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SI’s notes, quotes and anecdotes from the weekend in MMA, featuring Saturday’s UFC Fight Night headline winner.

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Erin Blanchfield dominated Jéssica Andrade in the Octagon on Saturday night, establishing herself as the newest contender for Valentina Shevchenko’s flyweight championship.
“This fight was going to be a test for me,” Blanchfield says. “I knew I was at this level, but I’d just never fought anybody at that level. I was excited to test myself.

Chicago Bulls All-Star guard DeMar DeRozan has been very vocal about how a lowball contract offer prior to the 2021-22 season fuels a lot of his motivation to perform at a high level. But he won’t reveal which team it was that “pissed him off.”
DeRozan, 33, was drafted No. 9 overall by the Raptors in 2009. He was controversially traded to the Spurs in 2018 and spent three seasons with San Antonio before he became a free agent in 2021.
Although DeRozan eventually ended up signing a three-year, $82 million deal with Chicago, he was “hell bent on playing for the Lakers.

Josh Allen may be the starting quarterback of the Buffalo Bills and a sports superstar in his own right, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t get excited meeting fellow professional athletes. Allen got a chance to meet Tiger Woods for the first time this weekend and was legitimately star-struck.
Woods made his first competitive start since last Summer this past week at the Genesis Invitational. Not only did Allen have a front-row seat to watch the big cat in action, but he also got to shake his hand and share some small talk with Woods.

In a recent interview, Jonathan Gannon revealed he turned down a bigger offer from Philadelphia.
The Cardinals managed to poach Jonathan Gannon from the Eagles, filling the head coaching vacancy left behind by Kliff Kingsbury. Having recently introduced himself to his new team, Gannon spoke with Peter King of NBC Sports and offered some insight into his decision to make the move to Arizona. 
Gannon made clear in his comments to King that he would not have joined the Cardinals if quarterback Kyler Murray wasn’t with the organization.

Another All-Star Weekend is in the books but Denver Nuggets Head Coach Mike Malone was no fan of the game, calling it ‘the worst basketball game ever played.’ Nick Wright discusses who is to blame for the ASG’s let down, along with why the players are not at fault.

Who are the 10 best running backs available in the 2023 NFL Draft? We rank and evaluate them, from Bijan Robinson and Zach Charbonnet to Deuce Vaughn.

The 61-year-old had a unique way to celebrate his team’s bowl victory.
New Mexico State football coach Jerry Kill has settled up on a promise he made to his players prior to the Aggies’ Quick Lane Bowl appearance in December.
Kill told his players that if the Aggies were to defeat Bowling Green in the bowl game, which would give the school its first bowl victory since 1960, he would get a tattoo commemorating the achievement.
Sure enough, New Mexico State knocked off Bowling Green, 24–19, in Detroit on Dec.

Russell Westbrook will be back in Los Angeles..with the other team. Russ is reportedly expected to sign with the LA Clippers after his buyout with the Utah Jazz is completed. The point guard was traded to the Jazz during the trade deadline after the Los Angeles Lakers were constantly involved in trade talks. Nick Wright explains why this is a bad move by the Clippers.

If the Bears want a king’s ransom for the No. 1 pick, they’ll have to gamble and pass on two blue-chip players.

The small, family run JTG Daugherty Racing team had only one Cup win, back in 2014, before hitting it big at Daytona on Sunday.