Results

Ankalaev extended his winning streak from seven to eight with the win over Santos. He won via unanimous decision. The scores were 49-46, 49-46, 48-47.

The Russian is now 17-1 for his career.

Breakdown

In the first 90 seconds of the first round, there wasn’t a ton of action. Ankalaev made the first move by landing a couple of rear right hands.

Round two was off to a busier start. However, Santos wasn’t landing many significant strikes while Ankalaev was. In the last 30 seconds of that round, Santos might have gotten a win from the judges with a left hand over the top.

That possibly brought them both back to even on the scorecards. Third round was pretty evenly matched as well. In the fourth, Santos came out swinging. He had brief success in the opening minute. But in the final minute, the Russian was able to push Santos back to the fence and get his first takedown.

In the fifth, there was still precious little significant action, but Ankalaev secured his win on the scorecards with his grappling work against the fence as he kept Santos from making a late surge.

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Previous Record

Santos comes into this match after a huge win over Johnny Walker last October. That one ended a 3 fight losing streak. Although it’s a good confidence booster, let’s not forgot that was a different weight division. Facing a 205 lb is going to be slightly different. Not to mention Santos turned 38 last January and has already had double knee surgery.

Ankalaev had a good seven fight streak with four knockout finishes in the last few years. At just 29, he’s probably got a little more steam in his engine. He’s never been 5 rounds in his career though, so we don’t know how well he is going to be able to pace himself.

Predictions

I think most people are thinking Ankalaev is going to walk away with the win not only because he has the better record going in, but is also all around a bit “fresher”. It’s a pretty safe prediction. But there’s a few of us out here that still want to root for the aging vet.

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Recap

In case you missed, we wrote a preview article for the grudge match that you can find here. If you don’t want to go back and read it, no worries. I’ll give a brief recap of the history between these two right here.

Covington was a college wrestler that turned pro immediately after graduating. He moved from Oregon to Florida and joined the famed ATT gym, where Miami native, Masvidal, was already training.

The two hit it off right away. Covington had a lot to learn from Masvidal about striking, and Masvidal had a lot to learn from Covington about wrestling. The two helped each other out and strengthened each other’s game.

Off the mats, they spent a lot of time together, sharing many hobbies and eventually an apartment. However, as they both rose to fame, the arrogance and the tension grew between them. Covington’s fiery personality made them butt heads and things turned sour.

UFC 272

That brings us to today. Over the past year or so, the two have been spewing insults at each other. Fabricated? Probably. But these fighters know what gets them the big fights, and they both landed themselves a pay per view deal thanks to Dana (White).

Let’s just start off by giving a brief nod of honor to the co-main event between countrymen Rontao Moicano and Alejandro dos Anjos. These two entered a total 5-round slugfest with blood spraying all over the mats.

At one point, Moicano got elbowed so bad in the face that he had a cut open up above his left eye, which was already swollen enough that the medic wasn’t willing to let him continue fighting. The ref allowed Moicano 30 more seconds to turn the match around, otherwise he would stop the fight.

Moicano showed what he was made of and landed some good rear hands on dos Anjos to draw some blood back. The victory eventually went to Dos Anjos via split decision but it was an entertaining match up.

Ok, now on to the main event. Weigh-ins were a little bit more charged than the actual fight. Don’t get me wrong, it was a decent fight. But not quite as full of the daunting, heckling, and teasing you would see based on the past year.

When the match began, they (obviously) didn’t touch gloves. Covington made sure to come out sprinting to get to Masvidal before he could get to the center of the Octagon. This is because Masvidal is the better striker–this is where he would be most comfortable and in charge. Covington needed to back Masvidal up to the fence for the take down, since he is the best wrestler.

And that he did. Covington stayed in control for most of the match. Most take downs resulted in a rear naked choke attempt, but Masvidal is good enough to not let him get the submission and wrestle his way out, but had no successful take downs of his own.

Masvidal did land some good strikes and had Covington off balance for a couple of rounds, but it wasn’t enough. The win went to Covington via unanimous decision. In his post-match conference, Covington said he just took out the Miami trash, and now he’s ready to take out the Louisiana swamp trash.

In case you don’t know who he is, that’s code for Dustin Poirier. Poirier took out McGregor in their last trilogy fight (you know, the one where McGregor totally snapped his leg). Poirier currently sits at #2 in the UFC Lightweight rankings, behind Denver-based Justin Gaethje, and belt-holder Charles Oliveira.

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The Backstory

Former training partners, former teammates, former roommates, and former friends. What went wrong?

