Alex Apodaca took the fight a month after her last one, walked in as high as +1500 against the most heavily favoured prospect the series has ever staged, and out-fought the NCAA champion for fifteen minutes. The broadcast called it the biggest upset the show has ever aired.
MMAThe legend outworked Ketlen Vieira over five hard rounds in Tampa, closed the three-fight farewell she announced two years ago, and then spent her retirement speech calling out a boxing world champion. The greatest résumé in women’s MMA history added a round number on Saturday. It did not add an ending.
WrestlingThe Olympic champion waited six weeks for the rematch and needed barely half a minute to end it: single-leg, four-point slam, trapped arm, shoulders flat. Then both men danced. The wrestling rivalry is level at one apiece, the trilogy is already being negotiated on the mic, and retirement keeps getting busier.
MMAThe hometown main event went to the visitor on the scorecards, the commission sheet says the win was worth exactly double, and the night’s heaviest news arrived a day later.
MMAThe man who built The Great’s career has watched the Brazilian knockout artist retool his wrestling inside the Freestyle MMA room, and his verdict on the Tsarukyan matchup is blunt.
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