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Lists ‘N Stuff: The Top 10 UFC WWs from 2010 to 2019

I like lists! It’s my thing these days I guess. I started doing this particular list because my attempt at creating the top 10 boxing welterweights of the 2000s was pretty much DOA given how most of the guys you’d expect (Cotto, Mayweather, Pacquaio, Mosley) all jumped around weight classes so frequently in that era that I’d either be left removing Floyd (who fought thrice at the weight) or Pacquaio (twice) or trying to justify how Carlos Quintana and Louis Collazo were actually really genuinely top 10 welterweights. I figured I could extend that to just 140 and 147 lbs but at that point I gave up. Instead let’s jump sports and go right to MMA which I’ve been chronologically bullshitting about on here since 2012. Just HOW good was the UFC’s welterweight division from 2010 to 2019? Well let’s do the hard work!

Couple of caveats here:

-This is strictly based upon 1) your fights at WW only and 2) your fights ONLY in the UFC. Guys who were fighting outside the organization don’t have those fights count against your record.

-There’s a FIVE fight minimum to be eligible. This is primarily due to not wanting to have to deal with “What about Conor/Nate/Nick?!” questions.

-Unless a fighter actually popped positive on a drug test, I did not try to dock anybody who I suspected of being on PEDs. We know the UFC was the wild wild west for most of this era so rather than be the equivalent of the guy who swears RDA is on steroids because “Well he started winning then he lost!”, I stuck to the facts.

Honorable Mentions:

Colby Covington- As much as we all may dislike Covington for what he does and says, the fact of the matter is that Colby Covington is a genuinely good welterweight. Wins over Robbie Lawler, Demian Maia and Rafael Dos Anjos are his two big punctuation marks but this is also a guy who gave Kamaru Usman hell for an extended period in their title fight and holds a bevy of solid under the radar wins over the likes of Max Griffin and Dong Hyun Kim. I could see somebody putting Covington on their top 10 and I wouldn't begrudge them at all. I just couldn't cross that bridge on my end.

Rafael Dos Anjos- RDA is probably a top 10 all time lightweight and one of the greatest fighters of the 2010s but I still think I prefer RDA's dominance as a lightweight. As a welterweight he got off to a tremendously hot start in the weight class punctuated by a win over Robbie Lawler but from then on? It's been a pretty dry run. Since the Lawler fight, RDA is 1-4 and the pattern is pretty much out there. If you pressure him early and prevent him from getting a good feel for the space and pace of the fight, he's a pretty easy touch. He's gritty and durable but he basically exists now to test if you're ready for the big step up. I'm not a big fan of the gatekeeper label for dudes like RDA so I prefer the term mini boss. He's the guy who checks to see if you're ready for the big boss.

Leon Edwards- Leon Edwards is 10-2 and coming off a career defining win over RDA and yet he's not in the top 10? Against fighters who have better records than him?! To begin with, Edwards has a looot of dead air on his resume. We're talking about guys who weren't even relevant at the time of their fight. A green Vicente Luque and Bryan Barberena were his good wins but not exactly top 10 worthy, especially given the UFC roster bloat. There's also only one guy on the top 10 list who did NOT get at least an interim title shot and that guy beat him up in a backstage fight so it's not like I could squeeze him in. I also have to admit (unfortunately) that Edwards is sort of a dull fighter who tends to get overlooked on lists like this.

Jake Shields- I don't think there's anything wrong with Jake Shields sneaking onto this list. Shields' run as a welterweight in the UFC was a 4-3 jaunt (that felt like the 100 year war) with wins over some damn good fighters but mostly in close contested score card-y fights. On paper though wins over Woodley and Maia SHOULD get you into the top 10 though so again, if he's on yours then fine. No shame in losses to Hector Lombard, GSP and Ellenberger.

Jake Ellenberger- If you remove the last five fights of his career when he was just sort of being trudged out there because “He hit hard so he can always win a fight!”, Jake Ellenberger has a spiffy record of 9-6 with wins over the likes of Jake Shields, Josh Koscheck and a not exactly cooked Diego Sanchez while his losses are to the likes of Rory Mac, Robbie Lawler, Wonderboy and the generally underrated Martin Kampmann. Not a top 10 for the decade even at that point but the rise of the elite four in Colby, Masvidal, Usman and Woodley and him continually getting fights over and over and over haven’t been kind to him. Ellenberger, Kampmann and Carlos Condit are the three guys who will always be sort of forgotten by modern fans who deserve their just due.

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1- Georges St. Pierre Record in the 10s (Jan 1st 2010 to December 31st 2019)- 6-0 Record in title fights- 6-0 Record against other fighters on the list- 2-0

So in hindsight, GSP's resume is not exactly all that hot. Dan Hardy, Jake Shields and Josh Koscheck all pretty much faded out of relevancy shortly after their title fights although GSP probably ended Koscheck's career. GSP's record is a mere 6-0 and he pretty much sat out the Woodley/Lawler/Hendricks era of MMA minus a cameo to claim the UFC's middleweight crown. Ignore that part of his resume and instead remember that GSP tore his ACL on TWO separate occasions and there were genuine questions about his ability to come back and fight. Not only did he come back but he came back with basically the same style that made him a legend slightly tweaked and amplified to overcome his lack of explosiveness. GSP will always be viewed differently because he didn't finish fights but again, he was pretty much cooked physically well into his early 30s due to repeated knee injuries. What's more? GSP should be #1 overall if only because he is one of the few guys in MMA who was able to continually dictate his own terms. He was able to pick who he fought because for years he fought EVERYBODY there was to fight. He was able to choose where he fought because he was the UFC's biggest draw before the rise of Conor McGregor. He beat Hendricks in a close fight, realized his health took priority and retired. He started a media war with the UFC and won that too. Then he returns, coaxes the UFC into giving him a middleweight title fight, wins that and then realizes that he doesn't have to fight anymore against what was at the time a rising crop of genuinely bad ass middleweight contenders like Robert Whittaker, Yoel Romero and the likes of Weidman, Jacare, Gastelum, Rockhold and so on so forth. GSP got in, got titles, got paid and then got out when the situation didn't seem right to him. That's #1 shit.

2- Tyron Woodley Record in the 10s (Jan 1st 2010 to December 31st 2019)- 9-3-1 Record in title fights- 4-1-1 Record against other fighters on the list- 4-2-1

To quote the always esteemed "Tyron Woodley is just going to continue to piss people off." Woodley's UFC reign began with him bombing out Jay Heiron on short notice and then he followed that up by smelting Jay Heiron and then sort of stumbled over his feet to the tune of a 2-2 record. After his loss to Rory MacDonald in June of 2014, Woodley went on one of the welterweight divisions more impressive tears with wins over Dong Hyun Kim, Robbie Lawler, Stephen Thompson and Darren Till to name a few. Woodley's fights were either really great (Thompson I, Till) or really awful (Thompson II, Gastelum) with very little in between space. His 4-1-1 record in title fights and 4-2-1 record against competition on this ledger paint the picture of one of MMA's best neutralizers and one of the greatest resumes of the 2010s. Woodley's 2019 pretty much hit the skids as he lost to Kamaru Usman in a blow out and then pretty much disappeared with hand and shoulder issues. Woodley's probably approaching the back 9 of his career but I would be stunned if he wasn't in the top 3 welterweights all time even when the NEXT decade ended. All hail MMA's greatest nuisance.

3- Robbie Lawler Record in the 10s (Jan 1st 2010 to December 31st 2019)- 9-5 Record in title fights- 3-2 Record against other fighters on the list- 4-2

I remain a sentimentalist I suppose. The latter days of the Lawler era are painful in large part because years of wars and a style that willingly sacrificed rounds 2 to 4 finally caught up with Robbie Lawler. He just sort of fell apart which isn't too surprising since from December 2013 to Jan 2016 he fought NINE times with FIVE of those fights going a full five rounds. From that period of time Lawler has win over Rory MacDonald (twice), Carlos Condit, Jake Ellenberger, Matt Brown, Johny Hendricks with FOUR fight of the nights and FOUR UFC title fights. Robbie Lawler spoiled us to believe welterweight fights were always awesome because every fight he was in WAS awesome. The latter era of Lawler is pretty sad. Woodley beat IMO the last image of a prime Robbie Lawler but after that I think it's fair to say the fire was gone. He probably deserved to lose to Donald Cerrone as well if we're being honest. The one brief flicker of light was against Ben Asken in a fight I thought he won prior to Askren pulling out a sub in a rally come from behind 1st round "win" dare I say. Lawler has had a lot of injuries, a lot of inactivity (he fought the same number of fights in 2014 alone than he has since the start of 2017) and sometimes the magic just runs out.

4- Kamaru Usman Record in the 10s (Jan 1st 2010 to December 31st 2019)- 11-0 Record in title fights- 2-0 Record against other fighters on the list- 2-0

Next to Wonderboy vs Rory MacDonald, Lawler vs Usman was a tremendous struggle for me. Kamaru Usman's steadier and had more of a balance to his career. Even if he had slipped up once or twice prior to this, Usman's overall dominance is stupendous. Wins over RDA and a bunch of good welterweights like Leon Edwards, Sergio Moraes and Colby Covington are good enough to get you on the list but getting into the top 5 requires you to scalp Tyron Woodley in a blowout. Usman's here because for most of the early portions of his UFC career, he was borderline brutal to watch and his competition was pretty blegh/eh/meh. Usman's rise really took off in after the Emil Meek fight and the Woodley/Covington back to back performances vaulted him up the rankings big time. The fun part with Usman is seeing how high he'll go when this list is re-done in 2030 or so. By the time we hit 2022 or so, Usman could have wins over Masvidal, Edwards (again), Covington (again) and potentially a whole new banner crop of welters.