When they first met in 2011 at ATT in Florida, Covington was a fresh wrestler from Oregon and Masvidal has already been training MMA for quite some time. Covington, who is well known for his outbursts and contentious personality, did not make himself well-liked at his new gym. 

But for whatever reason, Masvidal took a liking to him. The two quickly started bonding and doing everything together, including playing poker at the local casino. At some point, Masvidal invited Covington to live with him in his apartment. 

But things escalated because of Covington’s character, and a financial dispute between Covington and one of Masvidal’s coaches. We’ve seen them publicly trade spats and insults at each other over the last few years.

Since they grew apart, they each have grown more successful in their respective fighting careers. Ultimately in 2020, the head coach at ATT instituted a rule that no members could trash talk each other anymore. Masvidal immediately broke that rule. So the head coach put his foot down.

He sent a group text: “I liked you guys a hell of a lot better when you were broke and cared about the team instead of just yourselves,” Lambert said he wrote. “Neither one of you can come back to the gym. I hope you end up fighting each other and beating the living s— out of each other.”

Fight Preview

Covington enters the match with an 11-3 record and Masvidal at 12-8. Covington is the better wrestler while Masvidal is the better striker. But both have fallen short in trying to grab the welterweight title from Kamaru Usman. So honestly the match is about who can prove they are the better contender? 

It will be an exciting one, not only because of the rivalry, but because they haven’t fought before. It will set the tone for who’s going to walk away owning the media, and most likely set up a trilogy match up. 

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Medals

With over 300 medals to hand out, we still have a lot to go! Here’s the medal count by country so far:

• 1. Norway – 26 (12 gold, 7 silver, 7 bronze)
• 2. China – 20 (4 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze)
• 3. United States – 19 (8 gold, 7 silver, 4 bronze)
• 4. Germany – 18 (9 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze)
• 5. Canada – 17 (2 gold, 4 silver, 11 bronze)

Team USA

Team USA came to Beijing with the second most Winter Olympic medals at a total count of 305. We’re not far behind in third place, but still a few to go to beat Norway. We have a total of 8 gold medals, 7 silver, and 4 bronzes.

USA recently got gold and silver in the men’s freeski slopestyle, thanks to Alexander Hall and Nick Goepper. Jaelin Kauf won silver in women’s moguls, and Ryan Cochran-Siegle snagged silver as well, for the men’s Super-G. Three-man team of Ashley Caldwell, Chris Lillis and Justin Schoenefeld edged out China for the gold in aerial freestyle skiing.

For snowboarding, Lindsey Jacobellis got gold in women’s snowboard cross while Julia Marino got bronze. Fan-favorite Chloe Kim made women’s halfpipe history with her gold win, blowing the competition away.

In figure skating, Madison Chock and Evan Bates added silver after their pairs performance. Another fan-favorite, Nathan Chen earned gold in men’s singles figure skating, with a 22.55 point gap between himself and silver.

There were a couple of first-time medals for team USA as well. Mixed teams aerial event took the first-ever Olympic gold medal, as well as mixed team snowboard cross with an Olympics debut. The first bronze medal for women’s individual sprint in cross-country skiing went to Jessie Diggins.

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Israel Adesanya d. Robert Whittaker

For the headline fight, we saw a second match up between belt holder (Izzy) Adesanya and belt contender, Whittaker. The last time these two met was in 2019. Whittaker stated to the press he knew he had his work cut out for him in order to regain the title.

In the first round, Izzy came out hot, throwing lots of strikes and knocking Whittaker down. But Whittaker was able to get it together for the second round and stand his ground, getting a takedown. In the next few rounds, Whittaker would attempt more takedowns since he’s a better wrestler, but to no avail.

Izzy was able to keep him at a pretty good distance thanks to his long reach, while still mixing in quick kicks and straight punches. Clearly it was enough to let the judges vote in favor for a unanimous decision win for the title.

I’m sure we’ll see another match up here within the next year or so.

Tai Tuivasa d. Derrick Lewis

This heavyweight bout I expected to go either way, to be honest. Lewis is one scary dude but Tuivasa really solidified himself not only with a four streak win, but also by winning via KO.

We saw the two clinch for most of the fight. And in the third round during a clinch against the fence, Tuivasa threw an elbow upstairs that knocked Lewis out.

Other Results

Jared Cannonier d. Derek Brunson

Renato Moicano d. Alexander Hernandez

Bobby Green d. Nasrat Haqparast

Honorable Mention: Casey O’Neill d. Roxanne Modafferi

The young gun 24-year-old King Casey took out the 39-year-old veteran, Roxanne Modafferi via unanimous decision, with one judge voting 29-28 in favor of Modafferi. This was one of the more exciting matches of the night with over strikes being thrown total.

