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                  UFC Fight Night Predictions Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs Ciryl Gane  Saturday February 27th 5:00 PM EST ESPN+  All odds are from FanDuel  Prelims   Light Heavyweight  Dustin Jacoby (13-5) -194 favorite vs Maxim Grishin (31-8-2) +154 underdog  In the first matchup of the evening we have some Light Heavyweights going at it to prove that they belong in the UFC. Dustin Jacoby comes into the first fight of the night at 13-5 in his MMA career. The former kickboxer was once in the UFC before. He was released from the promotion back in 2011 after back to back losses. After passing through promotions such as World Series of Poker and Bellator it took him nine years to make it back for a tryout on Dana White’s contender series. He won by decision then in August in his UFC debut he won by TKO. Jacoby is on a three fight winning streak and will continue his climb after making back to the UFC. He will look for the knockout as 9 of his 13 wins are by TKO. He is a standup specialist who

  Damian Lillard Has Been Cleary Snubbed    Last night the NBA released the NBA All Stars starting lineups voted in by the fans, which for the most part in 2021 the fans did great in my opinion. Except that they made a very clear mistake. The fans voted Mavericks guard Luka Dončić in the Western Conference starting lineup over Damian Lillard. Which to me is just another day in the NBA world where Lillard is being under appreciated. The Lillard disrespect has been going on for years but at some point you’d think people who have watched so many highlights of the man saving the day for the Blazers on that handy dandy phone, at some point would realize this man is a top guard in the league. Especially in the 2021 season. Damian Lillard should be in the All Star game over Luka Dončić.  Don’t get it wrong Luka Dončić has had a great 2021 campaign but Lillard has had the better one. To be honest it wouldn’t be clear that Lillard is having the better season. Don’t forget Dončić is a straight u

  Who Needs Carson Wentz More The Colts or DA Bears?               First Things First   Apparently according to constant reports from all over the sports world Carson Wentz is about to be out of the city of brotherly love Philadelphia. ESPN’s Adam Schefter broke the news before the Super Bowl that Wentz in the coming days will be traded. He was not. Those coming days have turned into a week. However, it could go down any minute. A few teams reportedly called the Eagles to hear what they wanted in exchange for Wentz. The Eagles are clearly committing to Jalen Hurts. After firing Doug Pederson after the disappointing 2020 season over philosophy disagreement with the owner and front office. The Eagles will go forward with their 2nd round pick in the 2020 NFL Draft for the future. They hired new head coach Nick Sirianni at the end of the month of January. Who was the Colts offensive coordinator for the last three seasons. The Eagles clearly wanted to go in a different direction. Then the n

  Welterweight Division Breakdown UFC 258 Welterweight Fights Breakdown First things first let's talk about why we are here, the UFC Welterweight championship was defended Saturday night. When Kamaru Usman defended his championship for the third time he beat the number one ranked, his  former teammate Gilbert Burns by TKO stoppage in the third round. Burns looked good early as he caught Usman behind the ear in the first round, and won the majority of the striking exchanges. It also was clear that Usman didn’t want to grapple with Burns early. Even when Burns went to his butt Usman wouldn’t go in the Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu guard. Wrestling and grappling is usually a main focus of Usman’s game. Not in this one he went with his striking. Usman came out for the second round after losing the first and looked great. He used his great length to keep Burns firecracker hands at a distance. He jabbed Burn’s face off. Usman jab is so effective and one of the best in the sport. Usma