Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk engaged in an epic brawl on a card headlined by a lackluster middleweight title bout between Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero.
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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.
Israel Adesanya eventually solved Yoel Romero to win a narrow decision and retain the middleweight belt in the main event of UFC 248 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Zhang Weili retained the belt with a thrilling split-decision win over former champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the co-main event of UFC 248 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 248 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.
The title fight between women’s strawweight champion Zhang Weili and former champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk at T-Mobile Arena will be the culmination of a war of words.
The organization announced plans to proceed with the event as scheduled despite a documented case of the virus in Southern Nevada.
Bantamweight star Sean O’Malley will meet Jose Alberto Quinonez to headline the preliminary card at UFC 248 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Undefeated middleweight champion Israel Adesanya believes in the power of visualization and has put it into practice as his career progressed.
The UFC will host International Fight Week in Las Vegas for the ninth consecutive year in July. A full week of activities will be highlighted by UFC 252 on July 11.
Raiders linebacker Ted Hendricks, nicknamed “The Mad Stork,” was named to the NFL’s all-1970s first team and all-1980s first team by Pro Football Hall of Fame voters.
Joseph Benavidez and Deiveson Figueiredo will meet in a flyweight championship bout at UFC Fight Night 169 on Saturday. But Figueiredo can’t win the belt after missing weight.
The Golden Knights coach cautioned against reading too much into the defensive shakeup as he continues to experiment with his lineup ahead of the playoffs.
Golden Knights defenseman Nick Holden jumped at the chance to sign a two-year extension worth $3.4 million, saying his family loves Las Vegas.
College players leave no stone unturned at prospect camp as they try to improve their NFL draft prospects.
While there may have been a contingent of Knights fans celebrating the departure of Cody Eakin on social media, the mood inside the team’s locker room was dramatically different.