O’Neill alone broke the record for most significant strikes thrown in a women’s flyweight fight. With Modafferi being an expert in jiu jitsu, it’s surprising that she didn’t attempt more take downs. O’Neill looked on point, slipping and countering most of Modafferi’s straight punches.

The crowd was largely in favor of Modafferi, who retired after the match. To the point of booing O’Neill during her post-fight interview.

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Israel Adesanya (c) vs. Robert Whittaker

Belt-holder Adesanya first met Whittaker back in 2019. Whittaker couldn’t handle the “Style Bender”‘s super technical and dynamic striking. Whittaker essentially suffered two knock outs in that fight, but he was saved by the bell in the first round. The second one put him to sleep.

Whittaker’s been working hard though. He’s beaten some tough opponents over the past couple of years that have earned him this rematch. Will it be enough to overturn the current title holder and win the Middleweight belt? Odds are still in Adesanya’s favor.

Derrick Lewis vs. Tai Tuivasa

In the night’s heavyweight bout, Lewis and Tuivasa face off. These two contenders have a combined total of 33 knockouts. Lewis is arguably one of the most formidable heavy-hitters in this category, but Tuivasa is coming off a four-fight winning streak.

Will Tuivasa get to do his well-known, post-victory routine where he chugs beer out of a shoe?

Jared Cannonier vs. Derek Brunson

In another Middleweight fight, Brunson is looking to extend his winning streak to six. He’s only had 7 total career losses, most of which came at the hands of championship holders.

Cannonier on the other hand actually started in the UFC as a heavyweight before dropping a couple of weight classes. It proved to be a wise career move so far, with his only loss at the hands of Whittaker.

Odds are on Brunson on this one.

Kyler Phillips vs. Marcelo Rojo

In our Bantamweight fight, we have to fighters both coming off recent losses so this one is pretty up in the air.

Phillips is our shiny, young prospect who seems to be pretty well-rounded with training in both karate, wrestling, and jiu-jitsu. Rojo is also only about 1-year new to the UFC. He’s a better striker than he is a wrestler, so I’m expecting Phillips to try and take him to the ground.

Bobby Green vs. Nasrat Haqparast

Last but not least is our Lightweight bout to kick off the main card at the start of the night. This one is an interesting match up. Both guys have had tough up-and-down journeys over the past few years and are both in need of a win.

Betting sites have Green has the likely win but I think this one is up for grabs.

Preliminary:

Also fighting on the card:

Heavyweight: Andrei Arlovski vs. Jared Vanderaa

Women’s: Flyweight Roxanne Modafferi vs. Casey O’Neill

Flyweight: Alex Perez vs. Matt Schnell

Light Heavyweight: William Knight vs. Maxim Grishin

Early Preliminary:

Bantamweight Leomana Martinez vs. Ronnie Lawrence

Lightweight Alexander Hernandez vs. Renato Moicano

Light Heavyweight Carlos Ulberg vs. Fabio Cherant

Middleweight A.J. Dobson vs. Jacob Malkoun

Bantamweight Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Sergey Morozov

Welterweight Jeremiah Wells vs. Mike Mathetha

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When is the Super Bowl?

Super Bowl 56 takes place on Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 6:30pm ET/ 5:30pm CT/ 4:30pm MT/ 3:30pm PT at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. The stadium is the home of the L.A. Chargers and Rams. 

Where to Watch

There are a multitude of ways to watch and listen to the Super Bowl this year. Check out all the options below. 

Broadcast and Streaming TV Options

NBC – Programming starts at 12:00pm ET

Peacock – Programming starts at 12:00pm ET

Connected TV Options

The NFL Connected TV App 

NBC Sports App

Phone & Tablet Options

The NFL App

Yahoo! Sports App

NBCSports.com

NBC Sports App

Listening Options

NFL GamePass

Sirius XM

WestwoodOne

TuneIn

International Broadcasts

NFL Game Pass offers a way to watch the Super Bowl in the vast majority of countries. 

Who is Playing?

This year the Cincinnati Bengals will take on the Los Angeles Rams to take home the Lombardi Trophy as NFL champs. Both teams won epic conference championship games 2 weeks ago, with the Bengals defeating the Kansas City Chiefs in overtime and the Rams beating the San Francisco 49ers with an amazing comeback at the end of the game. 

Who will be Performing at the Super Bowl?

The National Anthem will be performed by Miky Guytan. The halftime show will include a mix of hip hop all-stars, including Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar. 

