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Gaethje is returning to the cage for the first time since losing a lightweight title bout last May.
UFC 286 is built around its main event, but the co-main also holds significance.
Justin Gaethje returns to the cage for the first time since losing a lightweight title bout last May, and his first obstacle in an ongoing pursuit of the belt is Rafael Fiziev.
Fiziev (12-1) has been bulldozing opponents amid a six-fight win streak, winning by knockout in three of his last four bouts.

Sights and sounds from the ESPN staff at each and every regional site from the round of 32.

The longtime pitcher won three World Series titles and recorded 137 saves.
One of baseball’s longest-tenured relievers is hanging up his spikes with his longtime team.
Pitcher Sergio Romo will sign a minor league contract with the Giants and retire after a 15-year career, according to a Saturday afternoon release from San Francisco.
“Romo rides again,” the Giants tweeted after agreeing to the deal with their reliever of nine years.

The Warriors would have been in the tournament over the Knights had it not been for an NCAA rule.
Fairleigh Dickinson’s upset over Purdue on Friday is made even more amazing by the fact that they are not even supposed to be in the men’s NCAA tournament by normal standards. While the Knights did finish the season with 21 wins, they didn’t earn a traditional automatic qualifier bid because they didn’t win the Northeast Conference tournament.
That honor belonged to Merrimack, who beat the Knights 67–66 in the NEC tournament final.

The Boilermakers’ star weighed in on the next steps of his basketball future.
Purdue star Zach Edey had not been concerned about his basketball future prior to the Boilermakers shocking NCAA tournament loss to No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson on Friday.
However, with Purdue’s first-round elimination, the ‘22 Big Ten Player of the Year must focus his attention on if he will leave college and pursue the NBA or remain a part of the Boilermakers’ program next season.

A Red Bull is starting on pole for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but Max Verstappen isn’t behind the wheel of it.
Nope, the Red Bull that topped the time sheets has two 1s on it and belongs to Sergio Perez. While Perez was in parc fermé getting interviewed, Max’s ride was getting dragged back to the garage.
And with that, kids, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix just got very interesting.
That’s because the reigning world champ will start deep in the field. He’ll line up in P15 after his RB19 showed a rare moment of weakness by crapping out on track with a mechanical issue.

Head coach Bill Self will not be on the sidelines for the Kansas Jayhawks second-round game against Arkansas.
Self is recovering from a recent heart procedure, which kept him out of the first-round game against Howard as well.
READ: KANSAS UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES AS BILL SELF MISSES FIRST-ROUND GAME AFTER HEALTH ISSUE
He complained about chest tightness and balance issues, then underwent a heart catheterization procedure last week.
Self had two stents placed to treat blocked arteries, before being released earlier this week from the UK Health System.

The Lakers star weighed in on his performance in Friday’s game against Dallas.
Lakers star Anthony Davis placed much of the blame on his shoulders for Los Angeles’s last-second loss to the Mavericks on Friday night.
Mavericks forward Maxi Kleber nailed a game-winning three-pointer for Dallas with 0.2 seconds remaining in regulation. While Davis handled his responsibility of closing out on Kleber, his defensive impact on the final possession was not enough to force a Kleber miss on the three-point attempt.

The Knights scored the largest point-spread upset in men’s NCAA Tournament history.
Fairleigh Dickinson’s stunning upset of Purdue in the first round of the men’s NCAA tournament busted brackets across the country, as the lowest-seeded team in the field defeated a team that had spent seven weeks this season ranked No. 1.
However, it also made one bettor very wealthy.
A bettor placed $33,000 on the Knights to defeat the Boilermakers at +1500 odds Friday evening, according to a Saturday morning tweet from Darren Rovell of The Action Network.

Absolutely not, Friar Dom.
No. 11 Providence’s men’s NCAA tournament run came to a quick close on Friday, as the Friars fell to No. 6 Kentucky 61–53. 
It is no surprise that those around the program took the loss pretty hard in the immediate aftermath. While players and coaches pour everything they have into their sport when March Madness comes around, the same goes for others who invest the team, including fans, cheerleaders, members of the band and, of course, the mascot.