UFC 272 on March 5th

Men's Flyweight: Tim Elliott v. Tagir Ulanbekov 

Canadian Football

After leading Edmonton to a Grey Cup in 2015, Chris Jones is returning for a four-year stint as head coach and GM 

Soccer News

Ferran Torres is joining Barcelona from Manchester City on a reported five-year deal 

ONE Championship: Only the Brave on January 28th

Heavyweight Interim Title Fight: 10-0 Anatoly Malykhin v. 5-0 Kirill Grishenko 

NBA News

Cleveland has signed head coach JB Bickerstaff to a six-year extension through the 2026-27 season 

Eagle FC on March 11th

Kevin Lee v. Diego Sanchez expected at 165lb 

Eagle FC 44 on January 28th

Light Heavyweight: Rashad Evans v. Gabriel Checco

Yorgan de Castro v. Shaun Asher 

Bellator 273 on January 29th

Lightweight Co-Main: Benson Henderson v. Islam Mamedov

Featherweight: Henry Corrales v. Aidan Lee

Welterweight: Sabah Homasi v. Jaleel Willis

Heavyweight: Ben Parrish v. Sullivan Cauley  

Legacy Fighting Alliance 2022

LFA 123: February 4th at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana

LFA 124: February 11th at the Arizona Federal Theater in Phoenix 

LFA 125: February 25th at Seneca Resorts & Casinos in New York  

Bare Knuckle FC

The 2022 return on January 29th will feature a rematch between Elvin Brito and Kaleb Harris to crown the inaugural welterweight champion

Location: Jackson Convention Complex in Jackson, Mississippi and streaming on FITE 

UFC on March 12th

Men's Featherweight: Damon Jackson v. Joshua Culibao

Middleweight: Cody Brundage v. Dalcha Lungiambula

Combat Sports News

MMA

Showtime Fighting Championship will debut on UFC Fight Pass February 11th at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida

Michel Prazeres, who went 10-4 in the Octagon, has announced his retirement 

UFC on March 19th

Timur Valiev will replace Umar Nurmagomedov against Jack Shore

ONE Championship: Heavy Hitters on January 14th

Strawweight Title Fight Main Event: champion Jing Nan Xiong v. Ayaka Miura

Expected location: Singapore Stadium

Streaming on B/R Live   

UFC on March 26th

Men's Featherweight: Seungwoo Choi v. Tucker Lutz 

Men's Flyweight: Kai Kara-France v. Askar Askarov 

*Expected location: Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio  

Boxing on February 12th

Super Middleweight: Daniel Jacobs v. John Ryder

Bellator on February 19th

Welterweight: Neiman Gracie v. Logan Storley

*Expected location: Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut   

Boxing on March 12th

Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, England

Leigh Wood v. Michael Conlan 

NFL News

RB Le'Veon Bell is signing with Tampa after stints with the Steelers, Jets and Ravens over the previous three years 

UFC on February 19th

Women's Bantamweight: Jessica-Rose Clark v. Stephanie Egger 

Heavyweight: Ilir Latifi v. Alexandr Romanov  

Boxing News

WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade v. mandatory challenger Janibek Alimkhanuly has a purse bid set for January 15th 

Keith Thurman v. Mario Barrios has been moved from January 29th to February 5th 

Also on the card

Featherweight: Leo Santa Cruz v. Keenan Carbajal 

Welterweight: Abel Ramos v. Josesito Lopez

Luis Nery v. 27-0 Carlos Castro 

UFC 272 on March 5th

Women's Flyweight: Maryna Moroz v. Mariya Agapova 

UFC on March 12th

Men's Bantamweight: Marlon Moraes v. Song Yadong

Middleweight: Bruno Silva v. Alex Pereira

Eagle FC 44 on January 28th

9-0 Ramazan Kuramagomedov v. John Howard

Welterweight Boxing

WBC/IBF champ Errol Spence Jr v. WBA champ Yordenis Ugas expected in the first quarter of next year

