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  The Current State of the UFC Heavyweight Division  We are about a week since UFC 260 when Francis Ngannou shook up the world. At UFC 260 Francis Ngannou showed off some new ability and his generational power to take home the title world baddest man and the UFC Heavyweight Championship away from Stipe Miocic. The headliner at UFC 260 was the greatest UFC Heavyweight of all time Stipe Miocic defending his title for a second time against The Predator Francis Ngannou. Miocic dominated the first fight with constant takedown pursuit against the non existing takedown defense of Ngannou. Some thought the same would happen, others believed Ngannou power was going to pull through on this occasion. No one really knew if Ngannou improved his cardio and grappling since him and the champ last met. Ngannou got another title shot by knocking out all his opponents in less than a minute except for Derrick Lewis. Which was a snooze fest that Lewis pulled out. Nonetheless Ngannou didn’t have to...

  MLB Predictions 2021  Opening Day is tomorrow so it’s time for some pre regular season predictions. Here are all my predictions for the 2021 MLB season from the highs, lows, to us watching near or a full crowd at the World Series, all my hot takes, and some surprise finishes to the season.  Division Winners  AL East: Yankees 102-60 Yankees rotation will struggle early but the juggernaut offense will lift them to wins. Injuries will probably hurt them as well early. However Judge will stay healthy while having a great year, Stanton and Torres will bounce back, LeMahieu will compete for a batting title, Cole and Kluber will be a top three 1-2 punch in the league, Sanchez won’t be terrible and the Yankees will walk to an AL East division title.  AL Central: White Sox 98-64  The Chicago White Sox will bring home their first division title since 2008 but edging out the hard hitting Twins. The division will come down to the final week. However the White Sox rot...

  The State of New York Baseball: For New York Sports to Gain True Relevance Again The Yankees and Mets Need To Live Up to Expectations Something To Be Excited About?  For the first time in a long time the greatest city in the world New York City from every corner has something to be excited about. After a year of covid, people losing loved ones, jobs, homes, people’s favorite restaurants closing, business boarded up, major sports organization cancelling and shortening seasons. Coming from upstate New York but having to go to the city for work you could see the effect covid had on the once popping city. Times Square, the most active street in the world was quiet, Wall Street had no movement,  Penn Station was inactive, Yankees Stadium and Citi Field were empty. No movement, no sound, the city was a ghost town as if we were in a scary apocalyptic movie. At times over the last year it felt like we were. For some it still does. Nonetheless in New York slowly but surely we ar...