number 3 in the Women’s Flyweight Division, Katlyn Chookagian....

The latest name to have joined the bandwagon is none other than the extremely popular Nate Diaz, who took to Twitter and sent out a message to the anti-doping agency in his own distinct way. In case you didn’t know… Jones and the UFC have come under severe criticism for the change of location of the UFC 232 card from Las Vegas to California. The double standards of USADA and UFC have been the topic of discussion in the wake of the events, and many fighters and pundits didn’t miss the opportunity to critically tear down the decision-makers within the promotion....

Dhiego Lima’s second stint in the UFC After his first stint in the UFC, Dhiego Lima made his return to the UFC in 2017 at The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale where he lost a back-and-forth fight to teammate Jesse Taylor. In April of 2018, at UFC on Fox 29, Lima lost to Yushin Okami via unanimous decision. At UFC 231, Lima finally put an end to his losing streak as he defeated Chad Laprise via first-round knockout....

Conor McGregor will be entering the Octagon facing ‘Cowboy’ Donald Cerrone, in a fight that will shape the future of the UFC Lightweight Division for the remainder of the year. Even though Khabib Nurmagomedov will be focused on getting ready for his fight against Tony Ferguson, he will also be keeping an eye on UFC 246, as it might see him in another fight against his biggest rival, Conor McGregor....

Within fifteen minutes of UFC 261’s preliminary matches starting, a crowd chant began in the stadium. “F*** Jake Paul” was the chosen line to repeat, though there were other expletive-ridden options attempted, as well. It wasn’t just a one-time chant, either. The crowd took up the chant multiple times throughout both the preliminary and main card of UFC 261, including one especially loud example when UFC decided to show Jake Paul on camera....

UFC Fight Night comes to a Saturday from London, England with a middleweight fight between MMA legend Anderson Silva and Michael Bisping. Silva, now 40, is a little more than 3-to-1 favorite to get back to his winning ways with Bisping the underdog getting about +250. Silva ruled the middleweight division from 2006 when KO’d Rich Franklin with a knee in the first round until July of 2013 when as a heavy favorit, he was KO’d by Chris Weidman in the second round....

The Fight Night event headlined by the heavyweight bout between Alistair Overeem and Alexander Volkov suffered five updates to its fight card, including injuries and COVID-19 protocol restrictions. The main card bout between featherweights Cody Stamann and Askar Askar was canceled due to Askar not getting medical clearance for the fight. He was already a replacement to fight Stamann since the original contender, Andre Ewell, was removed due to COVID-19....