Fun Super Bowl Facts

This makes it the second time that the Super Bowl will be played in the home stadium of one of the participants (the Rams). The previous time was 2021 when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers played at their home stadium in the Super Bowl. These are the only two times this has happened in Super Bowl history. Tampa Bay won their home Super Bowl game last year. Will the Rams follow suit? 

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They’re here! The Winter Olympic games are kicking off this weekend, Friday, February 4th in Beijing. They are scheduled to end on Sunday, February 20. With the last summer Olympic games being shut down due to the pandemic, I think a lot of people are excited to see this type of event back in action.

Here’s what you need to know as a quick viewing guide. We picked out the most anticipated performances for you in the schedule below.

Schedule

*All time is listed as ET. Times are subject to change.

Thursday, February 3 (Day -1):

2018 Olympic team bronze medalist Nathan Chen (Salt Lake City, Utah) is expected to make his Beijing debut as the figure skating team event commences. When: 8 p.m. on NBC and Peacock 

Friday, February 4 (Day 0):

The Opening Ceremony begins at 6:30 a.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. There will be a full day of unprecedented coverage, click here for the full schedule of events. When: 6:30 a.m on NBC and Peacock

Saturday, February 5 (Day 1):

Two-time Olympic slopestyle gold medalist Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, California) could become the first snowboarder to win 3 straight Olympic gold medals. When: 8:30 p.m. on NBC and USA Network

Sunday, February 6 (Day 2):

Three-time Olympic medalist Mikaela Shiffrin (Edwards, Colorado) will have her first medal chance in Beijing competing in Women’s Giant Slalom. Shiffrin is the defending Olympic gold medalist in this event and may be competing in as many as five events in Beijing. When: 9:15 p.m. ET on USA Network

Red Gerard (Silverthorne, Colorado) looks to go back-to-back in snowboard slopestyle. Gerard became snowboarding’s youngest Olympic gold medalist in this event at the 2018 PyeongChang Games. When: 11:00 p.m. on NBC

Monday, February 7 (Day 3):

The U.S. women’s hockey team takes on Canada in the preliminary round for a new chapter in one of the biggest rivalries in winter sports (of six gold medals ever awarded in women’s hockey, five have been won by either the U.S. or Canada). When: 12:15 a.m. on USA Network

Tuesday, February 8 (Day 4):

Mikaela Shiffrin (Edwards, Colorado) will race in one of her signature events: Women’s Slalom. This could be Shiffrin’s 2nd of as many as 5 opportunities to win an individual medal in Beijing. When: 9:15 p.m. on NBC and Peacock

Chloe Kim (Torrance, California) and three-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White (Carlsbad, California) compete in snowboard halfpipe qualifying. Kim is the defending Olympic gold medalist and two-time reigning world champion in the women’s event. When: 8:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on NBC and Peacock

Wednesday, February 9 (Day 5):

Chloe Kim (Torrance, California) looks for the repeat gold in the women’s halfpipe final. Nathan Chen (Salt Lake City, Utah), competing in the Men’s Free Skate, will look for redemption in Beijing after finishing 5th in PyeongChang. When: 8:00 p.m. on NBC and Peacock

Thursday, February 10 (Day 6)

35-year-old Shaun White (Carlsbad, California) looks to compete in the men’s halfpipe final, attempting to become the first athlete in any sport at the Olympic Winter Games to win 4 gold medals in the same individual event (although two other athletes competing in Beijing also have the chance to hit that milestone). When: 8:30 p.m. on NBC and Peacock

Mikaela Shiffrin (Edwards, Colorado) will have another possible medal opportunity in the Women’s Super-G. When: 10:00 p.m. on NBC and Peacock

Saturday, February 12 (Day 8)

At 37-years-old, Katie Uhlaender (Breckenridge, Colorado) will compete in Women’s Skeleton. Sunday, February 13 (Day 9)

Speed skater Erin Jackson (Ocala, Florida) will compete in the Women’s 500m. In 2018, Jackson became the first Black woman to make the U.S. Olympic long track speed skating team after just four months of serious on-ice training. When: 8:55 a.m. on NBC and Peacock

Monday, February 14 (Day 10)

Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe, California) and Mikaela Shiffrin (Edwards, Colorado) are medal contenders in Women’s Big Air and Women’s Downhill, and a trio of U.S. men–Colby Stevenson (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), Nick Goepper (Fort Wayne, Indiana), and Alex Hall (Fairbanks, Alaska) all have shots at a medal in Men’s Slopestyle. When: 8:00 p.m. on NBC and Peacock

Tuesday, February 15 (Day 11)

