Saturday, May 30, 2020

If I was a UFC matchmaker...
Strawweight
Claudia Gadelha v. Marina Rodriguez, with the winner facing Carla Esparza

Men's Featherweight
Calvin Kattar v. Yair Rodriguez, with the winner facing Zabit Magomedsharipov
Both bouts would be considered title eliminators


UFC 250 Preview- Saturday, June 6th 
Women's Featherweight- Main Event- Title Fight: Amanda Nunes v. Felicia Spencer
*Nunes has won ten straight bouts dating back to March 2015, with five defenses of the bantamweight title and winning the featherweight title opposite Cris Cyborg back in December 2018

Men's Bantamweight Co-Main: Raphael Assuncao v. Cody Garbrandt
*Assuncao has won 27 career bouts but has lost his last two opposite Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen
*11-3 Garbrandt won his first 11 career bouts but is currently in an 0-3 stretch, losing twice to TJ Dillashaw and then to Pedro Munhoz at UFC 235

Men's Bantamweight: Aljamain Sterling v. Cory Sandhagen
*Sterling has won four straight against Brett Johns, Cody Stamann, Jimmie Rivera and Pedro Munhoz
*Sandhagen has won seven straight against Luiz Antonio Lobo Gavinho (LFA 24), Jose Aguayo (LFA 31), Austin Arnett, Iuri Alcantara, Mario Bautista, John Lineker and Raphael Assuncao

Welterweight: Neil Magny v. Anthony Rocco Martin
*Magny defeated Li Jingliang in his last bout
*Martin defeated Ramazan Emeev in his last bout

Men's Bantamweight: Eddie Wineland v. 11-0 Sean O'Malley
*Wineland is 1-2 in his last three but is coming off a TKO win over Grigory Popov at UFC 238

Men's Featherweight: Alex Caceres v. 9-0-1 Chase Hooper
*Caceres' last bout was a win over Steven Peterson

Men's Bantamweight: Cody Stamann v. Brian Kelleher
*Stamann is currently on a 1-0-1 streak- win over Alejandro Perez and draw opposite Song Yadong
*Kelleher has won two straight- both by stoppage- submission over Ode Osbourne and knockout of Hunter Azure

Middleweight: Charles Byrd v. Maki Pitolo
*Byrd has lost two straight opposite Darren Stewart and Edmen Shahbazyan

Men's Flyweight: Jussier Formiga v. Alex Perez
*Formiga has lost two straight opposite Joseph Benavidez and Brandon Moreno
*Perez has won two straight against Mark De La Rosa and Jordan Espinosa

Light Heavyweight: Alonzo Menifield v. Devin Clark
*Clark's last bout was a win over Dequan Townsend back in February


UFC Fight Card- Woodley v. Burns later today 
Prelims will start at 6 pm Eastern
Main card will start at 9 pm Eastern


College Sports- COVID Response
The Mid-American Conference- moving forward- has announced that champions for field hockey, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis, women's lacrosse, softball and baseball will be determined by regular-season results. In addition, the men's and women's basketball tournaments will not have opening-round campus games.
Also, volleyball, M/W basketball, M/W swim/dive, M/W indoor/outdoor track and M/W golf will see revised tournament layouts.

Due to financial ripple effects, Appalachian State is cutting men's soccer (joining U-Cincinnati), men's tennis and men's indoor track & field


Men's College Basketball
LJ Figueroa has entered the transfer portal from St. John's


Running
The Boston Marathon has been cancelled- it was originally rescheduled to September 14th


Ultimate Fighting Championship
The July 11th fight card could feature a potential #1 contender bout at strawweight: Jessica Andrade v. Rose Namajunas 2


Soccer News
Premier League to resume on June 17th, Serie A to resume on June 20th


College Football
RB Trevor Speights has transferred from Stanford to Notre Dame

Kent State QB Marquez Glover has entered the transfer portal, joining Oklahoma State QB Brendan Costello


UFC Fight Night- Saturday, May 30th
Roosevelt Roberts v. Brok Weaver will be fought at catchweight as Weaver missed the non-title fight lightweight limit of 156. Weaver will surrender 20% of his fight purse


Bundesliga Soccer- Recap- Friday, May 29th
Bayer Leverkusen def. Freiburg 1-0
*Leverkusen move back into the Champions League qualifying spots in third, just ahead of fourth-place RB Leipzig. Borussia Monchengladbach drop to fifth and into Europa League qualification placings

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