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Somehow, some way she got stronger. And then stronger again. Faster and then faster again. Better and bolder and as big as the moment. The longer it went, the more she seemed to believe, seemed to say, yes, retirement is coming, but not today, not tonight. None of it made any sense. Maybe none of it ever did with Serena Williams. Via an intense, emotional, improbable performance Wednesday, Serena Williams defeated Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-2 to advance to the third round of the U.S…. Source link

Kamaru Usman was less than a minute from history when Leon Edwards created history of his own Saturday in the main event of UFC 278 at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. Edwards caught Usman with a left kick to the head with 56 seconds remaining in a fight Usman was about to win. Usman went down instantly and Edwards won the UFC welterweight title in stunning fashion. He never bothered to follow Usman to the ground. He raised his arms in the air and began the celebration. It was arguably… Source link

Leon Edwards waited until the very last minute of a fight he was losing to unleash a perfectly placed head kick to knock out Kamaru Usman and lift the UFC welterweight title. Edwards’ stunning last-minute victory at UFC 278 on Saturday in Salt Lake City ended Usman’s 19-fight winning streak. [Full recap.] UFC 278 live blog UFC 278 main card full results, highlights Welterweight: Leon Edwards def. Kamaru Usman by KO (head-kick) at 4:04 of R5: Middleweight: Paulo Costa def. Luke Rockhold by… Source link

For most of the season, Gonzaga could count on a run almost any time it needed one. On Thursday it didn’t come. A vexing Arkansas defense flummoxed the high-octane Bulldogs en route to a 74-68 stunner to send the No. 1 overall seed home from the NCAA tournament. The fourth-seeded Razorbacks, meanwhile, advance to the Elite Eight, where they’ll face a second-seeded Duke team that beat Texas Tech later Thursday. The first half ended ominously for Gonzaga, which suffered a 4:48 scoring drought… Source link

Welcome to March, David Jean-Baptiste. The Chattanooga senior guard set a ridiculously high bar for 2022 madness with a wild 3-point heave to secure the Mocs’ place in the NCAA field on Monday. Frantic finish in SoCon final With 4.3 seconds remaining in overtime, Chattanooga inbounded the ball under its own basket trailing Furman in the Southern Conference championship game, 63-61. Jean-Baptiste corralled the inbounds pass and didn’t give it up until he’d secured victory. He dribbled the ball… Source link

The Paige Bueckers-less UConn Huskies may be in trouble. No. 3 UConn fell to Georgia Tech 57-44 on Thursday night in their first game without Bueckers, who suffered a tibial plateau fracture and is expected to miss six-to-eight weeks. That loss snapped a number of records and streaks for UConn. Georgia Tech is now the first team to hold UConn to less than 45 points in a single game since 2006, and the Yellow Jackets are the first unranked team to beat the Huskies since 2012 — which snapped a… Source link

Sergio Pettis retained his title on Friday night with a wild konckout over Kyoji Horiguchi. (Photo courtesy of Bellator) Sergio Pettis was struggling on Friday night in Connecticut. Then, after just one wild hit, Pettis not only walked out of Bellator 272 with a win but also launched himself into the conversation for knockout of the year. Pettis pulled out an all-time knockout after he landed a perfect spinning backfist to send Kyoji Horiguchi to the ground in the fourth round on Friday night… Source link

Five minutes into the biggest fight of Charles Oliveira’s life, his biggest victory was just making it to the end of the first round. With the vacant UFC lightweight belt on the line, Oliveira and Michael Chandler had exchanged shots on top of shots in the UFC 262 main event, but Chandler was clearly the one who came closest to victory in the first frame. At one moment, it looked like the American was a strike away from taking the belt. And then Oliveira opened the second round by doing… Source link

Five minutes into the biggest fight of Charles Oliveira’s life, his biggest victory was just making it to the end of the first round. With the vacant UFC lightweight belt on the line, Oliveira and Michael Chandler had exchanged shots on top of shots in the UFC 262 main event, but Chandler was clearly the one who came closest to victory in the first frame. At one moment, it looked like the American was a strike away from taking the belt. And then Oliveira opened the second round by doing… Source link

Go ahead, call Kamaru Usman a boring fighter. The UFC welterweight champion defended his title at UFC 261 on Saturday, defeating Jorge Masvidal for a second time in two years. Unlike his foot stomp-heavy win by decision last year, Usman delivered a stunning KO in the second round. Usman laid Masvidal out with a hard right after hitting him with a jab, and the fight was soon called. Here’s how broadcasters Jon Anik and Joe Rogan reacted ringside: Meanwhile, former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson,… Source link