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Figueiredo plans to move to the bantamweight division after Saturday’s early stoppage.
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Brandon Moreno is the undisputed flyweight champion.
Moreno (21-6-2) controlled all three rounds against Deiveson Figueiredo, winning the fight by TKO. It was ended by referee stoppage after the third round when Figueiredo (21-3-1) could not open his right eye after taking a leaping left hook from Moreno.
The fight opened with a tightly contested first round.
Nick Sirianni was caught on a hot mic that became a viral moment, and his team proved his words right.
Just before halftime, while his team was trying to humiliate its divisional round opponent by inducing players to jump offside on a two-point conversion attempt while already leading 27–0, Eagles coach Nick Sirianni turned to a referee and uttered a phrase that will be on every bootleg parking lot T-shirt in Philadelphia from now until the remainder of time.
“I know what the f— I’m doing.
PHOENIX (AP) — Josh Okogie had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Mikal Bridges added 22 points and the short-handed Phoenix Suns won their second straight game, beating the Indiana Pacers 112-107 on Saturday night. Indiana had a chance to tie on its final possession, but Buddy Hield missed a rushed 3-pointer with two seconds left. The Pacers lost despite a triple-double from T.J. McConnell, who had 18 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds.
Six people were arrested after a peaceful protest over a proposed police training ground turned violent in Atlanta, Georgia, Saturday night, police said. According to Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum, people protesting a new police training ground gathered around 5 p.m. and marched peacefully until, once downtown, several of the protestors “started committing illegal acts, which included the breaking of windows and also attacking police cruisers that were in the area.
CALGARY — Eileen Gu’s halfpipe is ready for the Winter X Games. The 19-year-old freestyle skier won her second World Cup in Calgary with Canada’s Rachael Karker taking a second silver behind Gu on Saturday night. Alex Ferreira and Birk Irving of the United States finished one-two in the men’s event with Calgary’s Noah Bowman taking bronze.
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Magny was forced to tap in the opening round of a lopsided affair in the welterweight division.
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Make that three-for-three for Brazil.
In a one-sided bout, Gilbert Burns took down Neil Magny and finished him with a head-and-arm choke.
Burns (21-5) made Saturday’s win look easy. He has now won eight of his last 10, with the only defeats suffered against Kamru Usman and Khamzat Chimaev. Magny (27-10) could not generate the slightest bit of offense, and this is a damaging loss for him.
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The Giants offense getting embarrassed by the Eagles only further shows how inept the Vikings defense was this season.
Last Sunday, the Minnesota Vikings lost to the New York Giants 31-24 in the Wild Card round of the NFC Playoffs. Second-year quarterback Daniel Jones enjoyed one of the best games of his young career, racking up 301 passing yards, two touchdowns and a 114.1 passer rating. The Giants racked up the second-most points they had in a game this year and the third-most total yards (431).
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Approaching free agency for the first time in their careers, Jones and Barkley could move in new directions
The New York Giants overachieved for most of the 2022 NFL season, improving from a 4-13 record and firing head coach Joe Judge a year ago to winning nine games, making the playoffs, and beating the Minnesota Vikings in the first round last week under new head coach Brian Daboll.
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Sometimes it is pretty easy to beat the same team three times in a season.
Unlike last season, we will have both top seeds playing on conference championship weekend.
The Philadelphia Eagles raced out to a 28-0 halftime lead on the New York Giants and never looked back on their way to a 38-7 victory in the NFC Divisional Round.