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UFC president Dana White stated earlier Thursday on “The Herd” that the light heavyweight champion will fight at UFC 200. MORE: Jon Jones ‘hurt’ by PED allegations, apologizes to Cormier “We’ll get a fight done,” White said in the show. “Cormier will fight this weekend.” It was revealed late Wednesday that interim champion Jon Jones was pulled from Saturday’s main event because of a potential drug test failure. While the UFC has been looking for a suitable replacement for Jones, fighters such as middleweight champion Michael Bisping, former 205-pound champ Rashad Evans and heavyweight title contender Alistair Overeem have thrown their names into the mix to fight Cormier....

The event will see professional mixed martial arts land in New York City for the first time since a legal battle was won earlier this year, and UFC president Dana White has made good on a vow to return to the Big Apple in style with an eye-catching headline fight set for Nov. 12 at Madison Square Garden. MORE: Cyborg smashes Lina Lansberg Featherweight champion McGregor previously chased the lightweight belt when it was held by Rafael dos Anjos, but the Brazilian suffered a broken foot to lead “The Notorious” to a welterweight bout against Nate Diaz that resulted in the Irishman’s first UFC loss....

Cyborg (20-1, 1 NC) silenced those people and showed why she’s the greatest female fighter of all time, beating Kunitskaya by TKO at 3:25 of the first round to retain her women’s featherweight title and extend her unbeaten streak to 21. PHOTOS: The best picturers from UFC 222 “I took this fight, old chute box style,” Cyborg told Joe Rogan in her post-fight interview. “Three weeks notice. Anybody, any time, anywhere....

Then, with 20 seconds remaining, it happened. One blistering right hand to Volkov’s chin sent the Russian to the canvas and a mad scramble to finish him ensued before the final bell sounded. “I was really hoping I had enough time just to finish him and have enough time for the referee to stop the fight,” Lewis remembers in a recent conversation with Sporting News. ‘I wasn’t sure there was enough time to do all of that....

The main event was supposed to feature Robert Whittaker officially putting the middleweight championship on the line for the first time against Kelvin Gastelum. But on Saturday afternoon, UFC president Dana White told ESPN.com that Whittaker got pulled from the fight after being hospitalized on Friday night and diagnosed with a hernia. The new main event has former long-time reigning middleweight champion Anderson Silva battling young middleweight star Israel Adesanya....

Aware that Adesanya’s offense was predicated on capitalizing on the striking mistakes of his opponents, Romero refused to lead the dance and decided to feint, mug and hope that Adesanya would open up so he could explode with a powerful left hook. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year That happened midway through a lackluster first round when Romero landed a hard left hook that rocked the champion....

The event took place at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, and in the main event Adesanya outclassed Marvin Vettori to defend his title for the third time. MMA Junkie reported Vettori’s base payout was $350,000, making him the PPV’s second-highest earner. The co-main event fighters at UFC 263, Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno, took home a modest $210,000 and $100,000 respectively. Well known for being a prizefighter, Nate Diaz’s payout was $250,000....

During the UFC 266 pre-fight press conference, Nick Diaz was asked about his recent call-out of Kamaru Usman. Diaz was questioned about why he feels he can beat Usman and win the UFC welterweight title despite having been away from the sport for so long. The Stockton native responded by indicating that if he could “survive” Robbie Lawler at UFC 266, he could indeed fight Kamaru Usman. Diaz stated:...

Yes, Assassin’s Creed Revelations is considered the end to the Ezio and Altair arcs of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, but, in Ubisoft’s mind, it is also just the beginning. Ubisoft’s VP of Sales and Marketing, Tony Key, feels that the AC team is only getting started, and have barely scratched the surface when it comes to Assassin’s Creed stories. That should make sense to anyone who has picked up an Assassin’s Creed game — a series that relies heavily on juxtaposing different time periods....

According to a new report from Axios, however, that’s no longer the case. The gender diversity initiative will remain a metric for the three-year goals set last year, and they do have the possibility of being renewed in 2023. They won’t affect Guillemot’s new long-term bonus metrics for 2021, though, which will instead be primarily focused on reducing Ubisoft’s carbon footprint. RELATED: Activision Calls Workforce Diversity Initiatives ‘Unworkable’ The original goal was for Ubisoft to increase its percentage of woman employees from 22% at the end of March 2020 to 24% by the end of March 2023....

