The first ever public encounter by these two men occurred back in January 2016, when both went nose to nose with each other and engaged in banter that wouldn’t hold a candle to what their future press tour would turn into.
That moment between WBC heavyweight champion of the world Deontay Wilder and his challenger on Saturday night Tyson Fury set the stage for Friday afternoon’s weigh-in.
To the disappointment of a loud and hyped up audience in attendance in Los Angeles, there was no nose to nose encounter between the two, as both men were separated from each other during the face-off after a brawl nearly erupted earlier in the week at the final press conference.
Wilder — who walked onto the stage for the ceremonial weigh-in with a black mask covering much of his face — was stoic and locked in on his target, a sign that the time for talk was over.
Fury — who’s fighting for the first time in America on Saturday — mocked and yelled colorful language at Wilder, imploring him to take off the mask he was wearing.
Wilder weighed in at a light 212 pounds for the fight while his opponent, Englishman Tyson Fury weighed in at 256 pounds.
Here is the video below.
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The UFC makes its second visit to Australia in 2018, with this stop in Adelaide as former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos takes on Australia’s own Tai Tuivasa in a five-round main event matchup at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.
The two heavyweight combatants made it official on Friday morning as both reached the heavyweight limit.
Junior Dos Santos, who out-pointed UFC newcomer Blagoy Ivanov by unanimous decision back in July, weighed in at 255 pounds.
Tai Tuivasa, coming off a huge split-decision victory over former UFC heavyweight champion Andre Arlovski at UFC 225, tipped the scales at 262 pounds.
The co-main event features a heavyweight tilt between beloved Australian MMA icon Mark Hunt and rising heavyweight contender Justin Willis.
Hunt, looking for his first victory since defeating Derrick Lewis by 4th-Round TKO last year in June, weighed in at 264 pounds. Willis, seeking to improve to 4-0 in the octagon, would come in at 263.5 pounds
The official weigh-in results are below.
UFC Fight Night 142 Weigh-In Results
Junior dos Santos (255) vs. Tai Tuivasa (262)
Mark Hunt (264) vs. Justin Willis (263.5)
Mauricio Rua (206) vs Tyson Pedro (205)
Jake Matthews (171) vs. Anthony Rocco Martin (171)
Sodiq Yusuff (145) vs. Suman Mokhtarian (145)
Jim Crute (205) vs. Paul Craig (206)
Alexey Kunchenko (170) vs. Yushin Okami (170)
Wilson Reis (125.5) vs. Ben Nguyen (125.5)
Keita Nakamura (171) vs. Salim Touahri (171)
Elias Garcia (124.5) vs. Kai Kara-France (126)
Mizuto Hirota (156) vs. Christos Giagos (155)
Damir Ismagulov (155) vs. Alex Gorgees (156)
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The Golden State Warriors can strike at any moment when at full strength. Funny thing about Thursday night’s game was that they weren’t, as Stephen Curry and Draymond Green continued to be sidelined with injuries.
Stepping up in their absence has been Kevin Durant, who coming into tonight was on a hot streak, averaging 41.7 PPG over his past three ball games, all Warriors wins.
The Warriors appeared as if they were going to be blown out of the building late into the first quarter as they fell behind 32-14, but this night was for Kevin Durant to continue to remind people why he’s one of the greatest scorers in NBA history.
Pulling up from the logo, getting to the rim at ease, and dominating in just about every which way, even with Kawhi Leonard on his case on a number of those possessions.
Thanks to his hot shooting, the Warriors closed the gap in the fourth quarter to two points eight minutes to play, but Toronto would answer, going back up by double digits with 4:34 left in the period.
After what looked like a dagger three-pointer by Kyle Lowry in front of the Warriors bench with 56 seconds remaining, Durant took the game into his own hands.
It may be the end of ‘The Ultimate Fighter’, which just finished it’s 28th season.
If that’s to be the case, fans will get to relish in a refreshing five-round welterweight battle between Rafael Dos Anjos and Kamaru Usman in the main event of the TUF 28 Finale at the Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort on Friday night.
Each fighter stepped on the scales on Thursday morning ahead of their important showdown in the 170-pound weight class.
Looking to bounce back from a disappointing unanimous decision loss to Colby Covington at UFC 225, Rafael Dos Anjos weighed in at 170 pounds for what will be his fourth contest in the welterweight division.
His opponent, Kamaru Usman, who has won all eight of his UFC appearances inside the octagon, weighed in at 170.5 pounds.
All four finalists for TUF 28, which includes Justin Frazier, Juan Francisco Espino Dieppa, Pannie Kianzad and Macy Chiasson, would make weight.
Two fighters would weigh in over their weight class limits as Ji Yeon Kim (130.5) and Rick Glenn (148.5) will part with 30 and 20 percent of their fight purses respectively.
Here are the official weigh-in results below.
