Saturday, May 16, 2020

UFC Injuries
Tony Ferguson: broken orbital bone, won't require surgery
Anthony Smith: broken orbital bone and lost teeth


Tokyo Summer Olympics
The final men's basketball qualifiers have been shifted. Originally scheduled for June 23rd through the 28th, they will now start on June 29th and end on July 4th

Saudi Arabia has earned a spot in men's soccer, Bahrain has earned a spot in men's team handball and Zambia has qualified in women's soccer


College Football
QB Amani Gilmore is transferring from Kentucky to North Texas

WR Dee Anderson is heading from LSU to Oklahoma State

K Connor Culp will transfer from LSU to Nebraska

QB Taulia Tagovailoa will transfer from Alabama to Maryland with three years of eligibility remaining


Men's College Basketball
Grad transfer Raina Perez is heading from Cal State Fullerton to NC State

Grad transfer Romello White is heading from Arizona State to Ole Miss

DeAndre Williams is transferring from Evansville to Memphis

Grad transfer Jonah Antonio will head to Wake Forest from UNLV


UFC Fight Night this evening
Giga Chikadze will face days-away-from-the-event replacement Irwin Rivera instead of original fighter Mike Davis


Soccer- Bundesliga Table
Current Champions League Spots: Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Monchengladbach and RB Leipzig
Current Europa League Spots: Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg


Soccer- The Return of Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund is now one point back of leaders Bayern Munich after defeating Schalke 4-0
Wolfsburg def. Augsburg 2-1
Fortuna Dusseldorf and SC Paderborn drew 0-0
RB Leipzig remain four points adrift of top spot after drawing 1-1 with Freiburg
Hertha Berlin def. Hoffenheim on the road 3-0
Borussia Monchengladbach def. Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 on the road


Potential UFC Matchmaking
Men's Flyweight: Deiveson Figueredo v. Joseph Benavidez 2 for the vacant flyweight title sometime in the summer, with Brandon Moreno as the top contender. Since re-entering the UFC, Moreno has tallied a split draw opposite Askar Askarov and two straight unanimous decision wins over Kai Kara-France and Jussier Formiga.
I also like the idea of fourth-ranked Formiga v. fifth-ranked Alexandre Pantoja for the #2 contender slot.  

Men's Featherweight: I still like the idea of Bryce Mitchell v. Chase Hooper. What's not to like about 13-0 v. 9-0-1?

Strawweight: Gadelha/Hill winner v. Marina Rodriguez, with the winner of that bout facing Carla Esparza. Marina Rodriguez is 12-0-2 and would be a challenging test as a result. After her win Saturday, Esparza is on a three-fight win streak over Virna Jandiroba, Alexa Grasso and Michelle Waterson

Heavyweight: If Rodrigo Nascimento defeats Don'Tale Mayes, match him up against Cyril Gane. That'll be 8-0 opposite 6-0


UFC Fight Night tonight (prelims starting at 6 pm Eastern)
Heavyweight Main Event: Alistair Overeem v. Walt Harris
Overeem will be looking to rebound from a December loss to Jairzinho Rozenstruik
Harris has won two straight over Sergey Spivak and Aleksey Oliynyk

Strawweight Co-Main: Claudia Gadelha v. Angela Hill
Gadelha is looking to build on a win over Randa Markos back in July
Hill has won three straight against Ariane Carnelossi, Hannah Cifers and Loma Lookboonmee

Men's Featherweight: Dan Ige v. Edson Barboza
Ige has won five straight over Mike Santiago, Jordan Griffin, Danny Henry, Kevin Aguilar and Mirsad Bektic
Barboza has lost two straight opposite Justin Gaethje and Paul Felder

Middleweight: Eryk Anders v. Krzysztof Jotko
Anders has won two straight over Vinicius Moreira and Gerald Meerschaert
Jotko has also won two straight over Alen Amedovski and Marc-Andre Barriault

Men's Featherweight: Song Yadong v. Marlon Vera
Yadong is on a 7-0-1 streak: seven straight wins followed by a majority draw in December
Vera has won five straight over Wuliji Buren, Guido Cannetti, Frankie Saenz, Nohelin Hernandez and Andre Ewell

Welterweight: Matt Brown v. 8-0 Miguel Baeza
Brown is looking for his third straight win after defeating Diego Sanchez and Ben Saunders

Middleweight: Anthony Hernandez v. Kevin Holland
Holland is looking to rebound from a loss to Brendan Allen

Men's Featherweight: Darren Elkins v. Nate Landwehr
Elkins has lost three straight opposite Alexander Volkanovski, Ricardo Lamas and Ryan Hall

Women's Flyweight: Cortney Casey v. Mara Romero Borella
Casey is looking to rebound from a loss opposite Cynthia Calvillo
Romero Borella has lost two straight against Lauren Murphy and Montana De La Rosa

Heavyweight: 7-0 Rodrigo Nascimento v. 6-3 Don'Tale Mayes

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