5- Stephen Thompson Record in the 10s (Jan 1st 2010 to December 31st 2019)- 10-4-1 Record in title fights- 0-1-1 Record against other fighters on the list- 3-1-1

If we decided to rank these dudes in order of politeness, Thompson and Maia would be fighting for the #1 spot. Sometimes I wonder if Wonderboy is forgotten when we discuss the best UFC fighters to never win a title. On this list alone, he beat Johny Hendricks, Jorge Masvidal and Rory MacDonald. He gave two tough title fights to Tyron Woodley while holding the title of having arguably the biggest disparity in title fight quality in said title fights. He'll probably never live down getting smelted by a pudgy lightweight in Anthony Pettis and that alone could've been enough to knock him down the charts I suppose. I wonder how the WW division would've changed if Wonderboy arrives in, say, 2010 or so as opposed to 2012. He's just never had the gear to go out and take a tough fight away from the other guy which is why he lost twice to Woodley and suffered that kind of brutal decision loss to Darren Till.

6- Rory MacDonald Record in the 10s (Jan 1st 2010 to December 31st 2019)- 9-4 Record in title fights- 0-1 Record against other fighters on the list- 2-4

Rory entered the UFC in 2010 and was gone before 2016 was over. In six years, he has one of MMA's most impressive resumes with a whose who of fights against the elite of the elites. He fought Robbie Lawler twice, Carlos Condit, Demian Maia, Stephen Thompson, BJ Penn, Jake Ellenberger and Tyron Woodley and that's all without looking it up. He'll always be defined by the war vs Robbie Lawler that basically broke him beyond repair. Rory may not be a top 3 WW but of the ten names on this list, he's arguably among the more culturally significant to the MMA landscape. Rory is without question one of the best welterweights of his era and I also think he's one of the few dudes who did it while almost certainly without steroids. My hat is off to him.

7- Demian Maia Record in the 10s (Jan 1st 2010 to December 31st 2019)- 12-5 Record in title fights- 0-1 Record against other fighters on the list- 2-3

So when I originally did this list, I had Demian Maia MUCH higher up. Like above Rory higher. Maia being ranked above Rory Mac sounds like a bit of a crock given how MacDonald beat Maia BUT I'm also accounting for long term career relevance in a sense. Maia's still having competitive fights at WW (pause on that Burns fight) and beating up on dudes sometimes 15 years younger than him while Rory is 3-2-1 since leaving the UFC and 3-4-1 since 2015 ended. That said when you factor in the Woodley performances for each guy plus Rory's prime being so magnetic (and the win in the H-2-H matchup, I made a switch). When you consider how utterly one dimension Demian Maia is, it's a testament to how insane that dimension is that he's up this high. Maia has wins over list guys Carlos Condit, Jorge Masvidal and relatively dominant performances over dudes you'd recognize like Ben Askren, Lyman Good, Neil Magny, Gunnar Nelson and then undefeated Ryan LaFlare. His losses are to genuinely legitimately awesome fighters like Rory MacDonald, Kamaru Usman and Tyron Woodley.

8- Johny Hendricks Record in the 10s (Jan 1st 2010 to December 31st 2019)- 10-6 Record in title fights- 1-2 Record against other fighters on the list- 2-3

Hendricks is another dude who had an unceremonious ending to his career. From 2011 to 2015, he was genuinely at worst #3 in the welterweight rankings. We're talking a resume loaded with guys like Josh Koscheck, Carlos Condit, Martin Kapmann, John Fitch, Matt Brown, GSP and Robbie Lawler all on the docket. I went back and watched Hendricks vs GSP for this and still come away thinking Johny got jobbed. Hendricks' career will always be filled with question marks and what if's. We'll never know whether he was on steroids and we'll never know what would've happened if Hendricks would've kept himself in shape more consistently to avoid the ballooning up that eventually fucked his body up. We'll never know if he would've beaten GSP in a rematch or how he would've done had the rumored Nick Diaz vs Johny Hendricks fight that was in talks for 2015 (the one which led to Anderson vs Nick Diaz) would've panned out. Hendricks is a what if but the fact he is a what if while also being a top 10 welterweight for a loaded decade of great fighters is a damn testament to how big of a whirlwind he was for the beginning of the decade.

9- Jorge Masvidal Record in the 10s (Jan 1st 2010 to December 31st 2019)- 7-5 Record in title fights- 0-0 Record against other fighters on the list- 0-2

Jorge Masvidal makes it onto the list primarily due to his run on the back half of the 2010s. Regardless of how you feel about Darren Till, Nate Diaz and Ben Askren, those are three of the most impressive wins of 2019. He was in the running for 2019's FOTY (I believe he WAS my pick) and is having a seriously impressive second half of his career. Even his losses are all in pretty damn close fights minus Wonderboy who just casually pieced him up. The reason he's so low is that the two guys on this list that he fought, he lost to. Masvidal historically has been a guy who can feast on the lower portions of (insert division/rankings here) but when it comes to the step up, he never actually takes the next step in fights he can CLEARLY win. If he ever fights Kamaru Usman, he could move up higher on the list and if he wins then we need to talk about Masvidal as having a Bisping-esque career resume.

10- Carlos Condit Record in the 10s (Jan 1st 2010 to December 31st 2019)- 6-8 Record in title fights- 1-2 Record against other fighters on the list- 1-5

If Carlos Condit had simply retired like he planned to after the Maia loss, he would've retired 6-5 with wins over the likes of Rory MacDonald, Nick Diaz and Martin Kampmann from 2010 to 2019. Instead his resume was littered with rough losses in three straight fights against substandard competition. Carlos Condit's run from 2011 to 2013 is stuff of legend but the tide clearly turned after tearing his ACL vs Tyron Woodley. He had one big turning back the clock performance vs Robbie Lawler in a fight I still to this day feel like he won. Condit's body and lack of significant pop in his hands just put the ceiling on his career. Condit's back 9 of the 2010s are ugly but on the front leg, he was the first dude to beat DHK, the first to beat Rory MacDonald, beat Nick Diaz, gave GSP his toughest fight in years and IMO beat Johny Hendricks. Also come on now dudes. If you think Condit wasn't on this list somehow then you don't know me.

#UFC #MMA #Woodley #Condit #Hendricks #Lawler #Shields #MacDonald #Wonderboy #Usman #Masvidal

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Episode 325

Sep Sales

Comic Reviews:

Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld GN by Dean Hale, Shannon Hale, Asiah Fulmore

Batman and Robin and Howard GN by Jeffrey Brown, Silvana Brys

Robin and Batman 1 by Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen

Deadpool Black White and Blood 4 by Christopher Yost, Martin Coccolo, Sanshiro Kasama, Hikaru Uesugi, Mike Allred, Laura Allred, Mattia Iacono

Thing 1 by Walter Mosley, Tom Reilly

Venom 1 by Al Ewing, Ram V, Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, Alex Sinclair

Fantastic Four Infinity Comic 1 by Zac Gorman, Stefano Landini, Ian Herring

It's Jeff 11 by Kelly Thompson, Gurihiru

Phenom-X 1 by John Leguizamo, Aram Rappaport, Joe Miciak, Chris Batista

What's the Furthest Place From Here 1 by Matthew Rosenberg, Tyler Boss

Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body 1 by by Christopher Cantwell, Luca Casalanguida

Overwatch: New Blood 1 by Ray Fawkes, Irene Koh, Suzanne Geary

My Date With Monsters 1 by Paul Tobin, Andy MacDonald

Nyx 1 by Christos Gage, Marc Borstel

Headless Season Two 1 by Alexander Banchitta, Robert Ahmad

North by Thomas Ryan Cuming, Nicolas Santos

The Short While by Jeremy Sorese

Lifetime Passes by Terry Blas, Claudia Aguirre

Additional Reviews: Later by Stephen King, Ready or Not, Squid Game, Doctor Who x2, Korra s1, a few thoughts on Amphibia, Young Justice, Clifford Movie, Snoopy in Space s2, Olaf Presents, Simpsons Short

News: Diamond gets hacked, Squid Game s2, Centaurworld s2, Creators for Creators from Image debuts in Feb: New Masters, new female Green Goblin, return of Slingers, DC YA from Frank Miller, Disney+ Day, X-Men '97, new Shazam series starring Mary, Batgirls update, Spider-Man movie franchise speculation, Bone Orchard Mythos debuts on FCBD

Trailers: Obi-Wan Teaser

Comics Countdown:

Mazebook 3 by Jeff Lemire

Robin and Batman 1 by Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen

Unbelievable Unteens 4 by Jeff Lemire, Tyler Crook

Lifetime Passes GN by Terry Blas, Claudia Aguirre

Mamo 5 by Sas Milledge

We Have Demons 2 by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, Dave McCaig

Superman vs. Lobo 2 by Tim Seeley, Sarah Beattie, Mirka Andolfo, Arif Prianto

What's the Furthest Place From Here 1 by Matthew Rosenberg, Tyler Boss

Stillwater 11 by Chip Zdarsky, Ramon Perez, Mike Spicer

Venom 1 by Al Ewing, Ram V, Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie, Alex Sinclair

Check out this episode!

#comics #podcast #podernfamily #rabbittstew

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2020-21 1st NHL Assists

January 13, 2021

Alexander Romanov (Montreal) at Toronto.

January 14, 2021

Dylan Cozens (Buffalo) vs. Washington.

John Leonard; Jr. (San Jose) at Arizona.

Kirill Kaprizov (Minnesota) at Los Angeles.

January 15, 2021

Josh Norris (Ottawa) vs. Toronto.

January 16, 2021

Ty Smith (New Jersey) vs. Boston.

January 17, 2021

Pius Suter (Chicago) at Florida.

January 19, 2021

Yegor Sharangovich (New Jersey) at New York Rangers.

Casey DeSmith (Pittsburgh) vs. Washington.

