For the first time in nearly two decades, the UFC is going back to Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The card will be headlined with a battle in the welterweight division as Stephen”Wonderboy” Thompson stands toe to toe with Anthony”Showtime” Pettis. Thompson is seeking to get back into the win column for the first time since November 2017 and is a -380 favorite to do so, while Pettis is competing in welterweight for the very first time in 11 years and is now a +290 underdog. I have a breakdown and select for every single fight on the primary card.
Shark Bites
Stephen Thompson only absorbs 2.51 significant strikes per minute.
Stephen Thompson hasn’t dropped fights.
Anthony Pettis is 3-6 in his last nine fights.
Stephen Thompson vs Anthony Pettis
Thompson (-380) is on the worst stretch of his career, going 1-2-1 in his past four fights, such as a draw and a loss against Tyron Woodley in his two attempts to get the welterweight strap plus a unanimous-decision defeat to Darren Until last May. Prior to the new rough patch, Wonderboy had gone 13-1, including successes over now-middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and present Bellator welterweight champ Rory MacDonald.
The 36-year-old is a kickboxer who places an emphasis on stage fighting instead of going all out for the knockout. That being said, if you pressure himhe has the power to put you to sleep as seven of his 14 professional wins have come by T/KO, however he hasn’t earned a success in that manner since 2016. Thompson struggles long and is very fast, picking his opponents apart when in kicking range.
Pettis (+290) was around a win-one, lose-one streak over his last seven fights and most recently lost to Tony Ferguson at UFC 229 when he broke his hand in the next round. Showtime is competing at the welterweight division for the first time beneath the UFC bannerhaving just 1 bout at the weight class back in 2008, when he made a first-round knockout over Gabe Walbridge.

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” MGM Resorts International’s affiliation with the unsuccessful Alliance of American Football (AAF) continues to cost the company money. The latest AAF bill it’s now required to pay is a $500 fine enforced against Borgata Atlantic City. The NJ Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) enforced the good against Borgata for accepting stakes on the league with no DGE approval. According to a letter the DGE delivered to Borgata VP and General Counsel Patrick Mandamba

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Arnold Allen (-350) vs Gilbert Melendez (+265)

Arnold Allen (14-1) may be among the greatest fighters you have not seen before and also the chances suggest oddsmakers are taking him seriously against Gilbert Melendez (22-7). Allen will fly under the radar somewhat as he’s only fought once per year because 2014, but if he does struggle, fans are in for a treat.
Allen is somebody who lets his game do the talking and that he doesn’t have a tendency to be a character pre- or post-fight, which can hurt when it comes to marketing. He is making an attempt to be active as it is already his second battle in 2019. He comes into this bout undefeated at the UFC with a 5-0 record with two functionality of the night awards to his credit.
Gilbert Melendez, 12 years old than the upstart Allen, has been through wars with nearly everybody in the UFC. Melendez has no issue declined, entering the struggle. It’s never a good sign when a fighter should step away from the sport to find their love for it again. Following his final struggle, he did just that, but I have very real questions about the motivation of Melendez, that has not won since 2013.
This will be the biggest fight of Allen’s career and when he has a nice showing, it ought to vault him into the top 15, finally. He’s well versed and has shown an ability to adapt to the fight in front of him.
Interestingly, he has given away some of his approach already, saying:”I am ready for anything, I have had all sorts of fights. I have been in boring fights where nobody will get hit and you wind up winning without getting touched, and I’ve had fights where I’ve been in little brawls, kind of grinding fights, so I will be ready for whatever he brings. I’m just planning to outpoint him, outskill himand going to be a bit better than him on the night.”
I concur, and Allen should point-fight his way into a conclusion triumph, but he wants not to devote to Melendez, who will want a kill-or-be-killed firefight.

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The chances are updated for this weekend’s race at Bristol Motor Speedway, and defending race winner Kyle Busch remains the preferred, based on the lines of Westgate. Four motorists come in behind Busch in 8-1. Scroll through to sharpen up about the odds for Sunday.
The drivers aren’t 50-1 or better, but aren’t in the base of the chances board, either, and may present good price.

Daniel Suarez: 66-1

Alex Bowman: 66-1

Austin Dillon: 80-1
Ricky Stenhouse Jr..

Updated odds: 33-1

Opening Bristol odds: 25-1

2018 Bristol-1 finish: 4th

Best Bristol finish: 2nd (2014 spring race, 2016 summer race)

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The Dayton Flyers men’s basketball team is a midsize significant college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) representing the University of Dayton in Ohio. The Flyers play their home games.
A 2015 analysis of college basketball team valuations put Dayton No. 23 in the country with 2014 adjusted earnings in excess of $16.6 million (highest for non-football conference programs) and a valuation of nearly $84 million (second highest for non-football summit programs and higher than programs like Florida, Texas, and Michigan).
Soon the school hired Oklahoma City Thunder assistant trainer and Dayton alum Anthony Grant as head coach on March 30, 2017. Grant formerly served at Alabama and VCU. His first season at Dayton saw the Flyers finish 14-17 complete, the first time because the 05-06 season the team finished with a losing record.
His year featured breakout freshman Obi Toppin, who headed the team in the A10 to a third place finish. They also missed the NCAA championship for the second straight season, and lost their first game of the conference championship. They got a five seed but lost at Colorado in the first round.
Dayton has historical rivalries with various area teams including Xavier, Wright State, and Miami (Ohio), as well as fellow Catholic colleges like Marquette, DePaul, and Notre Dame. Dayton has fulfilled Xavier 158 times, more than any other competitor, and retains an 84–75 edge in the series through 2019. Xavier and dayton play for the Blackburn/McCafferty Trophy.
With the passing of Xavier into the Big East at 2013, Dayton hunted for a new Atlantic 10 rivalry game that involved a trophy. Each year Dayton plays Atlantic 10 rival St. Louis University for the rights to the Arch Baron Cup Arch Baron Cup.

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Canadian sports bettors seem once more for the very best horse racing odds, since the Belmont Stakes occurs on June, 8, 2019. Upgraded on Race Day – we supply pony bettors with all the finest Belmont Stakes chances in the table below. Post time, for the third leg of the US horse racing Triple Crown, is 6:45 PM EDT!
A complete day has dawned on Belmont Park, in Elmont, New York, and the 151st Test of the Champion is now only hours away. In the event the race functions as bookmakers forecast – this really is a two-horse conflict as #10 Tactius and #9 War Of Will depart the gate side-by-side as top chalk. With all these longshots – exotics will pay large!
Belmont Stakes 2019 Recap: Congratulations to Sir Winston, Jockey Joel Rosario and Trainer Mark Casse, on a terrific triumph in the 151st Belmont Stakes. Sir Winston created a daring move at the top of the stretch and went on to win by one length over race favorite Tactius. Huge longshot Joevia, who was +5000 at SportsInteraction, finished Tax and third completed the Superfecta.

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