导出博客文章The UFC can hang an under new management sign on the octagon.The new era under
the Hollywood entertainment conglomerate WME-IMG banner kicks off Saturday with
UFC 201 at Philips Arena in Atlanta. UFC President Dana White and the new owners
have suggested little will change immediately for the promotion.Robbie Lawler
can only hope that also means the staus quo remains at the top of the
welterweight division.The UFC still has plenty of buzz coming off the landmark
200 pay-per-view, though the aftermath has been sullied in recent weeks by
former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnars failed drug tests, as well as Jon
Jones earlier test failure.Holy Holm has been exposed as the next Buster Douglas
one-hit wonder more than a true rival for Ronda Rousey. And UFC 201 almost seems
like a speed bump as the promotion gears up for UFC 202 and the anticipated
rematch between Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor.But looking to steal the spotlight
is Lawler, making his third title defense in a remarkable career resurgence,
this time against Tyron Woodley. Lawler not only defeated Rory MacDonald and
Carlos Condit in his first two defenses, he earned fight of the night honors on
both cards.Lawler (26-10) is looking for more than earning that title for a
third straight card.No one ever wants fight of the night, he said. Every fight,
Ive gone in I want knockout of the night. I want to be in and out quick.
Sometimes these guys just have a lot of grit, theyre highly trained and I just
cant get them out of there so I get fight of the night. So its not necessarily
Im changing anything. Its like, Im just sick of fight of the night. I want to
knock people out.Lawler and Condit established a lofty benchmark for the best
fight of 2016 with their thrilling slugfest at UFC 195 in Las Vegas. Lawler was
awarded a narrow decision and both fighters kept going into a brutal fifth round
in which they struggled to lift their arms for punches or defense.A rematch
might have been the most intriguing option for both fighters. Lawler, who has
finished 20 of 26 fighters by knockout, instead matched up against Woodley.This
is who Im fighting. My coaches and guys decided who they wanted me to fight
next, he said.The former all-state wrestler from Iowa had his first UFC fight in
May 2002, but was out of the promotion by 2005. Back for a second shot, Lawler
now stands behind only flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson as the
longest-reigning champion in the UFC.Im not excited, he said. Im just a mean
fighter whos looking to go out there and finish people and do what I do.Woodley
(15-3) wrestled at Missouri and will try to use that as a counter to Lawlers
superior standup skills. Woodley is fighting for his first championship over
seven fights in his UFC career and lost his only other pro title fight in 2012
when he competed in Strikeforce.The difference between me then and me now is
that Im putting everything together, Woodley said. You guys have seen the
submission games, youve seen the wrestling games, youve seen the striking game.
Over time, I just matured as a fighter and its my time to seize it. Im putting
everything together and Im ready to take off.The UFC is ready to take off as
well, with WME-IMG set to try and take the dominant mixed martial arts promotion
in the world into yet another level. The UFC was sold for approximately $4
billion, with Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta out and White still the boss and public
face of the company.Other fights of note on the main card are Rose Namajunas vs.
Karolina Kowalkiewicz; Matt Brown fights Jake Ellenberger in a welterweight
bout; and Francisco Rivera fights Erik Perez.
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. Those lessons were more than enough to overwhelm the Utah Jazz. Lou Williams
scored 25 points and the Hawks continued their offensive upswing as they rolled
to an easy 118-85 victory over the Jazz on Friday night, winning their third
straight and for the fourth time in five games. BALTIMORE -- Donald Trump was
greeted with cheers on his arrival at the annual Army-Navy game, basking in one
of the nations most storied football rivalries as he prepares to enter the White
House.The future commander in chief, protected by panes of bulletproof glass,
waved to the crowd Saturday and pumped his fist as he arrived during the first
quarter of the 117th game between the military academies at West Point and
Annapolis. The game, on a sunny but chilly day, was being held on relatively
neutral ground, at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.Trump, in an interview with
CBS Sports announcers Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson, said he was totally
neutral on the outcome of the game and quipped that he might make Lundquist, who
was retiring from the play-by-play booth, his ambassador to Sweden.I just love
the armed forces, love the folks. The spirit is so incredible. I mean, I dont
know if its necessarily the best football, but its very good. But boy do they
have spirit, Trump said. Navy had won 14 straight contests in the rivalry, but
Armys underdog Black Knights prevailed, 21-17, in a fourth quarter comeback that
came weeks after Trumps stunning victory over Hillary Clinton.Trump spent the
first half of the game in the box of David Urban, a West Point graduate and top
adviser in battleground Pennsylvania, and the second half in the box of retired
Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North, a graduate of Annapolis. Durinng the Ronald Reagan
administration, North was the National Security Council aide most directly
involved in covertly selling arms to Iran and providing military assistance to
the Contras, a group seeking to overthrow Nicaraguas left-leaning
government.ddddddddddddTaking a break from his deliberations for his Cabinet,
Trump was joined at the game by several top advisers, including incoming White
House chief of staff Reince Priebus, senior adviser Steve Bannon, former New
York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Gen. Mike Flynn, Trumps choice for National
Security Adviser. Former Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson was also
spotted inside the box.Trump did not formally switch sides at halftime in the
traditional symbol of commander in chief neutrality -- which President Barack
Obama did most recently during the 2011 game -- because Trump is not the sitting
president. The incoming president is a 1964 graduate of the New York Military
Academy, a private prep school near West Point.Trumps appearance at the football
game capped off a week of rolling out Cabinet picks, holding thank you rallies
in North Carolina, Iowa and Michigan, and trying to cement his incoming Senate
majority with Saturdays runoff election in Louisiana.---Follow Ken Thomas on
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