Mikey Anderson (Los Angeles) vs. Colorado.

January 20, 2021

Keegan Kolesar (Vegas) vs. Arizona.

January 21, 2021

Nils Höglander (Vancouver) vs. Montreal.

Brogan Rafferty (Vancouver) vs. Montreal.

January 22, 2021

K’Andre Miller (New York Rangers) at Pittsburgh.

Pierre-Olivier Joseph (Pittsburgh) vs. New York Rangers.

Ian Mitchell (Chicago) vs. Detroit.

Bowen Byram (Colorado) at Anaheim.

January 23, 2021

Trent Frederic (Boston) vs. Philadelphia.

Jakub Zbořil (Boston) vs. Philadelphia.

January 24, 2021

Kale Clague (Los Angeles) at St. Louis.

January 26, 2021

Janne Kuokkanen (New Jersey) vs. Philadelphia.

Nathan Bastian (New Jersey) vs. Philadelphia.

Drew O’Connor (Pittsburgh) at Boston.

January 27, 2021

Brandon Hagel (Chicago) at Nashville.

January 28, 2021

Ty Dellandrea (Dallas) vs. Detroit.

January 30, 2021

Steven Lorentz (Carolina) vs. Dallas.

Mikko Lehtonen (Toronto) at Edmonton.

January 31, 2021

Philipp Kurashev (Chicago) vs. Columbus.

Artyom Zub (Ottawa) at Edmonton.

February 2, 2021

Gerry Mayhew (Minnesota) at Colorado.

February 4, 2021

Tim Stützle (Ottawa) at Montreal.

Nicolas Beaudin (Chicago) vs. Carolina.

February 5, 2021

Owen Tippett (Florida) vs. Nashville.

Alexander Chmelevski (San Jose) at Anaheim.

February 6, 2021

William Lagesson (Edmonton) at Calgary.

February 9, 2021

Kevin Lankinen (Chicago) at Dallas.

Dylan Coghlan (Vegas) vs. Anaheim.

Nikolai Knyzhov (San Jose) at Los Angeles.

February 11, 2021

Tobias Björnfot (Los Angeles) vs. San Jose.

Austin Strand (Los Angeles) vs. San Jose.

February 15, 2021

Oliver Wahlstrom (New York Islanders) at Buffalo.

Connor Mackey (Calgary) at Vancouver.

February 18, 2021

Nicolas Meloche (San Jose) at St. Louis.

February 21, 2021

Urho Vaakanainen (Boston) vs. Philadelphia.

February 24, 2021

Jani Hakanpää (Anaheim) at Arizona.

February 26, 2021

Alex Lafrenière (New York Rangers) vs. Boston.

March 3, 2021

Trevor Zegras (Anaheim) vs. St. Louis.

March 5, 2021

Dan Renouf (Colorado) vs. Anaheim.

March 11, 2021

Ilya Samsonov (Washington) at Philadelphia.

March 13, 2021

Logan Stanley (Winnipeg) at Toronto.

March 14, 2021

Rhett Gardner (Dallas) at Columbus.

March 15, 2021

Tarmo Reunanen (New York Rangers) vs. Philadelphia.

March 16, 2021

Ross Colton (Tampa Bay) at Dallas.

March 18, 2021

Jacob Bryson (Buffalo) vs. Boston.

Alexandre Carrier (Nashville) at Florida.

Jacob MacDonald (Colorado) vs. Minnesota.

Jamie Drysdale (Anaheim) vs. Arizona.

March 25, 2021

Anthony Angello (Pittsburgh) vs. Buffalo.

Cal Foote (Tampa Bay) at Dallas.

Logan O’Connor (Colorado) vs. Vegas.

March 27, 2021

Steven Fogarty (Buffalo) at Boston.

March 30, 2021

Jesper Boqvist (New Jersey) at Boston.

March 31, 2021

Michael Bunting (Arizona) at Colorado.

April 1, 2021

Wyatt Kalynuk (Chicago) vs. Carolina.

April 3, 2021

Jérémy Davies (Nashville) vs. Chicago.

April 6, 2021

Mikhail Maltsev (New Jersey) vs. Buffalo.

Tyce Thompson (New Jersey) vs. Buffalo.

Radim Zohorna (Pittsburgh) at New York Rangers.

April 7, 2021

Alexander Barabanov (Toronto) vs. Montreal.

Kyle Burroughs (Colorado) at Minnesota.

April 9, 2021

Jake Walman (St. Louis) vs. Minnesota.

April 11, 2021

Vitali Kravtsov (New York Rangers) at New York Islanders.

April 13, 2021

Rem Pitlick (Nashville) vs. Tampa Bay.

April 14, 2021

Conor Timmins (Colorado) at St. Louis.

April 15, 2021

Nick Robertson (Toronto) vs. Winnipeg.

April 17, 2021

Shane Pinto (Ottawa) at Montreal.

April 18, 2021

Nolan Foote (New Jersey) vs. New York Rangers.

Jalen Chatfield (Vancouver) vs. Toronto.

April 21, 2021

Lane Pederson (Arizona) vs. Minnesota.

April 23, 2021

Mattias Samuelsson (Buffalo) vs. Boston.

April 26, 2021

Tanner Jeannot (Nashville) vs. Florida.

April 27, 2021

Jackson Cates (Philadelphia) at New Jersey.

Aleksi Heponiemi (Florida) at Nashville.

April 29, 2021

Arttu Ruotsalainen (Buffalo) at Boston.

Grigori Denisenko (Florida) at Chicago.

May 1, 2021

Kevin Bahl (New Jersey) at Philadelphia.

May 3, 2021

Peyton Krebs (Vegas) at Minnesota.

May 4, 2021

Marián Studenič (New Jersey) vs. Boston.

Wade Allison (Philadelphia) vs. Pittsburgh.

MacKenzie Entwistle (Chicago) at Carolina.

May 5, 2021

Quinton Byfield (Los Angeles) at Arizona.

May 7, 2021

Alex Newhook (Colorado) at Los Angeles.

Ivan Chekhovich (San Jose) at Arizona.

May 8, 2021

Alex Belzile (Montreal) at Toronto.

Justin Richards (New York Rangers) at Boston.

Victor Söderström (Arizona) at San Jose.

May 9, 2021

Glenn Gawdin (Calgary) vs. Ottawa.

Mike Hardman (Chicago) vs. Dallas.

May 12, 2021

Cole Caufield (Montreal) vs. Edmonton.

May 13, 2021

Klim Kostin (St. Louis) vs. Minnesota.

May 18, 2021

Adam Ružička (Calgary) at Vancouver.

#Sports #Hockey #NHL #Boston Bruins #Hockey Goalies #Anaheim Ducks #Dallas Stars #Carolina Hurricanes #Los Angeles Kings #Colorado Avalanche #San Jose Sharks #Awesome

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Charlottetown hosting major under-18 AAA hockey showcase this weekend | Regional-Sports | Sports

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. —

Luke Coughlin will lean on his previous as he prepares for the largest weekend of the younger hockey season.

The 15-year-old defenceman and his Charlottetown Bulk Carriers Knights’ teammates will host the New Brunswick/Prince Edward Island Main Below-18 AAA Hockey League showcase this weekend at MacLauchlan Enviornment.

“It’s clearly an awesome alternative,” the Charlottetown native mentioned Wednesday. “I’m trying ahead to it.”

Charlottetown Bulk Carriers Knights’ rookie defenceman Luke Coughlin prepares to fireplace a puck on web throughout Tuesday’s follow at MacLauchlan Enviornment. – Jason Malloy The Guardian

Coughlin is certainly one of 5 first-year gamers who made the Knights this season together with Central Assault main under-15 teammate Brett Arsenault and a trio from the Japanese Specific (Harry Clements, Jude Campbell and Caleb MacDonald).

They are going to all be eligible for junior drafts at yr’s finish, and plenty of of these groups may have eyes within the stands this weekend. The match offers scouts an opportunity to catch three video games on Saturday and three extra on Sunday below one roof. The league introduced Friday mornning that Moncton will be unable to attend the match as a consequence of COVID-19.

Main U18 Showcase nonetheless a Go! Sadly video games with the @MonctonFlyers shall be faraway from the schedule. Keep protected Flyers! Saturday 3pm @moose_aaa vs @KensingtonWild 6pm @U18AAACAPS vs @sjvitoshockey

— NB PEI Main U18 Hockey League (@NBPEIMU18HL) November 20, 2020

At a look

Right here’s a have a look at the schedule for the New Brunswick/Prince Edward Island Main Below-18 AAA Hockey League showcase happening this weekend at MacLauchlan Enviornment. Saturday’s Video games Northern vs. Kensington, 3 p.m. Fredericton vs. Saint John, 6:30 p.m. Sunday’s Video games Kensington vs. Fredericton, 10:15 a.m. Saint John vs. Charlottetown, 1:30 p.m. • League president Barry Thompson mentioned: “The league was eager to do it simply from the thought of exhibiting the standard of gamers we have now on this league.” • With the restricted quantity followers allowed within the rink, the six weekend video games shall be broadcast on the Charlottetown Bulk Service Knights Fb web page.

“I imagine there’s a little bit of stress, however I feel I’m fairly good with coping with that. I’ll type of push it to the facet and simply go on the market and play hockey,” mentioned Coughlin, a five-foot-nine, 165-pound left-shot defenceman.

“I do not assume I modify my recreation in any respect. … I’m simply going to maintain doing what I’m doing and preserve my recreation fairly easy.”

He has performed in various massive tournaments previously, together with the bantam Atlantics two years in the past, the Monctonian, the Chronicle Herald East Coast IceJam and the Spud. He mentioned previous experiences are necessary in getting ready for competitions like this weekend.