Women’s Figure Skating begins with the short program featuring a group of teenagers from Russia–including 15-year-old Kamila Valiyeva–who could sweep the podium after transforming what’s possible in the world of figure skating. When: 8:00 p.m. on NBC and Peacock

Wednesday, February 16 (Day 12)

Mikaela Shiffrin (Edwards, Colorado) will have her final medal opportunity in Women’s Combined. When: 9:30 p.m. on NBC

One of the fiercest rivalries in sports could continue as the U.S. and Canada are predicted to face off again for the gold medal. The two nations have met in the gold medal game in five of the six Olympic tournaments where Women’s hockey has been contested. When: 11:05 p.m. on NBC and Peacock

Friday, February 18 (Day 14)

The Figure Skating pairs event commences as China looks to continue its tradition of dominance at home with Sui Wenjing and Han Cong. China has more pairs medals than another nation in this century. When: 8:00 p.m. on NBC and Peacock

Saturday, February 19 (Day 15)

The final day of primetime competition takes place as U.S. bobsledder Kaillie Humphries (Calgary, Alberta) competes for her fourth medal in the two-woman event. The men’s hockey final will also take place as well as the Figure Skating Pairs’ Free Skate–the most anticipated event for the host county. When: 8:00 p.m. on NBC and Peacock

Sunday, February 20 (Day 16)

The Closing Ceremony takes place officially brings the Games to an end. When: 8:00 p.m. on NBC and Peacock

How To Watch

You can watch all of Team USA’s stars and much more on Peacock, the streaming home of the 2022 Winter Olympics. Peacock will provide live stream coverage of every single event. 

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Men’s Singles

On the men’s side, the people’s champ Rafael Nadal came back from two sets down to defeat Daniill Medvedev 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4, 7-5. It’s being called one of Nadal’s greatest, and most sweetest, Grand Slam victories. Nadal also considers it to be one of his greatest comebacks.

The match took five hours and 24 minutes, which is the second longest Grand Slam championship in history. Nadal now holds 21 different Grand Slam titles, including two from Melbourne. This means he holds at least two titles from each of the four Grand Slams.

I think we can all agree it was the most unexpected victory. Over the recent years, with Nadal being such a physical player, we haven’t seen him at his strongest. He’s been plagued by various injuries, the most recent of which was on his foot (last year). Nadal was himself uncertain about his aptitude coming into the 2022 season.

Asked if this was his greatest victory, Nadal nodded. “The most unexpected, without a doubt,” he said, smiling. “And most surprising I think for everyone. For you guys, too. For me personally, especially, no? Because I know how I arrived here. I don’t know. Have been a very emotional night. Even now I am destroyed, honestly, physically. I can’t think much, I can’t remember a lot of moments of the match.”

What else does this mean? As an avid Rafa from the start (I’m talking when Nadal was about 19 and muscled his way onto the ATP circuit with a standout performance at the Miami Masters), I’m excited to say that Rafa has claimed back the GOAT title. With his most recent win down under, Nadal now holds a total of 21 Grand Slam titles, enough to surpass both Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.

If Djkovic hadn’t been deported from the country last week due to a revoked visa over COVID concerns, I’m not sure we would have had the same result here.

It was definitely a slug-fest of a match, with momentum being traded frequently, game points being saved and/or converted, and long-winded rallies. It’s just the type of match that best suits Nadal’s style and it’s great to see him play that way even after all these years.

Women’s Singles

On the ladies’ side, Australian fans were in for a treat as local Ashleigh Barty took home the women’s championship. Honestly, it’s been a while since Australia has produced a real, viable champion on either the men’s or women’s side.

Especially since the days of old when you look back on the early era of Margaret Court, Ken Rosewall, and Rod Laver. In the 1990s and earlier 2000’s, we were able to see Patrick Rafter and Lleyton Hewitt rise to the top of the rankings, but fell short in bringing home the championship on their home court.

But Barty is here to save the day. Barty’s win ended a 44-year drought of a homegrown singles champion at the Australian Open.

She joins the elite group of tennis players that have been able to win a Grand Slam on all three surfaces (hard, clay, and grass). This group of players is less prevalent on the men’s side, but on the women’s, the only other player to boast this feat (that is still an active professional), is Serena Williams.

And unlike Nadal, Barty barely struggled on her road to the championship title. She only dropped three service games, and not a single set for the entire two weeks.

“As an Aussie, the most important part of this tournament is being able to share it with so many people,” Barty said in her victory speech. “You guys today in the crowd have been nothing shy of exceptional. This crowd is one of the most fun I’ve ever played in front of and you guys brought me so much joy out here today.”

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