TUF 28 Weigh-In Results
Rafael dos Anjos (170) vs. Kamaru Usman (170.5)
Justin Frazier (264) vs. Juan Francisco Espino Dieppa (260)
Pannie Kianzad (145) vs. Macy Chiasson (144.5)
Bryan Caraway (135.75) vs. Pedro Munhoz (135.5)
Edmen Shahbazyan (185.5) vs. Darren Stewart (185)
Ji Yeon Kim (*130.5) vs. Antonina Shevchenko (124.5)
Rick Glenn (**148.5) vs. Kevin Aguilar (144)
Joseph Benavidez (125.5) vs. Alex Perez (126)
Maurice Greene (259) vs. Michel Batista (262.5)
Leah Letson (146) vs. Julia Stoliarenko (145.5)
Darrell Horcher (155) vs. Roosevelt Roberts (155.5)
Tim Means (170.5) vs. Ricky Rainey (170.5)
Raoni Barcelos (135) vs. Chris Gutierrez (135)
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DeMarcus Lawrence wasn’t intimidated by the New Orleans Saints high-powered offense, and looked at Thursday night’s showdown in Big ‘D’ with the streaking Saints as a litmus test.
From the first play from scrimmage for the New Orleans Saints in the game, the Dallas Cowboys had Drew Brees and his offense on the run. And it didn’t stop.
Behind their dominant, smash mouth defense, which passaged the way to a 13-10 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Thursday night, the Dallas Cowboys have arrived as a serious contender in the NFC.
The New Orleans Saints came in riding a 10-game winning streak, averaging an NFL-best 37.2 PPG while averaging the fifth most yards in the NFL at 416.6.
Drew Brees couldn’t be slowed, leading the NFL with a 127.3 Passer Rating and 29 touchdowns to two interceptions.
His weapons which ranged from Alvin Kamara, Mark Ingram, and Michael Thomas, made up this offense that over the past four games was averaging 43.7 PPG.
All of that went out of the window at AT&T Stadium from the moment Drew Brees dropped back to pass on a 3rd and 10, being forced off his spot due to the Cowboys pass rush and hurrying a throw incomplete to Alvin Kamara on the Saints first offensive possession to go three and out.
Going three and out was a theme for the Saints offense early, as they didn’t pick up a first down until the final play of the first quarter.
Screen passes, designed end arounds, play-action plays, and inside zone rushes were easily disrupted and snuffed out in ways that would leave viewers to think they had Saints’ coach Sean Payton’s offensive playbook leading up to this game.
Not even Randy Gregory’s two ill-timed and boneheaded penalties — one leading directly to Saints scoring their first touchdown of the game — in the second half could thwart the Cowboys defensive perfection against the Saints, who had a beat on the Saints offensive attack all night long.
DeMarcus Lawrence backed up his big talk earlier this week with a huge game for the ‘Boys. Lawrence finished with four tackles, a sack and a forced fumble.
The Pro-Bowl outside linebacker consistently got pressure off the edge all night and came up with one of the biggest plays of the game with a tackle on 4th and goal at the one-yard line in the second quarter after New Orleans’ defense forced a turnover to give the offense the ball with great field position.
If not for Gregory lining up incorrectly on a neutral zone infraction penalty, DeMarcus Lawrence would have ended the game with two sacks and two forced fumbles against a offense and quarterback setting the bar higher in a offensive minded league.
To put the Cowboys dominant performance in perspective, Michael Gallup’s 67 first half yards were more than the Saints entire offense at the half. They had only one of many shocks on Thursday night.
Overall, the Cowboys defense held the Saints to a season-low 176 yards. Drew Brees finished the game with only 118 passing yards and one touchdown with an interception.
The interception came before the two minute warning in the fourth quarter as Jourdan Lewis laid out to make a impressive play on throw intended to be thrown intentionally into the turf for an incompletion on 2nd and 5.
Defense has been the Cowboys calling card all season long. They came into the game third in points allowed (19.4), seventh in yards allowed (331.1), and fourth in rushing yards allowed (93.6).
The one negative about the Cowboys defense this season was their defense on third down. Defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli’s unit was fourth worst in the NFL coming into Thursday night as they allowed a 44 percent conversion rate.
New Orleans’ offense, which was converting 46.8 percent of their third down conversions this season, went 3-for-11 on third down vs the Dallas Cowboys.
Dallas’ offense gave its defense a 10-0 lead in the first quarter after a touchdown pass by Dak Prescott to Ezekiel Elliot, and the defense took care of the rest.
In addition to DeMarcus Lawrence, Leighton Vander Esch, Jaylon Smith, Chidobe Awuzie and Anthony Brown all played lights out on this night as they sent a loud statement to the rest of the NFC.
At 3-5, the Dallas Cowboys could’ve quit on their season, but instead, Dallas has rallied around Jason Garrett in a way that shows this team behind closed doors believed in their coach’s message, even in hard times.
The Dallas Cowboys (7-5) in just four games since then, have changed the complexion of their season in a way that something more than a short stay in the postseason should be an expectation.
In a league where offenses are putting up video game numbers, Dallas’ defense says, “Not here” when it comes down to taking the field against them.
That old adage defense wins championships still means something. At this point in time for the NFC East-leading Cowboys, it means dreaming big.
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