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[unable to retrieve full-text content]UFC Las Vegas: Merab Dvalishvili pushes devastating pace in shutout win over Petr Yan  Yahoo Sports Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Petr Pavel: Ex-general beats populist rival in Czech election  BBC Source link

There was a lot of complaining when Sean O’Malley, who was ranked 12th at bantamweight at the time, was given a bout against No. 1-ranked Petr Yan on the main card of UFC 280 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. There should be no more complaining. The man known as “The Suga Show” pulled out a gritty, gutty and bloody split decision over Yan, the former champion in a Fight of the Night type of battle. Judges had it 29-28 for O’Malley and 29-28 for Yan. O’Malley did the… Source link

Aljamain Sterling won the bantamweight title last year on arguably the most blatant foul in UFC history. On Saturday, he kept it by beating the man who had so flagrantly fouled him. Sterling’s grappling carried him to the first three rounds on two of the three judges’ scorecards and led him to a split decision victory Saturday at VyStar Veteran’s Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, in the co-main event of UFC 273. Two judges had it 48-47 for Sterling, giving him the first three and… Source link

LAS VEGAS — A vicious, intentional knee to the head of a downed Aljamain Sterling cost Petr Yan his bantamweight title on Saturday at Apex on the main card of UFC 259. Sterling was on his knees and as he raised his head, Yan belted him in the face with a right knee that snapped Sterling’s head back as if he were on a head-on crash at 65 mph. Referee Mark Smith stopped the bout, and after several minutes, when it was clear that Sterling was physically unable to continue, Smith disqualified… Source link