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United for Eric Bailly loan move

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United for Eric Bailly loan move
Manchester United defender Eric Bailly is close to completing a loan move to Marseille, with an agreement between the clubs reached Phil Haigh writes for Metro 50.
 
The Premier League and Ligue 1 sides have settled on a loan with an option to buy for the 28-year-old, with personal terms still to be agreed upon, according to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano.

That is not expected to be much of a stumbling block, though, with the Ivorian keen to seek out first-team football elsewhere after being frozen out at Old Trafford.

 

The centre-back made just four Premier League appearances last season and has not been involved yet this season.

New United manager Erik ten Hag has brought in Lisandro Martinez at centre-back and Bailly is now behind the Argentinian, Harry Maguire, Raphael Varane and Victor Lindelof in the pecking order in his favoured position.

 

Bailly has been at Manchester United for six years now, signing from Villarreal in 2016 for £30m, but he has only made 70 Premier League appearances since then, often struggling to stay fit and maintain a spot in the first team.

 

His contract at Old Trafford runs until 2024, with the club holding an option for a further year, but it may well be that he has already played his last game for the Red Devils.

 

Bailly is not the only centre-back at Old Trafford who looks to have little chance of making it into the first team.

 

Phil Jones and Axel Tuanzebe also remain at the club despite links to moves away, with the latter linked to teams in Turkey, Italy and the Premier League but nothing coming of it yet.

UFC 2022 schedule: Every major fight happening this year

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UFC 2022 schedule: Every major fight happening this year

Here’s a look at every upcoming event announced by the MMA promotion so far

 

Following one of the most successful and engrossing years in the history of the UFC, the mixed martial arts promotion will look to keep building in 2022, Alex Pattle reports for Independent.

 

2021 saw Conor McGregor fight twice, marking his most active year since 2016. The Irishman lost to Dustin Poirier in each outing, suffering a horrific broken leg in the most recent, but he is targeting a summer return to the Octagon.

 

Elsewhere, newer stars like Israel Adesanya, Khamzat Chimaev and Sean O’Malley are looking to further enhance their legacies and profiles, while featherweight queen Amanda Nunes will surely seek to regain her bantamweight belt after losing it to Julianna Pena in a major upset in December.
 
Islam Makhachev continues to pursue his goal of becoming lightweight champion to follow in the footsteps of his close friend and cornerman Khabib Nurmagomedov, while the men’s bantamweight division is set to see a unification bout between its interim champion Petr Yan and official title holder Aljamain Sterling – with the heavyweight title having been unified in January when Francis Ngannou outpointed Ciryl Gane.

Here are all the UFC events and fights announced for the coming weeks and months (cards subject to change):

 

Saturday 20 August – UFC 278 – Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City

 

Main card

Kamaru Usman (C) vs Leon Edwards 2 (welterweight title)

 

Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold (middleweight)

 

Jose Aldo vs Merab Dvalishvili (bantamweight)

 

Marcin Tybura vs Alexandr Romanov (heavyweight)

 

Tyson Pedro vs Harry Hunsucker (light heavyweight)

 

Prelims

 

Leonardo Santos vs Jared Gordon (lightweight)

 

Wu Yanan vs Lucie Pudilova (women’s bantamweight)

 

Sean Woodson vs Luis Saldana (featherweight)

 

Early prelims

 

AJ Fletcher vs Ange Loosa (welterweight)

 

Amir Albazi vs Francisco Figueiredo (flyweight)

 

Aoriqileng vs Jay Perrin (bantamweight)

 

Daniel da Silva vs Victor Altamirano (flyweight)

 

Saturday 3 September – UFC Fight Night – Accor Arena, Paris

 

<p>Former interim UFC heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane</p>

Former interim UFC heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane (Getty Images)

Ciryl Gane vs Tai Tuivasa (heavyweight)

 

Robert Whittaker vs Marvin Vettori (middleweight)

 

Nassourdine Imavov vs Joaquin Buckley (middleweight)

 

Charles Jourdain vs Nathaniel Wood (featherweight)

 

Alessio di Chirico vs Roman Kopylov (middleweight)

 

John Makdessi vs Nasrat Haqparast (lightweight)

 

Benoit Saint-Denis vs Christos Giagos (lightweight)

 

Zarah Fairn vs Ailin Perez (women’s featherweight)

 

Saturday 10 September – UFC 279 – T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas

 

<p>Nate Diaz (left) and Khamzat Chimaev have agreed to a welterweight clash </p>

Nate Diaz (left) and Khamzat Chimaev have agreed to a welterweight clash (Getty)

Nate Diaz vs Khamzat Chimaev (welterweight)

 