Matthew Harris made the threats toward the philosophy department on Monday evening, according to emails first obtained by The Los Angeles Times and shared on social media. On a YouTube channel linked to the postdoctoral fellow, a video titled “UCLA PHILOSOPHY (MASS SHOOTING)” was posted on Sunday; it contained footage of the 2017 mass shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas, the Times reported.. The video, since removed, also had clips of 2003 film Zero Day, which is loosely based on the Columbine High School massacre....

New York City offered up a chance for people with a primary address in any of its five boroughs to purchase a .nyc domain name to host a city-centric website of the buyer’s choice. Tyler Wilkinson and Peter Bard at A Dime Back, a UConn-centric blog, couldn’t resist the opportunity to promote UConn while simultaneously trolling Syracuse fans so he enlisted the help of Russ Steinberg — an NYC resident and A Dime Back contributor — and the blog used his address to purchase the domain....

The award is given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best performer in the preceding year at both club and international level, with the only criterion being that said player must represent a club in Europe. The award is handed out by UEFA in association with European Sports Media, and is into its ninth year (third year in its current format) and has Luka Modric as its current winner, while Cristiano Ronaldo with three wins is the record winner of the accolade....

Barcelona have all the confidence needed heading into this fixture after they claimed a second consecutive La Liga title and their eighth in 11 years. They will take on Valencia in the Copa del Rey final later this month. With La Liga done and dusted, Barelona can solely focus on the UCL right now. The hunt for the treble is still on, which would be their third since 2008, a remarkable feat considering that it had only been achieved three times in the first 40 years of European football....

Julen Lopetegui will be aware of the challenge that the Romans will pose and have to line his team up accordingly. Here’s a look at the probable eleven. Defence Having been second fiddle to Thibaut Courtois in the last two league matches, Keylor Navas could make the bend in the Champions League after a fantastic run of three seasons in Europe’s elite competition. A well-organized defence will have to be played in front of him and spearheading the same are likely to be Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane....

Allegri responds to Arsenal link It has been almost 10 weeks since the Champions League draw, so Goal is here to remind you who is playing and when and where the games are taking place! WHAT ARE THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE LAST 16 MATCHES? Reigning champions Real Madrid having been handed a tricky encounter with an exciting, free-scoring Napoli side, while Barcelona will once again play Paris Saint-Germain, who the Catalans most recently encountered on their way to winning the 2015 tournament....

The issue of matches being played without supporters in France was raised by UEFA’s own executive committee vice-chairman Giancarlo Abete following the atrocities in the Belgian capital which killed 34 people and injured over a hundred more. MORE: Sports world recognizing tragedy | Belgian national team cancels training The Italian Abete told Radio 24: “Euro 2016 is the kind of event we can’t delay or postpone. “We can’t exclude the possibility of playing behind closed doors as we cannot exclude terrorism....

5Dimes lists McGregor at -370 to defeat Diaz, who is listed at +310. In other headliner, Holly Holm is -360 to knock off Miesha Tate in her defense of the bantamweight title. McGregor was slated to fight Rafael dos Anjos, who pulled out earlier this week with a broken foot. That line opened near a pick’em and public money drove McGregor to -150 at some spots before coming off the board....

When you have a fight like St-Pierre vs. Bisping at UFC 217, there are plenty of bets to be made. FOLLOW UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre as it happens UFC 217: St-Pierre vs. Bisping odds The St-Pierre vs. Bisping odds are pretty narrow. Online sportsbook Bovada’s fight odds (as of October 31), have St-Pierre as a slight favorite at -130 which means you’d need to wager $130 to win $100....

Post-fight brawls and fracas have happened on numerous occasions in MMA history – both inside the UFC and in other promotions too – and while fans and analysts shake their head when they go down, they definitely drum up publicity. Here are 6 other notorious post-fight brawls in MMA history. #1: The StrikeForce Nashville Brawl – 04/17/2010 Before UFC 229’s incident, this was by far the most notorious post-fight fracas in MMA history....