“I’ve been lucky sufficient to play in some massive video games through the years, so I feel that does come into play.”

The six-team league hosted its first showcase in February in Kensington. It plans on internet hosting two this season with the second coming in February in New Brunswick.

“We thought it could be type of cool for the scouts to see the gamers early within the season after which once more later within the season,” mentioned league president Barry Thompson.

Whereas it is a chance for scouts to get a very good have a look at gamers eligible for the draft for the primary time, they may even be maintaining a tally of second- and third-year gamers.

Head coach Luke Beck famous 10 of his Knights have already been drafted by main junior golf equipment and a handful extra with junior A squads.

“It’s a chance for (the gamers) to showcase themselves to the groups that drafted them (and present) the place they’re at,” he mentioned.

Whereas it’s a showcase weekend, the video games all rely within the standings and Beck isn’t anticipating a expertise competitors.

“When you ask any scout, they need to see guys that may play inside a workforce idea,” he mentioned. “They need to see guys who’ve brief, arduous shifts. They need to see guys who’re going to backcheck arduous late in a recreation. They will establish your ability fairly fast, but it surely’s the opposite intangibles that include it that often are the distinction for gamers.”

Attributable to COVID-19 restrictions, solely 100 spectators are allowed into MacLauchlan Enviornment, situated on the Bell Aliant Centre on the UPEI campus, and half of the spots have been reserved by scouts.

“It will be pretty to have that Bell Aliant Centre full, high to backside, with the scouts sitting in a nook someplace,” Thompson mentioned. “We’re restricted considerably this time round, however I feel it’s nonetheless a wonderful alternative.”

Jason Malloy is The Guardian’s sports activities editor. He might be reached by electronic mail at [email protected] and observe him on Twitter at @SportsGuardian.

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Motivation a type in final week of CFL Fantasy

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NHL

Toffoli leads Kings' early barrage in win over Leafs

Scheifele's hat trick leads Jets over Stars

Cullen sparks Wild in win over Price, Canadiens

Giordano, Smith help Flames beat Pens in OT

Stone, Anderson lead Sens past Wings

Hextall: Flyers won't acquire D amid injuries

Channelling Astros, Vegas gives Leafs best odds to be 2019 champs

The Quiz: What's the worst pick 6 this season?

Housley: 'We almost shot ourselves in the foot'

Community of Flin Flon shaped Bobby Clarke's life and career

Insider Trading: Shipachyov has returned to Russia

Avs' Varlamov makes 57 saves in win

Miller scores in OT, Rangers beat Lightning

Neuvirth stands tall as Flyers blank Blues

Kuraly's goal lifts Bruins past Golden Knights

Anderson scores a pair; Blue Jackets top Panthers

Eller scores twice, adds assist as Caps beat Isles

Ovechkin starting social movement for Putin

Kapanen gets big chance against Kings

Leafs Ice Chips: Kapanen's big chance to play with mentor Komarov

CFL

Finale for Stamps, Bombers a battle of backup QBs

Tiger-Cats ready to give their all against Als

LeFevour confident with West semifinal home field on the line

Stamps still focused on beating Bombers to get set for playoff run

Motivation a key in final week of CFL Fantasy

Reilly, Ray among team finalists for outstanding player award

Woods has long history with Lions star Rainey

Ruffles Crunch Time: From one great country and league to another

Nichols ruled out, LeFevour to start Friday vs. Stamps

Davis disappointed, feels he should be starting this week for Bombers

3 Downs: How concerning are injuries to Nichols, Harris for Bombers?

Huddle Up: Should Riders keep playing both Bridge and Glenn?

Hervey hoping for CFL return

Eskimos' Thompson out for the season

Shiltz to become 12th post-Calvillo starter for Alouettes

Coombs will start at running back in Argos' regular season finale

Banks, Masoli, Reilly named CFL top performers

CFL Fantasy: Rainey takes advantage of his opportunity

NFL

Forte rushes for two TDs, Jets run over Bills

Report: Texans' Watson tears ACL

Colts shut down Luck for season

Jones' numbers are down, but he's not sweating it

Schultz’s Week 9 picks: Take the Lions at Lambeau

49ers' Garcon on IR with neck injury

Browns WR Gordon could return this month

Game of Throws: Bills, Eagles are trade deadline winners

Statistically Speaking: Changes coming at running back

Cowboys look to Morris, others with Elliott suspended

Report: Osweiler to start at QB for Broncos

Irvin shakes his head at the latest screw up by the Browns

Ranking the best NFL trade deadline deals

Hoyer signs three-year deal with Pats

Flacco expected to start Sunday vs Titans

Vikings GM: Bridgewater's status still being determined

Lynch back with Raiders after suspension

After motion denied, PA seeks to block ruling so Elliott can play

Beyond the Scoreboard: How everybody can win from NFL protests

NBA

Lillard nails game winner as Blazers top Lakers

Warriors crush injury-riddled Spurs

Five thoughts on Murray, Okafor and more

Cavs forward Thompson out 3-4 weeks

NBA to hold lottery in Chicago next spring

Celtics' Hayward back in gym, but no timeline for return

Murray leads Nuggets' rout of Raptors

Cavs drop 4th straight as Pacers roll

Irving, Celtics beat Kings for sixth straight

Butler's late points lift T-Wolves over Pelicans

Simmons, Embiid dominate in 76ers' win over Hawks

Harden's 31 points lead Rockets past Knicks

Fournier, Gordon help Magic top Grizzlies

Warren's career night leads Suns past Wizards

Heat top Bulls to end three-game slide

Walker, Monk lead Hornets past Bucks

Rautins on efficiency of Raptors' second unit, Cavs early struggles

Spurs bring back Parker after rehab stint

Okafor asks Sixers for buyout

George, Thunder cruise to win over Bucks

MLB

A Blue Jays free agency primer

Darvish, Otani and Arrieta top MLB free-agent class

Future Watch: Arizona Fall League edition

Angels, Upton agree on five-year, $106M deal

Dodgers face decisions, luxury tax bill in off-season

Nats' Martinez: 'We're here to win the World Series'

A's exercise Lowrie's $6 million option

White Sox' Soto declines option, becomes free agent

Twins' Sano to undergo surgery for leg injury

Nats hire ex-Mets, ex-Yankees hitting coach Long

Mariners decline options on Iwakuma and Gallardo

Astros beat Dodgers for first World Series title

Roberts on Darvish: I can't explain the results

Puig's home burglarized during Game 7

Dodgers' title drought extended to 30 years

With five homers, Springer named MVP

Verlander on WS win: 'Everything I could ever imagine'

Phillips: Entire city of Houston was in this together

Perez discusses Astros' long road to first World Series title

Red Sox hire La Russa as special assistant

Soccer

Dempsey nets two as Sounders eliminate Whitecaps from playoffs

TFC complains to MLS over fan abuse in NYC

Milan held to tie; Atalanta, Kyiv advance in Europa

United's Young recalled to England

Evra charged with violent conduct for kicking fan

Tottenham stuns Real Madrid to reach knockout phase

Sinclair leads young Canada squad against U.S.

Dortmund faces Champions League exit after draw with APOEL

Besitkas closer to knockout stage after draw with Monaco

Moor, Vazquez questionable for TFC vs. Red Bulls

Crew take advantage of short-handed NYCFC in first leg

United beats Benfica after more agony for keeper Svilar

PSG win big, advance in Champions League

Must See: Neymar belts a screamer vs. Anderlecht

Atletico held by 10-man Qarabag in Champions League

Giovinco's free kick lifts TFC over Red Bulls

Atletico Madrid returns to former stadium

FIFA exec says 24-team Club World Cup discussed

After ten matches, Madrid facing big deficit

EPL: Leicester City 2, Everton 0

NCAA

Duke is No. 1 in AP preseason poll for second straight year

Barrett to make NCAA decision on Nov. 10

Georgia ranked at top of first CFP rankings

Predictions for a huge CFB weekend

Oklahoma's win over Ohio State important to CFP committee

Must See: College football coach scares players

Kelly focused on Notre Dame maintaining success

The road to the CFP has been wild

Florida, HC McElwain mutually part ways

AP Top 25: Georgia rises to No. 2, Ohio State up to No. 3

No. 6 Ohio State rallies to beat No. 2 Penn State

No. 25 Iowa State upsets No. 4 TCU in low-scoring game

No. 7 Clemson rebound for victory over Georgia Tech

No. 3 Georgia thumps rival Florida

No. 8 Miami stays unbeaten, tops North Carolina

No. 5 Wisconsin holds off Illinois, stays unbeaten

Northwestern stuns No. 16 Michigan St. in OT

No. 9 Notre Dame wears down No. 14 NC State

Peters helps Michigan pull away and top Rutgers

Rudolph shines in rain, No. 11 Oklahoma St. beats No. 22 WVU

UFC

St-Pierre, Bisping trade barbs ahead of UFC 217

TSN Original: 'The Mind of GSP'

Things get heated at UFC 217 news conference

Does Namajunas have a chance against Jedrzejczyk?

Garbrandt trying to create tense environment ahead of Dillashaw fight

McGregor: I'd beat Mayweather in a rematch

Is Bisping really 'terrified' of St-Pierre's wrestling?