18-0 Vergil Ortiz Jr v. 21-0 Michael McKinson also expected early next year 

*Ortiz Jr has finished all eighteen bouts     

Eagle Fighting Championship

Eight weight classes: 135, 145, 155, 165, 175, 185, 205 and heavyweight 

No flyweight division for U.S. debut on January 28th

Second U.S. show confirmed for March 11th with both taking place at Miami's FLX Arena (specifically for Eagle FC shows)   

Invicta FC 45 on January 12th

Atomweight Main Event Title Fight: Champion Alesha Zappitella v. Jessica Delboni  

Claire Guthrie v. UFC vet Lauren Mueller

Courtney King v. Ramona Pascual 

Monica Franco v. Hailey Cowan 

Hilarie Rose v. Emily Whitmire

Maria Favela v. a TBD opponent 

UFC on April 9th

Men's Featherweight: Pat Sabatini v. Gavin Tucker

Boxing News

Tokyo women's featherweight boxer Skye Nicholson from Australia has signed a multi-year deal with Matchroom with a pro debut set for March  

UFC next year

Strawweight: Carla Esparza will get the next shot at champion Rose Namajunas 

Light Heavyweight: Johnny Walker v. Jamahal Hill 

Boxing on February 5th

ESPN+ in Fresno, California

Super Lightweight: Jose Ramirez v. Jose Pedraza 

Richard Torrez Jr, the Tokyo gold medalist at super heavyweight, will make his pro debut 

Boxing on December 31st

Super Flyweight: Ryoji Fukunaga will replace Jerwin Ancajas opposite Kazuto Ioka

Combat Sports News

Former UFC strawweight title challenger Claudia Gadelha has officially retired from MMA, joining former UFC featherweight title challenger Felicia Spencer. She's submitted seven opponents over a twenty-three bout career and holds Octagon wins over Angela Hill, Randa Markos, Carla Esparza, Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Cortney Casey, Jessica Aguilar and Tina Lahdemaki in a UFC career that started in 2014. 

*Gadelha and Spencer join Joseph Benavidez, Luke Campbell, Carlos Condit, Bethe Correia, Artem Lobov, Manny Pacquiao, Shawn Porter and Gian Villante in stepping away from the fight game this year   

A-League Men

Western United def. Adelaide United 1-0

Super Middleweight Boxing

David Benavidez v. David Lemieux has been approved for a WBC interim title fight 

Bellator on February 25th

Lightweight Co-Main: Peter Queally v. Kane Mousah 

*Main event will see Gegard Mousasi defend the middleweight belt v. Austin Vanderford 

Boxing on February 5th

Smith-Vargas card

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai v. Carlos Cuadras as one half of a WBA four-man box-off 

Indian Super League

Northeast United def. East Bengal 2-0

Boxing News

Liam Smith v. Jessie Vargas has been rescheduled from January 29th to February 5th  

A-League Women

Western Sydney and Newcastle Jets tied 1-1 

English League Championship

Barnsley and West Bromwich Albion tied 0-0 

Coupe de France

The Round of 64 match between Paris FC and Lyon has been abandoned at 1-1 due to crowd trouble

La Liga

Celta Vigo def. Espanyol 3-1

Serie A

Lazio def. Genoa 3-1

Inter Milan def. Salernitana 5-0 

Bundesliga

Bayern Munich def. Wolfsburg 4-0 with Thomas Muller, Leroy Sane and Robert Lewandowski contributing solo scores

Coppa Italia

Second Round

Lecce def. Spezia 2-0

Sampdoria def. Torino 2-1 

Copa del Rey

Almeria, Cadiz, Mallorca, Osasuna, Real Betis and Valencia among the teams that advance to round three while Getafe and Granada suffered respective 5-0 and 1-0 losses 

Premier League

Chelsea and Everton tied 1-1 with Mason Mount scoring Chelsea's only goal in the seventieth minute

Liverpool def. Newcastle United 3-1 behind goals from Diogo Jota, Mohammed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold

Super Featherweight Boxing

Xavier Martinez will make his Top Rank debut v. Robson Conceicao on January 29th

College Football Recruiting

WR Shazz Preston has picked Alabama 

CB Travis Hunter has picked Jackson State  

UFC News

Derek Brunson v. Jared Cannonier at middleweight has shifted from UFC 270 next month to UFC 271 in February, most likely to serve as the co-main to Adesanya-Gastelum 2 for the middleweight title

Super Middleweight Boxing

Daniel Jacobs and John Ryder are in the negotiation stage for a bout planned for early next year 

MLS News

Charlotte FC will have its first game February 26th at DC United and will have its first home game on March 5th  

Eagle FC

Former UFC lightweight/welterweight Kevin Lee has signed with the promotion and will most likely debut next year in the 165-pound class 

College Football News

Florida State HC Mike Norvell has verbally extended his contract through 2026 

Bellator on February 25th

Target Location: 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland 

Middleweight Title Fight: Gegard Mousasi v. Austin Vanderford 

*This comes after Bader v. Moldavsky for the undisputed heavyweight crown targeted for January 29th 

Boxing on January 7th

ShoBox at Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando

Lightweight: Luis Nunez v. Carlos Arrieta

Lightweight: 16-0 Starling Castillo v. 10-0 Otar Eranosyan

Super Featherweight: 13-0 Edwin De Los Santos v. 13-0 William Foster III   

UFC News

Michel Prazeres is no longer on the roster after winning ten-of-fourteen bouts in the Octagon 

Boxing on Saturday

Paul-Woodley 2 card

Women's Lightweight: Amanda Serrano v. Miriam Gutierrez

*A Serrano win could set up a clash with Katie Taylor, who moved to 20-0 a couple days ago   

Heavyweight: Frank Gore v. Deron Williams in a NFL v. NBA bout

Liam Para v. Yoma Alamo to kick off the Showtime PPV

Women's Soccer

Alex Morgan, with 115 goals in 190 appearances for the USWNT, will join the San Diego Wave for their inaugural NWSL season next year  

Eagle FC

The upcoming Miami card on January 28th, Eagle FC 44, will feature a former UFC champion as Renan Barao will face Horacio Gutierrez. This will be Barao's first fight since 2019

EFC 44 will have a redone main event with Sergei Kharitonov stepping in for Antonio Silva against Tyrone Spong 

Bellator 273 on January 29th

Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona

Showtime broadcast 

Heavyweight Main Event: Champion Ryan Bader v. interim champ Valentin Moldavsky

Darrion Caldwell v. Enrique Barzola (Barzola's promotional debut)

NFL News

Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium is expected to be named the host site of the 2024 Super Bowl 

NHL Contracts

F Robby Fabbri has signed a three-year extension with Detroit. He has eight goals in twenty-eight appearances this season   

Professional Fighters League News

fuboTV will host their Challenger Series, their newest program, as part of a multi-year deal.

The Challengers Series will begin on February 18th and run through April   

RIZIN 33 on New Year's Eve

Roberto Satoshi will defend his lightweight title v. Yusuke Yachi

Bantamweight grand prix semifinals: Kai Asakura v. Kenta Takizawa and Hiromasa Ougikubo v. Naoki Inoue

Bantamweight grand prix final: Asakura-Takizawa winner v. Ougikubo-Inoue winner  

Boxing on January 29th

Keith Thurman will take on Mario Barrios in his first outing since summer 2019 against Manny Pacquiao

Potentially some heavyweight action between Mahmoud Charr and Trevor Bryan in addition to a cruiserweight title fight between Ilunga Makabu and Thabiso Mchunu    

USA Basketball

Lynx HC/GM Cheryl Reeve will be the next women's national team head coach 

World Fighting League Updates

*Plan is to sign 192 athletes next year (starting January 1st) ahead of a February 5th, 2023 start

