UFC 126 this Saturday night featured a title fight between two of the top middleweights in the world; Champion Anderson Silva and formidable challenger Vitor Belfort. Going into the bout the middleweight kingpin Silva faced quite a bit of critics as many fans felt of late Silva has toyed with several of his opponents rather than going for the finish.
Well fight fans, this clash wasn’t one of those nights.
It took Silva all of three and a half minutes to separate Belfort from consciousness. After a brief feeling out process, Silva used straight front kick to the jaw from out of nowhere against his unsuspecting opponent. This was a particularly spectacular knockout as the type of kick Silva used is usually reserved for the midsection of the opponent. This could be the first time ever fans of Mixed Martial Arts have seen a maneuver like this land flush on an opponent and end a fight, a title fight no less.
In high school basketball circles I’ve heard plenty of chatter about Jamestown forward Jaysean Paige being the front runner to win Western New York Player of the Year when the season is over. I do think a Jamestown player will warrant serious consideration, but feel a lot of the media has the wrong player. Darin Butts has been playing amazing basketball lately and in my mind, he’s the favorite.
When it comes to the Buffalo Sabres’ roller coaster season, about the only thing that remains certain is they’ll defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs. Saturday night was no exception at the HSBC Arena as Buffalo handed Toronto a 6-2 defeat. Buffalo has won all three meetings between the teams this season and are 29-9-1 against the Leafs since 2005.
The Bonnies used 3-pointer from Michael Davenport with 1.6 seconds left to overcome a one-point deficit and sink Atlantic 10 leader Duquesne, 64-62, on Saturday night in front of a raucous Reilly Center.
