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by sloppyvinyl | Nov 10, 2018 | SPORTS
Headliner for UFC Fight Night 139 Set
The UFC will return to the city where it all began 25 years ago as “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung (14-4, 4-1 UFC) collides with Yair Rodriguez (11-2, 6-1 UFC) in a five-round featherweight main event matchup at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.
After Friday morning’s weigh-ins, fans will be treated to that exciting matchup as both fighters were cleared after making weight.
Chan Sung Jung, making his first appearance since February 2017 when he finished Dennis Bermudez by 1st-Round KO, stepped onto the scales reaching the featherweight limit as he weighed in at 146. His opponent, Yair Rodriguez, tipped the scales at 145.5 pounds.
A highly anticipated welterweight matchup between Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and heavy hitter Mike Perry was also green lighted as Cerrone weighed in at 170, while Perry weighed in at 170.5.
Two fighters would miss weight as both Raquel Pennington and Maycee Barber failed to reach the bantamweight and strawweight limits respectively.
Here are the full weigh-in results.
UFC Fight Night 139 Weigh-In Results
Chan Sung Jung (146) vs. Yair Rodriguez (145.5)
Donald Cerrone (170) vs. Mike Perry (170.5)
Raquel Pennington (*138) vs. Germaine de Randamie (136)
Beneil Dariush (155.5) vs. Thiago Moises (156)
Maycee Barber (*116) vs. Hannah Cifers (115.5)
Michael Trizano (155) vs. Luis Pena (155)
Ashley Yoder (115.5) vs. Amanda Bobby Cooper (116)
Chas Skelly (146) vs. Bobby Moffett (146)
Davi Ramos (156) vs. John Gunther (155.5)
Devonte Smith (156) vs. Julian Erosa (155)
Joseph Morales (125.5) vs. Eric Shelton (126)
Mark De La Rosa (136) vs. Joby Sanchez (135)
What are your thoughts on UFC Fight Night 139? Leave your comments below!
![[NEWS] CONGRATS! Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade Welcome Daughter Via Surrogate](https://i0.wp.com/sloppyvinyl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ADD9EE85-EEDF-4C43-9B05-61DA72BF024C.jpeg?resize=1080%2C675&ssl=1)
by sloppyvinyl | Nov 9, 2018 | Entertainment
Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade Welcome First Child Together
On Thursday, Wade and his wife actress Gabrielle Union, announced that they’ve welcomed a beautiful bundle of joy into the world. Wade has three sons from previous relationships, this is the couple’s first child together.
“11/7 will forever be etched in our hearts as the most loveliest of all the lovely days”. Union shared on Instagram.
The couple has spent several years trying to have a child of their own. In the past Union have open up and shared their struggles throughout that process.
In her book, We’re Going to Need More Wine, she revealed that she suffered as many as nine miscarriages throughout the years.
“For three years, my body has been a prisoner of trying to get pregnant—I’ve either been about to go into an IVF cycle, in the middle of an IVF cycle, or coming out of an IVF cycle.”
But she got even more candid about her infertility struggles at this year’s BlogHer conference in August. “Towards the end of my fertility journey I finally got some answers, because everyone said, ‘You’re a career woman, you’ve prioritized your career, you waited too long and now you’re just too old to have a kid — and that’s on you for wanting a career. The reality is I actually have adenomyosis [a condition where the inner lining of the uterus breaks through the muscle wall of the uterus],” she said
Even opening up on Dr. Oz Show revealing that she had gone through 8 or 9 miscarriages. “So I was always having these early miscarriages some through IVF and some just… you know naturally happening on our own,” she said.
Despite the challenges faced, the couple never lost hope. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs.Wade on welcoming their new precious bundle of joy.
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by sloppyvinyl | Nov 9, 2018 | SPORTS
UFC 233 Set For Blast Off
Another exciting champion vs champion UFC title fight is official, and it’ll kick off the 2019 PPV slate.
Henry Cejudo will defend his UFC flyweight title against current UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 233, according to sources.
The fight will take place at the Honda Center in Houston on January 26th.
T.J. Dillashaw (17-3, 12-3 UFC) will attempt to become just the third fighter in UFC history to capture and hold two belts simultaneously.
The first to do so was Conor McGregor back in November 2016 when he knocked out then lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez in the second round of their UFC 205 main event.
Just this past July it happened again when current light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier moved up in weight and stunned Stipe Miocic by 1st-Round KO to win the heavyweight title.
Henry Cejudo (13-2, 7-2 UFC) pulled off one of the biggest upsets the UFC has seen in quite some time when he upended former flyweight kingpin Demetrious Johnson by split-decision at UFC 227 to win the flyweight title.
Cejudo had lobbied for an opportunity at another world title in a second weight class following his victory over Johnson, eyeing T.J. Dillashaw’s bantamweight title.