*Guaranteed contracts for WFL time, free to work with other promoters to offset the one-year delay and insurance to cover training camp injuries

*Three events will be February 5th, 2023 with a fourth February 6th, 2023 

*Florida, Texas and Nevada will host WFL events in 2023 

*In talks with providers like DAZN and Amazon Prime for streaming rights, although nothing official 

*A plan for four conferences- North America, South America, Europe/Africa and Asia/Oceania

*Between eight and twenty-four teams in each conference

*Twenty-four fighters per roster with three per weight class

*Weight classes: women's flyweight, women's bantamweight, featherweight, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight

*Regular season events will determine team and fighter points that feed into the playoffs

*Fighters will be paid the higher amount of either a traditional purse or just over three percent of the events' earnings

*Owners will share the remaining revenue after a 50-50 split with the fighters on their roster  

*Six owners have so far been approved, with four in the United States and two in Canada 

*League officials will be paid in either US dollars or cryptocurrency  

Boxing tomorrow

Joseph Agbeko has replaced John Riel Casimero against Paul Butler after Casimero didn't make it to the weigh-ins 

NFL News

LB Zach Cunningham is now with the Texans after being claimed off waivers from the Titans 

Golf News

ESPN+ will add four new streaming feeds of the PGA Tour equating to an additional 4300 hours of coverage starting next month 

NHL News

Marc-Andre Fleury is the third goalie to reach 500 wins, joining Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy 

Boxing on January 15th

Martin Bakole will replace Carlos Takam against Joe Joyce (Joyce-Takam was originally set for tomorrow)

NHL Trades

Maple Leafs -- Blackhawks: F Kurtis Gabriel

Blackhawks -- Maple Leafs: D Chad Krys 

College Football News

Mike MacIntyre will be the new head coach at Florida International 

Boxing on January 22nd

Gary Russell Jr v. mandatory challenger Mark Magsayo 

Subriel Matias v. Petros Ananyan in a rematch

2022 NFL Draft Declarees

Southern Cal WR Drake London  

Boxing News

Super Lightweight: Gervonta Davis has vacated his WBA title and will remain at lightweight 

Welterweight: Yordenis Ugas and Eimantas Stanionis are targeting a springtime bout. This is one-half of a WBA tournament to clear out their sundry titles, with the winner facing Radzhab Butaev at a TBA date 

Boxing News

Holly Holm has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. In 38 bouts between 2002 and 2013 she racked up eighteen title defenses across three weight classes

IBF super featherweight champ Kenichi Ogawa has signed with Matchroom

UFC on January 15th

Middleweight: Caio Borralho v. Jamie Pickett 

*Borralho had been scheduled to compete next weekend 

Vancouver Canucks

General Manager: Jim Benning is no longer with the team 

Head Coach: Bruce Boudreau will most likely replace current coach Travis Green  

Heavyweight Boxing

Dillian Whyte has been named the WBC mandatory for Tyson Fury's title 

UFC next weekend

Victor Henry will replace Trevin Jones against Raoni Barcelos 

Eagle Fighting Championship

First U.S. card will be in Miami at the currently-under-construction FLX Arena on January 28th

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans is on the card 

Heavyweight Main Event: Tyrone Spong v. Antonio Silva 

UFC on March 19th

Men's Flyweight: Muhammad Mokaev v. Cody Durden 

MLB Offseason

OF Jackie Bradley Jr is heading back to Boston from the Brewers along with prospects David Hamilton and Alex Binelas. In return, the Brewers are getting fellow outfielder Hunter Renfroe  