Duffy on training with St-Pierre during his fight camp

Thompson ready to adapt to any style Masvidal brings

Gall explains why he brings so much confidence to mixed martial arts

Brown on fighting for New York in the wake of a tragic incident

Vick frustrated UFC has been unable to secure him a Top 15 opponent

This Fight is Important: Garbrandt vs. Dillashaw

This Fight is Important: Jedrzejczyk vs. Namajunas

GSP can cement his place in UFC history with win in his return

UFC Notebook: Covington cements himself as a contender

St-Pierre holds open practice in Montreal

Lawler: MacDonald using steroid accusations as a coping mechanism

UFC Notebook: Till delivers upset over Cerrone

Tennis

Del Potro beats Haase in third round of Paris Masters

Nadal wins in Paris, will end year as No. 1

Vandeweghe, Barty, Sevastova advance to semifinals

Rybarikova upsets Mladenovic at WTA Elite Trophy

Shapovalov bounced in straight-sets at Paris Masters

Thiem grinds past Gojowczyk at Paris Masters

Vandeweghe opens WTA Elite Trophy with win

Federer wins hometown Swiss Indoors

Wozniacki claims trophy at WTA Finals

Wozniacki advances in WTA Finals

Federer moves on at Swiss Indoors

Shapovalov falls in second round to Mannarino

Garcia advances at WTA Finals

Federer, Del Potro, Cilic advance to Basel quarters

Venus Williams reaches semifinals at WTA Finals

Del Potro beats Sousa in quest for third Basel title

Wawrinka needs coach after Norman leaves

Federer beats Tiafoe in at hometown Basel event

Sock rallies to beat Pospisil at Swiss Indoors

Williams needs more than 3 hours to beat Ostapenko

Golf

Whee shoots 65 to take Las Vegas lead

Report: Olympic to get PGA, Ryder Cup

Hot putter leads to fast start for Taylor

Tiger's back, but there's a lot to be addressed

Rose keeps alive streak of winning every year since 2010

Silverman's top 10 an important finish

Woods to play in Hero World Challenge

Armour shoots 68, earns 1st career win at Sanderson Farms

Rose wins title at HSBC Champions

PGA: Sanderson Farms Championship - Rd. 4

Kerr wins in Malaysia with birdie on last hole

Johnson leads at HSBC Champions

Armour takes five-shot lead at Sanderson Farms

Woods pleads guilty to reckless driving

Johnson grabs lead with new putter at HSBC Champions

Armour takes one-shot lead at Sanderson Farms

Toms makes ace, shares lead at Sherwood

Feng shoots 65 to lead Sime Darby

Johnson would welcome a PGA shot clock

Landry, Spaun among leaders at Sanderson Farms

Hockey Canada

Spooner calls Olympic funding 'amazing'

Canada continues search for hockey talent ahead of Olympics

Canada unveils 2018 hockey jerseys

TeamSnap partners with Hockey Canada

Spooner scores twice as Canada beats U.S.

Scrivens, Lee on Canada's pre-Olympic roster

Labonte sees great development in Canadian goalies

Canada's women's team falls to U.S. in pre-Olympic matchup

Bonhomme: Coyne, Decker and Knight overpower Team Canada

Davidson discusses challenges of assembling Olympic roster

66 players chosen to represent Canada at 2017 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

Renney discusses Canada's Olympic expectations

Olympic gold medalist Watchorn announces retirement

IIHF release Olympic hockey schedule

Canadian women's forward Campbell retires from international play

Olympian Labonte retires from women's hockey

Hockey Canada contacts Doan and Iginla for Olympics

Regina hockey legend Tuer dies at 87

McBain leads Canada over Czechs to win Ivan Hlinka

Canada beats Sweden to advance to Ivan Hlinka final

Curling

Simmons finds right fit alongside three young guns ahead of Pre-Trials

Gushue, Jones capture Masters title in Lloydminster

Big names highlight field at men's Road to the Roar Pre-Trials

Anybody's game at women's Road to the Roar

WCT Recap: Edin defends at Champery, Roth surprises at Canad Inns

WCT Recap: Carruthers defends title at Canad Inns

Canada takes silver at mixed curling worlds

Brier to be held in Brandon in 2019

Mourning the passing of Ray Turnbull

WCT/CCT Recap: Gushue, Homan just keep on winning

WCT/CCT Recap: World champions Gushue, Homan victorious

Canada to face Brazil for men's worlds curling berth

WCT Recap: Gunnlaugson, Tippin, Englot pick up wins

WCT Recap: Jacobs, Sinclair take home Shorty Jenkins

What you need to know for the women's curling season

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Veja a evolução dos foguetes da SpaceX em fotos

A SpaceX começou em 2002, quando seu fundador, Elon Musk, deu os primeiros passos em sua grande ambição de enviar uma missão a Marte. Mais de 15 anos depois, a empresa está muito além do estágio de inicialização do espaço. A empresa de Hawthorne, na Califórnia, reutiliza foguetes regularmente, envia missões de carga para a Estação Espacial Internacional com a espaçonave Dragon desaparafusada e voará astronautas para a NASA no futuro. Em 2018, a SpaceX lançou o enorme Falcon Heavy e tem planos para um foguete ainda maior chegar a Marte: o Big Falcon Rocket (BFR). Leia mais sobre a história de desenvolvimento de foguetes e naves espaciais da SpaceX na seguinte apresentação de slides. Falcon 1

SpaceX O Falcon 1 foi o primeiro foguete fabricado pela SpaceX. Ele tinha uma capacidade proposta para transportar 670 kg (1.480 libras) para baixa órbita terrestre e voou entre 2006 e 2009. Após três falhas no lançamento, o Falcon 1 enviou uma carga útil fictícia para o espaço em 29 de setembro de 2008. Seu quinto e O lançamento final, em 14 de julho de 2009, colocou em órbita o RazakSAT, um satélite de observação da Terra da Malásia. Foguetes Falcon 1 lançados da Ilha Omelek, parte do Atol de Kwajalein, no Oceano Pacífico. E caso você esteja se perguntando, Musk nomeou os foguetes Falcon em homenagem ao navio Millennium Falcon de "Guerra nas Estrelas". Desenvolvendo o Falcon 9

SpaceX A SpaceX rapidamente recebeu o interesse de várias empresas que procuravam um foguete de levantamento mais pesado. A empresa considerou o desenvolvimento de um foguete intermediário chamado Falcon 5 , mas pulou para a frente e começou a trabalhar no Falcon 9. Esse foguete pode enviar uma carga útil à órbita terrestre baixa, pesando até 28.991 libras. (13.150 kg). É um foguete de dois estágios. A SpaceX divulgou seus primeiros planos para o Falcon 9 em 2005 e enviou a estréia do Falcon 9 em 7 de junho de 2010, a partir da Estação da Força Aérea de Cape Canaveral, na Flórida. Os primeiros clientes do foguete incluíam a Bigelow Aerospace; Comunicações da Avanti; e MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates. Desembarques em terra

SpaceX O primeiro pouso bem-sucedido de Falcon 9 da SpaceX na Zona de pouso 1, em 21 de dezembro de 2015 , foi aclamado como um marco para a reutilização de foguetes. No entanto, a empresa ainda tentou melhorar essa conquista. A SpaceX experimentou uma mistura de desembarques oceânicos bem-sucedidos e com falha em 2014 e 2015 . Em 2015, a SpaceX também estava tentando pousar em navios-zangão no oceano. Embora esses desembarques continuassem terminando com fracasso, Musk publicaria os vídeos e fotos em seu feed do Twitter, reconhecendo os erros cometidos, e a empresa trabalharia para melhorar o próximo vôo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EueuPDc2OEU Sonhos de dragão

SpaceX A SpaceX manteve os primeiros 18 meses de desenvolvimento do navio cargueiro Dragon em segredo. Então, em março de 2006, a empresa tornou oficialmente a Dragon pública quando apresentou uma proposta para o programa de demonstração de Serviços de Transporte Orbital Comercial da NASA (COTS). O objetivo final era desenvolver uma espaçonave particular para transportar carga para a Estação Espacial Internacional. Depois que o Spacex atingiu vários marcos, a NASA selecionou o Dragon da SpaceX em dezembro de 2008ser uma das empresas que fornece serviços comerciais de reabastecimento para a estação espacial. O valor do contrato da SpaceX naquela época era de no mínimo US $ 1,6 bilhão, com opções para estender para US $ 3,1 bilhões; desde então, a empresa recebeu um novo contrato para serviços de lançamento de carga. Musk confirmou que nomeou Dragon em homenagem a "Puff the Magic Dragon". Voos da Early Dragon

SpaceX Dragon realizou um vôo inaugural de sucesso em 8 de dezembro de 2010, a partir da Estação da Força Aérea de Cabo Canaveral. Então, em 22 de maio de 2012, a Dragon lançou um teste importante: uma tentativa de atracar a espaçonave com a Estação Espacial Internacional. Dragon chegou à estação com segurança em 25 de maio daquele ano, apesar de enfrentar alguns problemas com um sistema de laser que deveria julgar a distância da nave ao complexo orbital. O marco levou a aclamação mundial. Foi a primeira vez que uma espaçonave particular atracou na estação espacial. Desde então, a SpaceX atualizou seus navios de carga desaparafusados Dragon para serem reutilizáveis por pelo menos dois vôos. gafanhoto

Chris Thompson / SpaceX O Grasshopper foi um protótipo de foguete pilotado em McGregor, Texas, da SpaceX, provando motivos para dar à empresa mais experiência em impulsionadores de pouso verticalmente. Embora o Grasshopper não tenha recebido tanta atenção da mídia quanto os outros programas da SpaceX, foi fundamental para promover o desenvolvimento do primeiro estágio reutilizável do Falcon 9. O foguete Grasshopper fez oito vôos de teste entre 2012 e 2013, com o voo final vendo o Grasshopper subir para 2.444 pés (744 metros). O programa Grasshopper foi então retirado para que a SpaceX pudesse concentrar mais recursos no desenvolvimento do Falcon 9. Veículo de Desenvolvimento Reutilizável Falcon 9

SpaceX A SpaceX anunciou o Veículo de Desenvolvimento Reutilizável Falcon 9 em 2012, que foi baseado no primeiro estágio do Falcon 9. A empresa fez cinco vôos desse sistema no site da SpaceX McGregor entre abril e agosto de 2014, com a altitude máxima em alguns vôos excedendo 1.000 m (3.280 pés). O último booster, lançado em 22 de agosto de 2014, explodiu devido a um sensor bloqueado. A primeira plataforma de pouso de foguetes da SpaceX

