Nate Diaz’s last fight on his UFC contract is going to be huge – and also extremely difficult. Diaz, the former UFC title challenger and one of the biggest stars in MMA, has been booked to fight unbeaten sensation Khamzat Chimaev in a five-round welterweight bout to headline UFC 279 on Sept. 10 in Las … Read more
Lauren Murphy played spoiler on Saturday when she derailed Miesha Tate’s drop to a new division at UFC on ABC 3. Tate (19-9 MMA, 6-6 UFC), a former UFC women’s bantamweight champion, made the cut down to flyweight for the first time for bout at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y. Murphy (16-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) … Read more
St. Andrews always plays fast and firm, but this week it more resembles a race track. Drives that are hit down the fairway are running forever. And ever. Kind of like this. Well, unless you hit a big stone in the middle of a fairway. Such was the case for Rory McIlroy during Thursday’s first … Read more
LAS VEGAS – Said Nurmagomedov is looking to get back in the cage before the year’s end. The rising UFC bantamweight is coming off a unanimous decision win over Brazil’s Douglas Silva de Andrade at Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 39 in Las Vegas. And fresh off his latest win, Nurmagomedov (16-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) is … Read more
Rafael Fiziev took a major step forward in his career Saturday when he defeated Rafael dos Anjos in his first main event opportunity at UFC on ESPN 39. Fiziev’s (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) sixth consecutive win was his most significant to date, because he beat former UFC champ dos Anjos (32-14 MMA, 20-12 UFC) by … Read more
Tiger Woods teed it up this week at the 2022 JP McManus Pro-Am in Ireland, and he continued his major championship preparation at an Irish classic. Ahead of next week’s 150th British Open at St. Andrews, the three-time Open champion – twice at the Old Course, which Woods claims to be his favorite in golf … Read more
LAS VEGAS – Donald Cerrone was overcome with a mix of emotions in the immediate wake of his retirement Saturday at UFC 276. While he didn’t hide the fact his retirement was approaching, Cerrone (36-17-1 MMA, 29-17-1 UFC) fibbed about just how soon he planned to hang up the gloves. So when he took off … Read more
Sean O’Malley and Pedro Munhoz both came up empty-handed at UFC 276. The bantamweight bout ended in a no contest after an inadvertent eye poke from O’Malley (15-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) rendered Munhoz (19-7 MMA, 9-7 UFC) unable to see out of his right eye. The stoppage came at the 3:09 mark of Round 2. … Read more
LAS VEGAS – Bryan Barberena picked up a big win, and he did it in thrilling fashion. Barberena (17-8 MMA, 8-6 UFC) stopped former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler (29-15 MMA, 14-9 UFC) on the UFC 276 main card Saturday. The wild and chaotic fight that ended with a Barberena TKO win at the 4:47 mark … Read more
Andy Murray celebrates after beating James Duckworth at Wimbledon Andy Murray recovered from dropping the first set to beat James Duckworth and reach the second round at Wimbledon. Playing for the first time since suffering an abdominal injury in the final of the Stuttgart Open earlier this month, Murray came through 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-4 … Read more