Dustin Poirier might be the most underrated fighter in the UFC lightweight division.
‘The Diamond’ is on a three-fight win streak against three former champions and feels he’s being overlooked by the UFC.
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
COMING off a gutsy victory in five sets on opening day of Season 81 volleyball of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, the UP Lady Fighting Maroons go for their second win in as many games when they face off with the Far Eastern University Lady Tamaraws today at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City.
WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has given up all hope of landing a unification fight against three-belt unified champion Anthony Joshua in 2019. Wilder says he’s already been told that there’s no chance of getting a fight Joshua this year, and that the match won’t take place, if alt all until 2020. Wilder doesn’t understand why Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs) won’t face him. He thinks the reason he’s being put on the back-burner by Matchroom Boxing is because he’s a “dangerous” opponent for Joshua.
LOS ANGELES: Kevin Durant scored 31 points and picked up the MVP award as Team LeBron rallied from a 20-point deficit to outgun Team Giannis 178-164 in the 2019 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday (Monday in Manila).
Durant, who also won the MVP award in 2012, got his team untracked in the second half in a game that at one stage threatened to turn into an overblown three-point shooting contest.
The inaugural TRI-Factor Asian Series Run-Bike-Run 2019 duathlon event will launch in Clark, Pampanga on March 31.
In this qualifying race for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) co-presented by Clark Development Corporation Bases Conversion and Development Authority, participants will test their racing skills through courses of Standard Distance (10-kilometer run–40 km bike–5 km run), Sprint Distance (5 km run–20 km bike–2.5 km run) and Super Sprint Distance (2.5 km run–10 km bike–2.5 km run). The run segments will be held at Clark parade grounds while the cycling will take place along Clark Speedway.
Tyson Fury has agreed a lucrative multi-fight deal to be co-promoted by Bob Arum's Top Rank Boxing.
The former IBF, WBA, IBO and WBO champion and his promoter Frank Warren announced the deal, said to be worth £80 million, on Monday.
His fights will now be shown on ESPN in the United States, while BT Sport will continue to broadcast his bouts in the United Kingdom.
(Feb. 18, 2019) — Tyson Fury, one of the world’s most dynamic and popular heavyweight boxers, and Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren are joining forces with Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum’s Top Rank. The agreement will mean that Fury will be a headline part of the boxing lineup under the historic, long-term Top Rank on ESPN relationship.
Fury, the undefeated lineal heavyweight champion, will have his bouts co-promoted by Top Rank and Queensberry Promotions. The deal calls for a minimum of two bouts per year in the United States.
Stephen Curry can dunk, and not just regular dunks, either.
After he brought the Spectrum Center down with a bounce alley-oop to Giannis Antetokounmpo, Curryended the 2019 NBA All-Star Game with a bounce alley-oop — to himself.