Indian Super League

Hyderabad def. Bengaluru 1-0 

English League One

Milton Keynes Dons and Plymouth Argyle tied 1-1

Wigan Athletic def. Shrewsbury Town 2-1 

A-League Men

Melbourne City def. Perth Glory 1-0

AFF Cup- Group Stage

Myanmar def. Timor-Leste 2-0 

Singapore def. Philippines 2-1  

English League Two

Bradford City and Colchester United tied 0-0

Hartlepool United def. Rochdale 2-1

Barrow-Salford City was postponed  

Scottish Premiership

Livingston def. Hibernian 1-0

UFC News

UFC 271 on February 12th will be returning to Houston and a TBD location 

UFC on March 5th

Women's Flyweight: Jessica Eye v. Manon Fiorot

Super Featherweight Boxing

The WBC has announced a mini-tournament to fill the belt that will be vacant when Miguel Berchelt moves up a division, with O'Shaquie Foster v. Muhammadkhuja Yaqubov and Robson Conceicao v. TBA. Oscar Valdez will face the last man standing  

MLB Offseason

Anthony DeSclafani and Alex Wood are heading back to the Giants, with DeSclafani rejoining for three years and Wood for two 

UFC on March 26th

Strawweight: Amanda Ribas v. Michelle Waterson 

NBA News

Wesley Matthews is back with the Bucks after 67 starts with the team in 2019-20 

UFC next weekend

Julia Avila is out of a bantamweight bout v. Raquel Pennington and has been replaced by Macy Chiasson  

College Football News

Lane Kiffin has agreed to a new contract with Ole Miss 

Boxing on December 11th

Lomachenko-Commey card

Jared Anderson v. Oleksandr Teslenko in the co-main

Nico Ali Walsh (2-0 with two stoppages) v. Reyes Sanchez 

Keyshawn Davis pro debut v. Jose Zaragoza 

MLS Playoffs

Portland Timbers def. Real Salt Lake 2-0 in the Western Conference final and move a step closer to the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League  

Premier League

West Ham def. Chelsea 3-2

Newcastle United def. Burnley 1-0 

Southampton and Brighton & Hove Albion tied 1-1

Liverpool def. Wolverhampton 1-0 

Manchester City def. Watford 3-1 

UFC on February 5th

Middleweight Main Event: Jack Hermansson v. Sean Strickland 

Bellator Grand Prix News

The men's bantamweight division will have a grand prix tournament next year. Juan Archuleta, James Gallagher, Leandro Higo, Kyoji Horiguchi, Magomed Magomedov, Patchy Mix, Sergio Pettis and Raufeon Stotts have been announced as the full field with Josh Hill as the alternate

Combat Sports Retirements

Former Invicta featherweight champion and UFC title challenger Felicia Spencer has announced her retirement. She's notable for decision losses to Cris Cyborg in 2019 and Amanda Nunes last year

UFC on December 18th

Gerald Meerschaert and Dustin Stoltzfus will now face each other after their opponents withdrew

Boxing on January 15th

Light Heavyweight: Joe Smith Jr will defend his WBO title v. Callum Johnson

Featherweight: 20-0 Abraham Nova v. Jose Enrique Vivas   

UFC on March 12th

Men's Bantamweight: Kris Moutinho v. Guido Cannetti and Javid Basharat v. Trevin Jones 

Boxing Postponements

Gennadiy Golovkin v. Ryota Murata on December 29th

Kazuto Ioka v. Jerwin Ancajas on December 31st    

MLS News

Nico Estevez is the new head coach of FC Dallas 

College Football Recruiting

RB Raleek Brown has committed to Southern Cal 

UFC on March 26th

Light Heavyweight Main Event: Jan Blachowicz v. Aleksandar Rakic 

Lightweight Boxing

Jorge Linares v. Zaur Abdullaev penciled in for February 22nd 

UFC News

Welterweight Impa Kasanganay has been released 

Kevin Lee, who's fought at both lightweight and welterweight, has been released

Bellator News

Strawweight Keri Melendez has inked a contract extension  

Boxing News

Bantamweight: Jason Moloney v. Nawaphon Sor Rungvisai to determine Nonito Donaire's next challenger 

Minimumweight: Petchmanee CP Freshmart will defend his belt against Wanheng Menayothin 

Super Bantamweight: WBC and WBO have both named Daniel Roman the mandatory challenger for Stephen Fulton