SpaceX Esta imagem mostra a Zona de Aterragem 1, uma zona de aterrissagem no solo para o primeiro estágio do Falcon 9 na Estação da Força Aérea de Cabo Canaveral. Foi aqui que a SpaceX fez o primeiro de seus pousos terrestres controlados , em 21 de dezembro de 2015. A empresa construiu o bloco em terrenos arrendados pela Força Aérea dos EUA na Estação da Força Aérea de Cabo Canaveral. (A Zona de pouso 1 está em uma terra que costumava hospedar o Complexo de Lançamento 13.) Esse pouso foi extraordinário porque o voo anterior do Falcon 9, em junho de 2015, terminou catastroficamente com uma explosão. Reutilizando foguetes

SpaceX Desde o início da história do Falcon 9, a SpaceX estava interessada em reutilizar o primeiro estágio do foguete para economizar nos custos de lançamento . Os testes iniciais do pouso não tiveram êxito, no entanto. A SpaceX fez tentativas no primeiro, segundo e sexto lançamento do Falcon 9 para controlar o pouso do booster, mas em cada caso, o palco bateu no oceano. A SpaceX finalmente alcançou um pouso controlado no oceano no nono lançamento do Falcon 9 (a quarta tentativa de pouso controlado), em 18 de abril de 2014. Este foi um importante trampolim no caminho para uma eventual reutilização. Aterragem de navio drone

SpaceX A persistência exibida por Musk e seus funcionários finalmente valeu a pena em 8 de abril de 2016, quando um primeiro estágio do Falcon 9 aterrissou suavemente em um navio drone chamado "Claro que eu ainda te amo" no Oceano Atlântico. A sonda Dragon que este Falcon 9 carregava no alto também teve um vôo importante, entregando um módulo inflável - o Módulo de Atividade Expansível Bigelow - para a Estação Espacial Internacional. A taxa de sucesso da SpaceX com pousos com drones melhorou drasticamente após o voo de abril de 2016, apesar de alguns boosters ainda errarem o alvo de vez em quando. A taxa de sucesso de vôo do Falcon 9 da empresa também é forte; seu último fracasso, em setembro de 2016, viu um foguete explodir na plataforma de lançamento antes de decolar. A SpaceX tem um segundo navio drone, "Just Read the Instructions", que é usado para pousos no Oceano Pacífico após o lançamento da Estação da Força Aérea de Vandenberg, na Califórnia. Ambos os navios são nomeados para naves espaciais nos livros de ficção científica de Iain M. Banks. Vôo inaugural do Falcon Heavy

SpaceX O foguete Falcon Heavy , uma versão pesada da série Falcon, teve um voo de estreia bem-sucedido em 6 de fevereiro de 2018 , sendo lançado a partir do Pad 39A da NASA no Centro Espacial Kennedy, na Flórida. O foguete lançou com sucesso um carro Tesla no espaço . (Musk também é o CEO da Tesla Motors.) O Falcon Heavy tem 70 metros de altura e pode elevar quase 141.000 libras. (64 toneladas) de carga útil para órbita baixa da Terra. Isso é o dobro do que seu concorrente mais próximo, o Delta IV Heavy da United Launch Alliance, pode içar em órbita. Balé de pouso de foguete do Falcon Heavy

SpaceX Esta imagem mostra os reforços laterais duplos do Falcon Heavy aterrissando com sucesso após o voo inaugural do foguete, em 6 de fevereiro de 2018. Enquanto os estágios de aterrissagem aterrissavam com segurança nas Zonas de desembarque 1 e 2 na Estação Aérea de Cabo Canaveral, perto do Centro Espacial Kennedy, o o palco principal do foguete atingiu o oceano em alta velocidade. O palco do foguete carregando o carro de Tesla sofreu uma última queimadura para enviar o carro para a órbita de Marte. No entanto, como informou o site irmão da Space.com Live Science, a radiação pode destruir o carro dentro de um ano . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs3gkhDEYLQ Cavalgando dentro do dragão

SpaceX Ao lançar missões comerciais, a SpaceX também começou a desenvolver uma versão humana da sonda Dragon para trazer astronautas para a Estação Espacial Internacional. A empresa recebeu um contrato em 2014 no valor máximo de US $ 2,6 bilhões para esses serviços de lançamento. Em setembro de 2015, a SpaceX mostrou ao mundo o interior dos alojamentos da tripulação . O design minimalista tem paredes brancas, assentos pretos para baldes, vários monitores de tela plana e quatro janelas para os passageiros verem do lado de fora. Tripulação Dragão vs. Carga

SpaceX A SpaceX pretendia que as versões de tripulação e carga de Dragon fossem muito semelhantes, a fim de acelerar o desenvolvimento do navio tripulado. "Essa semelhança simplifica o processo de classificação humana, permitindo que os sistemas críticos para a segurança da tripulação e da estação espacial sejam totalmente testados em vôos de carga não tripulados", afirmou a SpaceX . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fprZGEEwL_w Testes de vôo do Crew Dragon

Ben Cooper / SpaceX A SpaceX está trabalhando duro no desenvolvimento do Dragon com tripulação para dois voos de teste da tripulação comercial, que voarão antes do final de 2018 . A NASA está tentando se livrar da dependência do veículo russo Soyuz, que atualmente transporta todos os astronautas para a Estação Espacial Internacional. Cada assento de astronauta na Soyuz custa à NASA milhões de dólares. Além disso, a agência tenta usar os serviços de lançamento nos EUA para lançamento, quando possível. O último lançamento tripulado do solo americano ocorreu em 2011, durante o último vôo do programa de ônibus espaciais. Mais voos da Falcon Heavy

SpaceX Os lançamentos do Falcon Heavy são vendidos por cerca de US $ 90 milhões cada, em comparação com os US $ 62 milhões dos lançamentos do Falcon 9. A SpaceX planeja lançar mais duas missões Falcon Heavy em 2018 : uma transportando o satélite de comunicações Arabsat 6A e o outro programa de testes espaciais 2 para a Força Aérea dos EUA (juntamente com o LightSail 2 da Sociedade Planetária). Bloco 5 do Falcon 9

Elon Musk / Instagram Em maio de 2018, a SpaceX lançou a quinta e última versão do foguete Falcon 9 da empresa: o booster Block 5. Projetado para a máxima reutilização (o alvo é pelo menos 10 vôos), este booster lançará astronautas no espaço nas cápsulas Dragon para a NASA. O primeiro foguete Falcon 9 Block 5 foi construído para lançar o Bangabandhu-1 , o primeiro satélite de comunicações do país de Bangladesh. Nave Estelar e Super Pesado

SpaceX Starship e Super Heavy compõem um sistema futurista destinado à exploração de Marte. Nas configurações do Planeta Vermelho, o BFR terá 106 pés (348 pés) de altura (incluindo a nave espacial) e será capaz de levar 150 toneladas (136 toneladas) à baixa órbita terrestre. Cada foguete transportará cerca de 100 pessoas e o foguete será totalmente reutilizável. Musk disse que planeja usar esse foguete em frotas, levando centenas ou milhares de passageiros por vez a Marte. Na década de 2020, Musk planeja interromper todas as linhas de Falcon, exceto a BFR, que executaria todos os tipos de missões. Os destinos iriam de Marte à Estação Espacial Internacional e a órbitas que lançariam satélites perto da Terra. Fonte | Fonte | Fonte | Fonte Read the full article

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The Business of Art w/ Jeremy Cranford (Blizzard Entertainment) @ The Art Institute of California Inland Empire (7/29/17)

Special thanks to Jeremy Cranford and Thomas Brilliante for making this event possible. For more updates on future events like this in the southern California area, please consider following Inland Arts on FaceBook. (Text-only version of this document available on FaceBook)

James Cranford’s life

Humble beginnings: migrant parents, food stamps, etc.

Attending college was difficult because of finances, but he ended up studying graphic design because he got a scholarship

After doing graphic design for years, he got an art directing job with "Magic the Gathering” and working in games/illustration since 1996

Worked on “Metal World” style guide for “Mirrodin” set (2002)

What would environments look like on a metal planet? Rust, things hovering with magnetism, rolling silver plane, big metal spikes, mercury seas, retina green forests

Environments help you solve what the humanoids/creatures will look like in the environment

The humanoids/creatures? Enamel/scabs is replaced with metal, big metal bracers on humanoids

Also worked on "Spirit World” style guide for "Kamigawa” set (2003)

Started with the desire to help MtG sell better in Japan, which was a challenge because traditionally MtG is based on Arthurian lore/visuals

Unsure about just having American/Western artists riff on Japanese imagery, so he hired some Japanese artists to create more authentic content, which resulted in a very different feel

Example of a brief he didn’t like that he turned around into an engaging project

Also worked on “Ravnica” style guide

Brief: “overdeveloped urban fantasy setting”

Mountains = smelting buildings

Lead was very against having buildings on land cards, but this is an example of Jeremy challenging convention… why could land cards have buildings!?

Risked his job on this point because he really believed in it, and it ended up being a great decision

The creative solution may be an uphill battle, but it will always win out

Plains = created by the tops of buildings, inspired from looking out at the city from the World Trade Center

Swamps = city sewers, obviously

Forest = where they grew their food

First set when they started mixing colors (which are like “cultures” in MtG lore), which was an awesome opportunity to expand and develop new ideas

Blue/green = technology elves

Black/green = voodoo elves (inspired by New Orleans)

Black/red = fire demons, obviously

White/black = basically Catholicism

Red/white = military

Blue/red = mage + technology

First set to have a promo video (inspired by game cinematic trailers, intended to introduce the world)

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Began working on World of Warcraft at Blizzard when they released a trading card game

Style was a bit of a learning curve (less realistic, more stylized)

Soon after, started working on miniatures game, which taught him a lot about manufacturing and allowed him to travel to China, etc.

