A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC Fight Night 124 on Sunday at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.
Adam Hill
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.
UFC featherweight Doo Ho Choi is racing the clock in a way not many fighters must do at age 26. He has about a year before he must take a hiatus from his thriving career and fulfill a two-year military term mandatory for South Korean males.
UFC fighter Jessica-Rose Clark’s Las Vegas home was robbed on Thursday with three suspects making off with an estimated $30,000 worth of electronics and clothes. The real damage was far more sentimental.
Yoel Romero will replace Robert Whittaker in the main event of UFC 221 as he takes on former champ Luke Rockhold for the interim middleweight title in Perth, Australia, on Feb. 11.
The undefeated Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion’s UFC debut against Ashley Yoder is official for UFC 222 on March 3 at T-Mobile Arena.
Las Vegan Bryan Caraway will return to action in a bantamweight bout on the UFC 222 card at T-Mobile Arena on March 3.
Frankie Edgar will finally get his shot at Max Holloway’s featherweight title when they meet for the belt in the main event of UFC 222 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas three months after Edgar was forced to pull out of a scheduled meeting due to injury.
Tim Elliott and his coaches weren’t sure how he would handle walking to the cage on Saturday morning without his head coach just two weeks after his suicide, so they tried to prepare for the emotional moment.
Raiders coach Antonio Pierce is able to make up for lost time with his son De’Andre on his staff, and is proud of the amount of good dads in the organization.
The Golden Knights’ rally came up short in a 5-3 loss to the Nashville Predators on Tuesday at T-Mobile Arena, their third straight defeat at home.
The Raiders might not have high expectations among national analysts and oddsmakers, but their star players have the respect of fellow players around the NFL.
Font excelled in his first headlining bout as he relied on his jab to score a unanimous-decision victory over Cody Garbrandt at the Apex.
Trent Brown returned to the practice field Friday for the first time since testing positive for COVID-19 last week.
Brown was expected to start at right tackle after being cleared to return from the COVID list, but was ‘wheeled out’ of the locker room, according to quarterback Derek Carr.