After all the drama and chaos of one of the wildest weeks in UFC history, Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson will step into the cage Saturday for a rematch of one of the best light heavyweight title bouts ever.
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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 mixed martial arts and prep sports while helping coordinate online and social media coverage for nearly every major sporting event to come through the valley.
The beleaguered former light heavyweight champion was in no mood to apologize for being the center of another controversy, this time prompting the card’s relocation from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.
Golden Knights forwards Reilly Smith and Brandon Pirri played on the same line for several years as youths and again for the Florida Panthers before sharing the ice together in Las Vegas the past two seasons.
UFC president Dana White came to the defense of the beleaguered former champion a day after an abnormality in a drug test forced Saturday’s pay-per-view event out of Las Vegas.
Mazany will take on the Season 28 winner of “The Ultimate Fighter” in a women’s bantamweight bout on the UFC 235 card at T-Mobile Arena.
Tyler Toffoli scored 1:40 into overtime and the Golden Knights fell to the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 at T-Mobile Arena on Sunday.
UFC 232 scheduled this weekend in Las Vegas has been moved to The Forum in Inglewood, California, after an irregularity was discovered in a drug test administered to former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, UFC officials announced Sunday.
The Golden Knights get a chance to bounce back from Saturday’s 4-3 overtime loss when the last-place Los Angeles Kings come to T-Mobile Arena on Sunday.
Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant has done a lot of mixing and matching of his forward lines because of injuries this season. On Thursday, he did it just for a spark, and it appears to have worked.
Forward Oscar Lindberg was active for the ninth straight game Thursday when the Golden Knights hosted the New York Islanders at T-Mobile Arena.
The Knights are set to play 11 of their next 16 games at T-Mobile Arena and know they must take advantage of this spot in the schedule.
The Las Vegan hoped to avenge a loss to Al Iaquinta and stake a claim at fighting for the lightweight title only to fall short once again.
Three takeaways from UNLV’s 92-90 overtime win over Brigham Young on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Kevin Lee hoped that avenging a loss to Al Iaquinta would put him on the fast track to a title shot. Instead, he lost a unanimous decision in the main event of UFC on Fox 31 on Saturday in Milwaukee.
Arizona State running back Eno Benjamin set the school’s single-season rushing record with 118 yards in a 31-20 loss to Fresno State on Saturday in the Las Vegas Bowl at Sam Boyd Stadium.
