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Yahoo Sports Franchise tag deadline winners & losers, teams we trust to get QB right | Inside Coverage Jason Fitz is joined by Senior NFL Reporter Jori Epstein as the duo go behind the scenes on the biggest NFL stories. The duo kick things off with Dak Prescott’s contract negotiations with the Dallas Cowboys and
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Vinicius Oliveira of Brazil landed a flying knee against Benardo Sopaj of Albania. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Life comes at you fast. During final face-offs for UFC Vegas 87, Bernardo Sopaj made his opponent Vinicius Oliveira a promise. “Tomorrow I will knock you the f*** out. I will make you sleep,
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Jon Jones has oddly created more problems than he’s solved as the UFC’s heavyweight belt-holder. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Carver Road Hospitality) Don’t look now, but there’s a slow-moving crisis at heavyweight for the UFC. I know, it sounds strange. Counterintuitive, even. Here we have a division that’s arguably better and richer in
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Mar 1, 2024, 08:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Few sports worldwide have a wider age range of professionals participating in it, such as MMA. Just look at one particular Saturday in February as an example. At the PFL Champions vs. Bellator Champions event, Yoel Romero, 46, added another victory — a unanimous decision win
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Whatever else they say about UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski when his fighting career is finally over, let the record reflect that the man was a good sport. How else can you explain his appearance at this week’s UFC 298 pre-fight news conference ahead of Saturday night’s title fight with Ilia Topuria (14-0)? With questions
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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 14, 2024, 05:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions IRVINE, Calif. – The career of one of the most accomplished athletes in UFC history could be coming to a close. Again. Former UFC flyweight and bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo said Wednesday that he’ll retire if he loses Saturday at UFC 298.
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Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 1, 2024, 01:18 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions UFC lightweight Dustin Poirier says he will no longer be fighting Benoit Saint-Denis after failing to come to financial terms for the bout with the UFC. Poirier
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