With that not coming to fruition, it will be interesting to see if the UFC’s plans to eradicate the flyweight division, as has been rumored, will take shape following this fight.
What are your thoughts on this matchup and who has the edge? Leave your comments below!
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by sloppyvinyl | Nov 9, 2018 | SPORTS
Philly Picks Up Key Division Win; Contenders Roll
Week 9 Results: 9-4
Record this season: 86-48
Midway through the season and there’s been something I think most of us want to know, who’s leading the NFL MVP race?
After last week, I’d have to give a slight nod to Drew Brees. While Patrick Mahomes is operating at a machine-like level, in my opinion it’s not as impressive as Drew Brees’ season right now.
Brees is completing 76.3 percent of his passes while throwing for 2,336 passing yards, 18 touchdowns and just one interception with an NFL-best 120.6 Passer Rating.
At 39-years-old, the veteran looks like he’s playing in peak form. Certainly from a mental standpoint he’s as great as he’s ever been, but he’s not just throwing the ball for short yardage accurately, he’s flinging it all over the field. And for that, he’s gotta be the NFL MVP to this point having led the Saints to a 7-1 record.
Also, in New Orleans’ only loss, he threw for 439 passing yards and three touchdowns with a 82.2 percent completion percentage…
Just sayin’.
The NFL Week 10 slate doesn’t have a marque matchup on the docket, with a Thursday night matchup between the Carolina Panthers and Pittsburgh Steelers the only great matchup on paper.
Still, the New England Patriots and New Orleans Saints could be surprised with road test in Tennessee and Cincinnati respectfully.
There’s also an NFC East matchup happening on Sunday night in Philadelphia that could go a long way for either team trying to win the division.
The games will be much more important in just a few weeks, but for this week in particular it appears a number of contenders should cruise through the week.
With that said, here are my picks for Week 10 of the NFL season.
Carolina Panthers at Pittsburgh Steelers
This could be lower scoring than I have it, but if I thought that to be the case I’d be ignorantly ignoring the offensive potency of both teams. The Panthers won in their last trip to Pennsylvania, but they’ll find it tougher sledding against a team that typically lights up the scoreboard at home.
Prediction: Pittsburgh Steelers 24 Carolina Panthers 19
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets
Neither Josh Allen or Sam Darnold will play. Even if one or the other did, neither team is playing well offensively. The Jets are decimated with injuries on offense, and while Josh McCown is normally reliable, he’s going up against a Bills team that can rush the passer enough to effect his timing.
Prediction: Buffalo Bills 16 New York Jets 10
Arizona Cardinals at Kansas City Chiefs
We all know Kansas City’s offense is great, but their defense has picked it up over the past three weeks. Against one of the worst offenses in the NFL, that unit shouldn’t have much trouble on Sunday at home.
Prediction: Kansas City Chiefs 38 Arizona Cardinals 17
New Orleans Saints at Cincinnati Bengals
A much closer game with A.J. Green in the lineup, but we all know even with him Cincinnati is not a better football team than New Orleans. This could be as hard or as easy as Drew Brees and company make it, and I’m guessing they’ll be looking for blood on Sunday.
Prediction: New Orleans Saints 34 Cincinnati Bengals 16
Atlanta Falcons at Cleveland Browns
The Atlanta Falcons have put themselves back in the playoff conversation with three straight wins. We all know about the offensive weapons and the play of Matt Ryan, but the Falcons defense has slowly put it together as a unit after being torn apart by injuries early in the year. The Browns offensive line is a concern and while the defense creates turnovers, they’ve allowed 70 points over their last two games.
Prediction: Atlanta Falcons 30 Cleveland Browns 20
New England Patriots at Tennessee Titans
The Titans defense can be terrific at times, but against top signal callers they can be had. Tom Brady has just one touchdown pass over the last two weeks, but it’s hard envisioning that continuing if Sony Michel and Rob Gronkowski return as expected.
Prediction: New England Patriots 30 Tennessee Titans 16
Jacksonville Jaguars at Indianapolis Colts
Indianapolis is playing good football all of late, and there’s really no reason to pick them to lose this one. Surely, there’s always the chance Jacksonville’s defense returns to form, but I’m not seeing it. The Colts defense can bring pressure to disrupt Bortles and with their newfound rushing attack, Luck should have his way with a depleted secondary
Prediction: Indianapolis Colts 24 Jacksonville Jaguars 16
Washington Redskins at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Playing a team that’s lost six out of their past seven games would seem like the perfect storm for Washington coming off a 38-14 loss at home to Atlanta, but the Buccaneers have a strong offense. Unless Josh Doctson and Paul Richardson start getting separation on the outside for Alex Smith, Washington’s NFC East lead will disappear here.
Prediction: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Washington Redskins 17
Los Angeles Chargers at Oakland Raiders
This is about as sure of a lock as you’ll get this week. The Chargers held the Raiders to 10 points in their first matchup and now with Oakland having traded away Amari Cooper, that’s one less pass catcher to work about for a team that can’t run the football and has become increasingly one dimensional. And dysfunctional.
