Event will feature rookies from six teams playing three games in four days at City National Arena from Sept. 8 through 11.
Adam Hill
Sports Columnist/Reporter
Email: ahill@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 224-5509
After serving as sports editor of both the Silverado Star and UNLV Rebel Yell, the Detroit native remained in Las Vegas and embarked on his professional journalism career at the Review-Journal in 2002. He has covered MMA, prep sports, Raiders and Golden Knights while helping coordinate digital coverage for nearly every major sporting event to come through the valley.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of Saturday’s UFC on Fox 30 card at Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang:
The 30-year-old native of Poland hopes a win over Tecia Torres on the UFC on Fox 30 card in Calgary will put her in position for another shot at women’s strawweight belt.
The 32-year-old New Englander, born with a congenital amputation of his left arm just below the elbow, dropped to 14-2 in his pro career with a decision loss on Tuesday night in Las Vegas.
Born with a congenital amputation of the left arm just below the elbow, Newell finds himself on the verge of a UFC contract with a 14-1 pro record.
Carrier earned three points in 37 games for the Knights last season and appeared in 10 games during the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Smith recorded his second first-round knockout of a former light heavyweight champion since moving to the weight class last month as he stopped Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in the main event of UFC Fight Night 134 in Hamburg, Germany on Sunday
Amicable resolution reached after the Army filed a notice of opposition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in January.
Forward Tomas Nosek and the Golden Knights have avoided arbitration by reaching terms on a one-year deal Tuesday.
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, a rival and possible future opponent of McGregor, also attended the World Cup Final.
The defenseman was acquired by Vegas from Vancouver before the trade deadline and leaves for Russia without playing a game for the Golden Knights.
Junior dos Santos, Chad Mendes and Cat Zingano all won for the first time in more than two years on Saturday night’s card in Boise, Idaho.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 133 card at CenturyLink Arena in Boise, Idaho, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang:
Middleweight contender Kelvin Gastelum will get his first title shot after coaching against champion Robert Whittaker on Season 28 of ‘The Ultimate Fighter,’ a show in which he hopes to help breathe new life in what could be its final season.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will have to enter the random testing pool and serve the remaining six months on his suspension before any fight can be booked, but heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier may want even more.