Month: January 2022

Rose Namajunas won and defended her strawweight title against Zhang Weili in 2021 At the start of 2021, no one knew what awaited Rose Namajunas. Plenty of her wanted to win back the UFC women’s strawweight championship, but we hadn’t seen much from her over a couple of years prior. In 2020, Namajunas edged out […]

Sergio Pettis’s jump to Bellator is paying off huge for the young champion. When Sergio Pettis left the UFC, many didn’t know what would happen with the young fighter. Never to the same level as his brother Anthony, who was at one time the face of the UFC’s lightweight division, Sergio was often seen as […]

The CFP National Championship Game is a rematch of Alabama vs. Georgia but expect the unexpected in the second meeting between the SEC rivals. The all-SEC national title game between Alabama and Georgia will either bring Nick Saban another jewel for his crown or result in the torch being passed to Kirby Smart. We’ve seen […]

A.J. McKee caps off a year of huge wins with one over Patricio Pitbull. AJ McKee represented what some would consider the crown jewel of Bellator’s youth push of recent years. No longer throwing big money at every UFC free agent that hit the streets, Bellator has instead invested in talent development to great success. […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are among the Atlanta Braves’ biggest threats in their pursuit of free agent first baseman Freddie Freeman. Freeman is a California kid, so if he fails to re-sign with the Braves for whatever reason, the Dodgers could be a solid backup plan. The 32-year-old wants a six-year deal worth about $30 […]

Pat Sabatini went 3-0 in 2021, his first year in the UFC. Every year, a new crop of talent enters the UFC looking to make an impact and show why they belong in the world’s top MMA promotion. And some of them make noise, some even more than others. For instance, Paddy Pimblett had a […]

Merab Dvalishvili went from seconds away to being knocked out to landing 142 unanswered strikes for a knockout of his own. In the featured UFC 266’s prelim, Merab Dvalishvili met up with Marlon Moraes in a huge bout for the future of the bantamweight division. Dvalishvili entered the fight ranked at No. 11, but with a […]

Joe Judge is reportedly coming back for a third season as the New York Giants continue to show they don’t care about their fans. The 2021 season has become a remarkable one for the New York Giants, who have slowly become the worst-run organization in the NFL. Despite a litany of embarrassments down the stretch, […]

Dustin Poirier is FanSided MMA’s Peoples Champ. The FanSided MMA’s Peoples Champ award goes annually to the MMA fighter who is beloved by fans worldwide but failed to break through and win an undisputed championship in their weight class. In 2021, Dustin Poirier was the obvious choice for Peoples Champ. Outside of the Octagon, Poirier […]

Yankees’ Rachel Balkovec makes history as first female manager in affiliated professional baseball history The rise of women in baseball continues with another historic hire. Rachel Balkovec is the new manager of the Tampa Tarpons, the Low-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. Her hire makes her the first female manager in affiliated professional baseball […]