Prediction: Los Angeles Chargers 42 Oakland Raiders 17
Miami Dolphins at Green Bay Packers
The Packers played tough on the road vs the Rams and Patriots, but ultimately came up empty handed. If there’s a team they want to play right now, it’s the Miami Dolphins, who can’t win on the road and have a suspect secondary and run defense to boot.
Prediction: Green Bay Packers 24 Miami Dolphins 7
Seattle Seahawks at Los Angeles Rams
The Los Angeles Rams should be looking at this game as if there’s something to prove. How quickly have people begun jumping off their bandwagon as a lock for the Super Bowl after their defensive woes reached a new low last week vs New Orleans. Look for Marcus Peters to rebound here and get an interception after he was torched by Michael Thomas last week.
Prediction: Los Angeles Rams 36 Seattle Seahawks 17
Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia has not been anything like the team we saw last season, but the addition of Golden Tate has the potential to bring a level of scariness that this offense desperately needs minus a consistent rushing attack Dallas’ defense will make it tough, but ultimately the Cowboys offense will be too much to overcome.
Prediction: Philadelphia Eagles 27 Dallas Cowboys 17
New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers
It may be a game that only matters in terms of draft positioning when it’s all said and done, but the reason it may not is if Nick Mullins first start last week wasn’t a fluke. San Francisco would have an odd situation on their hands with a young quarterback who could be used as trade bait, or…
Prediction: San Francisco 49ers 24 New York Giants 13
What are your thoughts on the Week 10 slate of games? Leave your comments below!
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by sloppyvinyl | Nov 8, 2018 | Entertainment
The “Shrek” franchise has taught us many things, from ogres similarities to onions and the words to Smash Mouth’s “All Star” but now it’s being rebooted for a new audience.
As reported by Variety, Chris Meledandri, the man behind Illumination Entertainment’s “Despicable Me” franchise is tasked with rebooting the beloved series. However, Meledandri told Variety the characters will still be voiced by their original actors.
“When you look back on those vocal performances they’re awesome, and while you certainly could make a case for a complete reinvention, I find myself responding to my own nostalgic feelings of wanting to go back to those characterizations,” Meledandri said.
Chris Meledandri is planning on having Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and Eddie Murphy returning to voice their characters in the “Shrek” reboot.
Photo courtesy of polygon.com
That’s a relief, because I honestly can’t picture Shrek being voiced by anyone but Mike Myers. I know Chris Farley was originally set to play the ogre before his sudden death, and Myers originally gave Shrek a totally different voice, but his Scottish twang has forever become synonymous with the green monster.
With his quote, I guess it’s safe to assume Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas and Eddie Murphy are also going to be returning to the animated reboot. Diaz reportedly retired from acting, but I hope she’ll make an exception for this voice-over role because I don’t think I’ll be able to listen to someone else voicing Princess Fiona.
Since “Shrek” was Dreamworks Animation’s biggest hit, the franchise outstayed its welcome throughout the 2000s. with each sequel being worse than the previous (excluding “Shrek 2” which was honestly pretty great). Do you remember “Shrek the Third” and “Shrek Forever After?” If you don’t, you’re lucky because they certainly weren’t on the level of the first two animated features.
“Shrek 2” was actually a great sequel to the original film, but the movies that followed it got increasingly worse.
Photo courtesy of whatsontv.co.uk
Illumination Entertainment is currently rebooting “The Grinch” which is coming to theaters this weekend. Are they just going to be remaking early 2000’s hits? I feel like they should’ve waited to see how “The Grinch” does at the box office and is received by audiences and critics before greenlighting another reboot.
As a college student, I can attest to the fact that “Shrek” is as close to a classic as any film from my generation’s childhood. Everyone was universally thrilled when it recently became available to stream on Netflix. The amount of “Shrek” references casually thrown out in classes and throughout campus is uncountable; it happens at least on a daily basis. All you need to say is “Somebody once told me” and you’ll have a group of people finishing the Smash Mouth song for you. The amount of memes that feature the ogre is astounding. The character and the franchise have really struck a nerve with people who grew up with the ogre and we can’t seem to get it out of our heads.
The one thing I’ve realized after we’ve been bombarded with a slew of remakes and reboots over the past few years is that the reiterations don’t belittle the original’s success. So even if the new “Shrek” (or “The Grinch”) sucks, we can thankfully just watch the original and pretend the reboot never happened. Or who knows, maybe it will actually end up being really good. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it’ll be more on par with the first two “Shrek” movies than the third and fourth films.
Among other things, “Shrek” taught everyone that ogres are, in fact, quite similar to onions.
Photo courtesy of cornel1801.com
How do you feel about a “Shrek” reboot? Let me know in the comments below!
