A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 225 on Saturday at the United Center in Chicago, 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.
Rafael dos Anjos and Colby Covington will fight for the interim welterweight title at UFC 225 on Saturday at the United Center in Chicago.
Alex Ovechkin had 14 years to think about what he would do if he finally got his hands on the Stanley Cup.
UFC middleweight Brad Tavares has suffered an injury in training and is out of his scheduled “The Ultimate Fighter” Finale main event bout, UFC officials confirmed Thursday.
The Capitals are doing everything they can do to convince themselves Thursday night’s Game 5 against the Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena is just another game.
The Golden Knights came out of the visitors locker room Monday night throwing the kind of haymakers expected from a team hoping to avoid falling into a 3-1 hole in the Stanley Cup Final.
Contender Claudia Gadelha moved to Las Vegas three months ago to fulfill childhood dream.
The Capitals are largely identified by a top line featuring the most prolific goal scorer of this generation playing alongside one of the game’s most talented young stars.
Kuznetsov’s status was shrouded in mystery until just before the puck dropped for Game 3 due to a left arm injury suffered Wednesday night in Las Vegas. But the Capitals’ postseason leader in points delivered a goal and an assist along with a plus-2 rating in a pivotal juncture of the Stanley Cup Final.
The Capitals locker room was tight-lipped about whether star center Evgeny Kuznetsov would be able to play in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Golden Knights on Saturday at Capital One Arena. His appearance on the ice during Friday’s practice spoke volumes.
Lars Eller, a 29-year-old journeyman from Denmark, scored a goal and had two assists as Washington evened the best-of-seven series with a 3-2 win at T-Mobile Arena.
New Mexico-based lightweight will fight for the third straight time in Las Vegas when he faces Drakkar Klose on the UFC 226 card on July 7 at T-Mobile Arena.
The Capitals realize far too many pucks found their way into their net in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday night. They know they will have to clean up the area behind it to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
The Capitals weren’t thrilled with the way they played in a 6-4 loss to the Golden Knights in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday at T-Mobile Arena. Yet there was no panic in the Washington locker room.
UFC welterweight Darren Till scored the biggest victory of his career Sunday in his hometown of Liverpool, England, when he won a unanimous decision over No. 1 contender Stephen Thompson.