A breakdown of the fights on the main card of Saturday’s UFC on ESPN-Plus 1 event at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.
Adam Hill
Golden Knights backup reporter
Email: ahill@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 224-5509
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.
Manny Pacquiao, 40, will try to prove that he’s still at the top of his game when he defends his WBA welterweight title against Adrien Broner on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden.
Adrien Broner refused to answer questions from Hall of Fame broadcaster Al Bernstein during a contentious news conference Wednesday at the MGM Grand ahead of Saturday’s world title bout between Broner and Manny Pacquiao.
Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones tested clean after his UFC 232 win over Alexander Gustafsson and used the results to take aim at his critics.
The task for the Golden Knights is to make sure the disappointment of a loss doesn’t linger when they start a two-game trip Saturday at the Chicago Blackhawks.
Knights forward Brandon Pirri was sent down to the team’s American Hockey League affiliate for a brief period on Thursday, at least on paper.
Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves finally gets his wish of engaging in a fight at T-Mobile Arena.
The forward’s absence prompted a shuffling of the top six forwards for the Golden Knights as they took the ice against the Rangers on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena.
Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is expected to headline the March 2 card in Las Vegas after his last fight was moved out of town, though his participation is contingent on a Nevada Athletic Commission licensing hearing.
Tomas Nosek and Max Pacioretty scored 31 seconds apart in the second period to help lift the Golden Knights to a 3-2 win over the Ducks at Honda Center on Friday night.
Golden Knights forward Brandon Pirri is headed back to Chicago. Pirri was reassigned on Friday to the Golden Knights’ AHL affiliate to make room on the roster for Max Pacioretty.
The Knights have allowed just three goals over their last four games and are coming off a game in which they allowed just 17 shots on goal against the Kings.
Marc-Andre Fleury was selected to his fourth NHL All-Star team and second with the Golden Knights when the teams were announced Wednesday.
“I think these games are great for the sport,” Golden Knights defenseman Nate Schmidt said. “I love the traditional matchups like this, but at the same time, it would be nice to see a Golden Knights game.”
Golden Knights defenseman Nate Schmidt said the team will learn a great deal about itself in the first month of the new year.