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He took a risk and left Blizzard to start a start-up with his friends called Solforge

It was fun for about 6 months, but he never regretted the experience because he learned a lot

Goal was to push things more sic-fi (nuclear winter world)

His philosophy over the years has been to take risks, embrace junctures in life, and have faith in the direction you’re going

Every time he took a risk, the pay off ended up being worth it

The universe has a way of showing you the path that’s most right for you

He says most of what he’s tried never works out, and he just ends up doing the next best thing - which turns out to be his career

Doesn’t always know what he wants to do, but definitely knows what he doesn’t want to do

Always wants to challenge convention

“Don’t try to make the art you do what you think it should do, rather let the art take you where it wants to go.” - Ben Thompson

“Leap, and build your wings while you’re falling.” - Ray Bradbury Finds inspiration from Borge Ousland (first human to go from Russia to Alaska)

Saw people’s discouragement as feedback/critique

Constant failures for 10 years, but learned a little every step of the way that led to his eventual success

Stick with it

Also finds inspiration from Richard MacDonald (inspirational sculptor, experienced a lot of misfortune, embodies the blind faith Jeremy talks about)

Advice for mastering your craft, building a portfolio, and being a professional

Being an art director is like being a coach - if the product isn’t performing well, the company looks to replace the art director

It may take you longer to master your craft than 4 years in college (DaVinci took 7 years)… be patient with yourself!

When he looks for an artist, he looks for a professional

Master your skills

Master drawing, anatomy, and rendering light onto form

Go to life drawing regularly… even if you’re not in school

He oftentimes looks at the hands

Master design, not just drawing realistically

Creaturebox is a great example

Large, medium, small shapes

High density detail (busy) vs. low density detail (rest)

Master painting and color theory

Nathan Fowkes is a great example

The best color is not always the most “realistic” colour

Master composition, eye flow, value groups, and negative shapes

Wayne Reynolds and Frazetta are great examples

If you’re struggling, check out Edgar Payne’s book on composition

Have a plan before you paint and add all your detail

Jomaro adds “working in threes” is a good idea - working in twos becomes “equal” and too “balanced”

Master story, emphasis, mood, and point of view

Ian McQue's work in the “John Carpenter” art book is a great example

Just because your rendering is perfect doesn’t mean people will care about what you’re drawing

What are you trying to communicate? Write that down and make sure you execute it!

Creating without a clear objective is a waste of time

Don’t cheat yourself - if you’re trying to hide your flaws… fix them!

Don’t use effects/tricks to hide your shortcomings

After you master your skills, target a market and advertise yourself (ArtStation, DeviantArt contests, etc.)

Send out cold-emails

See if you can get current employees to refer you to art directors

If you get rejected, evaluate your work and actually assign yourself tasks to improve on it

Pro life tips!!

Don’t be a drunk (why party when you can improve your skill?)

Dedicate yourself to your career/something higher/something you love

Have some range (in your portfolio) - never say “that’s not my style!”

Consider: reality vs. fantasy (in content), realism vs, abstraction (in style)

“I’m on it!” Never be an emotional tax on your team/leads - art directors will always go back to the artists that make things easy

This doesn’t mean be a pushover

"Show me the Money!” Think about how much you’re being paid and how many hours you’re putting in… are you even getting paid minimum wage?

If you’re being paid less than you’re worth/less than minimum wage, it’s not worth it… and you’re hurting the whole industry!

You’re better off investing in yourself - work at Starbucks and build a strong portfolio at night/on the weekends

As your skills go up, the money goes up (you need to go from good to great if you’re going to make it)

Do you know why you do what you do?

If it’s for the money… maybe you should just go into banking, because this isn’t really a path to make money

Jeremy does it because he simply enjoys it, which takes the pressure off

"You’re okay, I’m okay”

Growing up, Jeremy had a lot of depression because he was seeking external approval

If you get your approval from within, you aren’t giving the power to others to put you down

You’re the final authority on how you fell about yourself, how you treat others, and what you love and want to do

There’s beauty in diversity - just be good to each other and celebrate your differences

Question time!

Where should I go to school?

Depends on what you want and how your learn best - really successful people have not gone anywhere and really unsuccessful people have gone to great schools

Maybe consider non-traditional schooling like GumRoad and New Masters Academy

At the end of the day, you need the skills, and however you get them doesn’t really matter

How do you manage your time to develop range and show that range in a portfolio?

When you email an AD/recruiter, consider attaching 3 images that highlight what that contact is looking for in the email… and then lead them to the rest of your work if they’re interested

That’s all you need for “portfolio geared to a company” - you don’t need a full portfolio geared to a portfolio if you have 3-5 images you can attach to an email

Keep your portfolio updated! Don’t leave up bad work from a long time ago!

Even when you’re not asked to, following up on feedback from ADs/recruiters with new work is a great way to stay in contact and establish your worth

If you gear your portfolio towards one company and you can’t get into that company, you might have trouble getting into other companies

However, if you have a very rangey portfolio, sometimes all you need is an art test to prove you can execute the style

Know your stylistic limitations, too - if you know you can’t do something, don’t waste your time and the AD/recruiter’s

Having trouble focusing? Set an explicit goal for yourself/make an assignment for yourself… and set a deadline for it (or else you’ll never finish it)!

How do you connect with an AD without being annoying but also not getting ignored?

ADs are busy people, at the end of the day

Consider joining a forum/contest… sometimes your peers are better critics for you than an AD

Develop a circle of trust (people you trust to give you good feedback)

When you do meet an AD, remember “everyone is people…” don’t be weird about it!

Don’t be embarrassed/ashamed of negative feedback… own it and be fearless!

Remember: it’s normal to ask ADs/recruiters to look at your work… just ask for permission, give them an opportunity to say “no,” and if they do say “no,” offer to follow-up or leave your email/card

Also remember to maintain relationships with professionals, because they might be keeping an eye on you and hire you in the future… address their feedback, explain how you improved, etc.

How do you form a good narrative in a painting?

“Create a picture that has a gap for the viewer to fill in”/“Don’t answer/render everything” (Jomaro adds - “like a trailer!”) - Frazetta is a great example of this

Engage the viewers curiosity and get them to want to know what’s happening

Maybe look at storyboard artists/sequential artists

Also maybe identify a feeling/single word/etc. that embodies your piece… and strive to communicate it fully!

You can execute a complex idea in a very simple way

Do ADs judge you on your backlog/old work?

Always be producing work, or else you’re stagnant!

Always update your work with your newest stuff

ADs love seeing jumps in quality!

ADs aren’t gonna judge you for old work they find in a deep-dive, but be sure to put your best foot forward and have that easiest to find

What can you do to stay in touch while you’re waiting for a response on an art test?

Once you submit the test, it’s out of your hands

If it’s been a week, try following up with HR asking if there’s anything else you can do

If you get radio silence, it’s not the end of the world - be positive about your experience and open to future opportunities

Do you need to master digital/PhotoShop/ZBrush/etc. just like you master anatomy/colour/etc.?

If you’re skills and design are good, they’ll show through in any medium, but at the same time, not knowing PhotoShop at all can get you dinged when working in-house

What was your favourite project to work on and what did you learn from it?

“Ravnica,” because he struggled with self-doubt and had to put his job on the line for something he believes in

HearthStone has also been a blast

Is there anything outside of art that helps you as an artist?

Everything he’s told you not to do, he did himself, which is why he’s trying to help you avoid it

Letting go of the idea that his self-worth was determined by how other people saw him… compete only against yourself

It helped to stop taking himself so seriously and just have fun… eliminated the pressure and lets the creativity flow

Stop trying to get everyone to like you and your work!

Don’t just be a theory expert… put things into practice!

The biggest thing people are lacking is the mileage

Don’t get deflated by feedback… actually integrate it!

Don’t get discouraged by people who are better than you that have been doing it for longer… that’s normal!

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MOVIE MUSICAL DIVAS TOURNAMENT: ROUND 1 MASTERPOST

One-hundred Divas go in, only fifty come out.

All Polls Here

Completed:

Judy Garland vs. Liza Minnelli Asha Bhosle vs. Betty Garrett Jessica Harper vs. Patricia Quinn Lena Horne vs. Doris Day Ellen Greene vs. Twiggy

Pearl Bailey vs. Anita Ellis Ginger Rogers vs. Cyd Charisse Ruby Dee vs. Dolores Grey Nancy Carroll vs. Jo Kennedy Vivian Blaine vs. Esther Williams

Diana Ross vs. Audrey Hepburn Ethel Waters vs. Irene Dunne Lesley Ann Warren vs. Susan Sarandon Helen vs. Lone Hertz Kathryn Grayson vs. Virginia O'Brien

Deborah Kerr vs. Eleanor Powell Whitney Houston vs. Maria Friedman Chita Rivera vs. Jane Powell Kay Thompson vs. Alice Pearce Lata Mangeshkar vs. Zizi Jeanmaire

Natalie Wood vs. Bernadette Peters Maxine Sullivan vs. Ruby Keeler Jane Russell vs. Rosalind Russell Dorothy Dandridge vs. Ann-Margret Rita Moreno vs. Marilyn Monroe

Carol Burnett vs. Lucille Ball Little' Nell Campbell vs. Whoopi Goldberg Shirley Jones vs. Betty Buckley Cuckoo Moray vs. Josephine Baker Debbie Reynolds vs. Marni Nixon

Ethel Merman vs. June Allyson Catherine Deneuve vs. Françoise Dorléac Alice White vs. Lupe Vélez Vyjayanthimala vs. Leslie Caron Helen Kane vs. Jeanette MacDonald

Glynis Johns vs. Julie Andrews Betty Hutton vs. Vera-Ellen Bea Arthur vs. Shirley MacLaine Joan Crawford vs. Rita Hayworth Jessie Matthews vs. Bebe Daniels

Eileen Brennan vs. Moira Sherer Madeline Kahn vs. Charmian Carr Ann Miller vs. Mitzi Gaynor Barbra Streisand vs. Bette Midler Hermione Gingold vs. Claire Luce

Ann Reinking vs. Gwen Verdon Eleanor Parker vs. Susanna Foster Miss Piggy vs. Eartha Kitt Olivia Newton-John vs. Dolly Parton Angela Lansbury vs. Rosemary Clooney

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'UFC Fight Night 148' results: Stephen Thompson vs Anthony Pettis

‘UFC Fight Night 148’ results: Stephen Thompson vs Anthony Pettis

Promotion: Ultimate Fighting Championsip (UFC)

Title: “UFC Fight Night 148”

Venue: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Date: March 23, 2019

PRELIMINARY CARD

Jordan Espinosa vs Eric Shelton

DIVISION: Flyweight

WINNER: JORDAN ESPINOSA

METHOD: Unanimous Decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)

TIME ROUNDS: 3

REFEREE:

Chris Gutierrez vs Ryan MacDonald

DIVISION: Bantamweight

WINNER: CHRIS…

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#Anthony Pettis #Stephen Thompson #UFC Fight Night 148

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thesportssoundoff · 6 years ago

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“A Brief Return Back To FS1 On ESPN+” UFC Nashville Fight Preview

(So head up off the jump, I'm traveling to a convention deal gimmick on Friday and rolling back in on Saturday afternoon-ish so chances are I might miss this card even with the app. Either way I'm sure dudes around here will be able to provide the same consistent top flight analysis they always do without me agitating them)

Joey

March 22nd

I feel like we've officially reached our throwback portion of the program. The first few UFC on ESPN+ events have been either really good (Brazil, the most recent one from the UK) or quick and violent enough (Wichita and Prague) to where everything still feels fresh and fun. I don't know if I'd call it a Honeymoon period or just a better understanding of how to broadcast MMA but either way, there hasn't really been a BAD UFC card. This one might be the first throwback to the days of yore. I'm talking about something that feels worse than bad; an inconsequential card where nothing matters and nobody goes anywhere. The show is headlined by a meaningless striker vs striker fight that some folks on the interwebs drummed up as a pseudo dream fight with Showtime Pettis vs Stephen Thompson getting top billing. The co-main event is a genuinely intriguing battle between HWs with Curtis Blaydes taking on Justin Willis and while a great third bout with Nasrat Haqparast vs John Makdessi was scheduled, it got scrapped due to injuries. Now Makdessi vs Peru's Jesus Pinedo is your third fight with Deveison Figueredo vs Jussier Formiga as the fourth support. The rest is a bunch of a blegh but we'll find some good stuff.

Fights: 12

Debuts: Ryan Macdonald, Jordan Espinosa

Fight Changes/Injury Cancellations: 3 (John Makdessi vs Nasrat Haqparast CANCELLED/Jesus Pinedo vs Chris Gruetzmacher CANCELLED/Martin Day OUT, Ryan Macdonald IN vs Chris Gutierrez)

Headliners (fighters who have either main evented or co-main evented shows in the UFC): 4 (Anthony Pettis, Stephen Thompson, Curtis Blaydes, Randa Markos)

Fighters On Losing Streaks in the UFC:

Fighters On Winning Streaks in the UFC: 7 (Deveison Figueredo, Jussier Formiga, Justin Willis, JJ Aldrich, Marlon Vera, John Makdessi, Frankie Saenz)

Main Card Record Since Jan 1st 2017 (in the UFC): 30-8

Anthony Pettis- 2-2 Stephen Thompson- 1-2 Curtis Blaydes- 4-1 Justin Willis- 4-0 Jussier Formiga- 3-1 Deveison Figueredo- 4-0 Jesus Pinedo- 1-0 John Makdessi- 2-0 Luis Pena- 1-1 Steven Peterson- 1-1 Maycee Barber- 1-0 JJ Aldrich- 3-0

Fights By Weight Class (yearly number here):

Women’s Flyweight- 2 (10) Flyweight- 2 (6) Bantamweight- 2 (15) Featherweight- 2 (13) Lightweight- 1 (16) Welterweight- 1 (19) Heavyweight- 1 (8) Women’s Strawweight- 1 (7)

Middleweight- (7) Light Heavyweight- (10) Women’s Bantamweight- (2)

2019’s Records We Keepin Track Of:

Debuting Fighters (7-14): Ryan Macdonald, Jordan Espinosa

Short Notice Fighters (6-6): Ryan Macdonald

Second Fight (18-5): Chris Gutierrez, Bobby Moffett, Bryce Mitchell, Maycee Barber

Cage Corrosion (Fighters who have not fought within a year of the date of the fight) (7-11):

Undefeated Fighters (8-9): Maycee Barber, Deveison Figueredo, Ryan MacDonald, Bryce Mitchell

Fighters with at least four fights in the UFC with 0 wins over competition still in the organization (5-5):

Weight Class Jumpers (Fighters competing outside of the weight class of their last fight even if they’re returning BACK to their “normal weight class”) (7-5): Maycee Barber, Luis Pena, Anthony Pettis, JJ Aldrich

Twelve Precarious Ponderings

1- Who thought this main event was a good idea and why? This has good idea on paper but bad idea in reality draped all over it which makes it hard to stomach as a big fight. It sort of feels like that Urijah Faber vs Frankie Edgar fight except we knew that Faber was successful at 145 lbs so even if it was farcical, we had something to hang our hats on for some intrigue. Wonderboy vs Anthony Pettis doesn't even have THAT going for it since Pettis has never been a successful competitor at 170 lbs IF he's even taken a fight at 170 lbs. If this was some test run 165 lb catchweight bout I'd be intrigued by it but this just feels like a dumb idea on paper that's going to be borderline egregious upon execution.

2- The genesis of this fight is apparently based upon Duke Roufus claiming to have some kind of a strategy to help Anthony beat Wonderboy. What pray tell is that strategy.

3- I wonder if Thompson would've taken this fight if he could've predicted that Till would lose to Masvidal and Usman would beat Woodley. The path to a title shot is so much easier to sneak in now with both out of the picture but Thompson is fighting a monumentally inconsequential fight at the top of the bill of this show. Now granted according to Wonderboy this was SUPPOSED to be Ponzinibbio but Ponz didn't take the fight. Either way, this fight does little to advance his title shot agenda.

4- Does the UFC have a rooting favorite in Blaydes vs Willis? Is this the one genuinely good HW fight nobody cares about?

5- If there was a genuine reason to tune into this show besides "It's UFC!" and "Wonderboy vs Showtime might be weirdly cool!", it's a quartet of superb prospects all on this card worthy of your time. We can begin with Deiveson Figueiredo who has emerged as probably the top up and coming 125er in a dying division. It was rumored that the UFC offered a move up to 135 lbs for Figueiredo who opted instead to keep on kickin' at what remains at flyweight. Joe Benavidez is believed to be the #1 contender (if such a claim can even exist) but the FRESHEST fight for Henry Cejudo is Figueiredo. After that you have Luis "The Violent Bob Ross" Pena who is making the move down to featherweight for some reason after coming short vs Mike Trizano in his last fight. Pena is a really talented fighter who lacks the sort of middle ground in his fight game to deal with strong fighters who can go point A to point B in a gameplan and so the UFC recognized this and gave him a much smaller brawler type in Steven Peterson. That's a fine example of knowing a prospect. Maycee Barber is really young, ultra talented and one of the few bonafide fight finishers at flyweight so expect her to move quick. Lastly, the division may be going away but Jordan Espinosa is a really intriguing fluky record kind of guy (12-5) who has some Jon Dodson in his game. He kicks off the show vs similarly marked prospect Eric Shelton.

6- Is Angela Hill still a thing or has she settled in as a "fun" middle of the pack 115 lber now?

7- Bobby Moffett vs Bryce Mitchell is a weird fight to get a grasp on since both guys have somewhat controversial wins and neither are standout athletes. I can see this being a very fun squirrely fight. It's also worth remembering Bryce Mitchell tore a hole in his ballbag with a power tool and is somehow still competing so god speed to my dude.

8- Is Jussier Formiga the most credentialed "little" fighter (let's say 145 and below) to never get a title shot?

9- CHITO VERA! Marlon Vera returns after smelting Guido Cannetti in his backyard of Argentina to take on Frankie Saenz here in Tennessee. Really like this fight for both guys as Chito has gotten back into a groove after losses to John Lineker (in a fight he did far better than expected) and Douglas Andrade with wins over other dudes at the back end of 135 lbs. Marlon falls into that comfortable resting area between "just a solid action fighter" and "sneaky good" guy and a win over Frankie Saenz could go a long way towards creeping further and further up the latter category.

10- Peru's Jesus Pinedo gets a really tough late notice call up in John Makdessi but there are some avenues he can win this fight. Like most fighters from places like Mexico, Peru, Argentina and so on, they fight with a reckless abandon that comes from raw athletic traits with a lack of high level fight experience. We've seen Makdessi struggle against guys who fight similarly to that and while Makdessi is in the midst of a career renaissance of sorts, he's still a guy who at times needs space and pace to really get going. If it turns ugly and Pinedo can avoid being flattened, he might have a shot.

11- Will anyone from the Chris Guiterrez and Ryan MacDonald fight be in the UFC a year from now?

12- Alexis Davis vs Jennifer Maia has potential to be an all time clunker.

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