Denis Tiuliulin vs Jamie Pickett (middleweight)

 

Johnny Walker vs Ion Cutelaba (light heavyweight)

 

Jake Collier vs Chris Barnett (heavyweight)

 

Chad Anheliger vs Alatengheili (bantamweight)

 

Shamil Abdurakhimov vs Jailton Almeida (heavyweight)

 

Melissa Martinez vs Elise Reed (women’s strawweight)

 

Norma Dumont vs Danyelle Wolf (women’s featherweight)

 

Irene Aldana vs Macy Chiasson (women’s bantamweight)

 

Saturday 17 September – UFC Fight Night – UFC Apex, Las Vegas

 

<p>Bantamweight UFC contender Cory Sandhagen in action against Raphael Assuncao</p>Bantamweight UFC contender Cory Sandhagen in action against Raphael Assuncao (Getty Images)

Cory Sandhagen vs Song Yadong (bantamweight)

 

Giga Chikadze vs Sodiq Yusuff (featherweight)

 

Joe Pyfer vs Alen Amedovski (middleweight)

 

Anthony Hernandez vs Marc-Andre Barriault (middleweight)

 

Chidi Njokuani vs Gregory Rodrigues (middleweight)

 

Tanner Boser vs Rodrigo Nascimento Ferreira (heavyweight)

 

Andre Fili vs Lando Vannata (featherweight)

 

Mariya Agapova vs Gillian Robertson (women’s flyweight)

 

Maryna Moroz vs Sijara Eubanks (women’s flyweight)

 

Loma Lookboonmee vs Diana Belbita (women’s strawweight)

 

Saturday 22 October – UFC 280 – Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi

 

<p>Charles Oliveira (left) and Islam Makhachev will clash for the vacant lightweight belt </p>

Charles Oliveira (left) and Islam Makhachev will clash for the vacant lightweight belt (Getty Images)

Charles Oliveira vs Islam Makhachev (vacant lightweight title)

 

Aljamain Sterling (C) vs TJ Dillashaw (bantamweight title)

 

Beneil Dariush vs Mateusz Gamrot (lightweight)

 

Petr Yan vs Sean O’Malley (bantamweight)

 

Belal Muhammad vs Sean Brady (welterweight)

 

Marina Rodriguez vs Amanda Lemos (women’s strawweight)

 

Saturday 12 November – UFC 281 – Madison Square Garden, New York City

 

Israel Adesanya (C) vs Alex Pereira (middleweight title)

UFC 278 card: Usman vs Edwards and all fights tonight

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UFC 278 card: Usman vs Edwards and all fights tonight

All you need to know about the main card and prelims

Leon Edwards will seek to avenge a loss to Kamaru Usman when the pair clash in the main event of UFC 278 this weekend, as the Briton also attempts to become Britain’s second ever UFC champion, writes Alex Pattle, combat sports correspondence for the Independent.
Usman (20-1) earned a decision victory over Edwards (19-3, 1 No Contest) in 2015 as part of an ongoing 19-fight win streak, which led the Nigerian-American to the welterweight title in 2019.
Usman, 35, has since retained the title in five straight bouts, with two wins against Colby Covington, two against Jorge Masvidal, and one against Gilbert Burns. As such, the “Nigerian Nightmare” has declared that he is “lapping” the opposition, a point that he would drive home with a second victory over Edwards.

Usman – 2/7

 

Edwards – 13/5

 

 

Full card

 

Main card

 

Kamaru Usman (C) vs Leon Edwards 2 (welterweight title)

 

Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold (middleweight)

 

Jose Aldo vs Merab Dvalishvili (bantamweight)

 

Marcin Tybura vs Alexander Romanov (heavyweight)

 

Tyson Pedro vs Harry Hunsucker (light heavyweight)

 

Prelims

 

Leonardo Santos vs Jared Gordon (lightweight)

 

Wu Yanan vs Lucie Pudilova (women’s bantamweight)

 

Sean Woodson vs Luis Saldana (featherweight)

 

Early prelims

 

AJ Fletcher vs Ange Loosa (welterweight)

 

Amir Albazi vs Francisco Figueiredo (flyweight)

The big event: Anthony Joshua to clash with Oleksandr Usyk tonight

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The big event: Anthony Joshua to clash with Oleksandr Usyk tonight

George Glinkski of EXPRESS SPORT gives you everything you need to know about Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk II, including the time the main event is underway.

Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk are set to square off for a second time on August 20 at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In their last outing, Usyk comfortably outpointed ‘AJ’ at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London to claim the WBA (super), IBF, and WBO titles.

 

Now, Joshua will get a chance to rewrite the wrong with the added incentive of the lineal heavyweight title. Tyson Fury vacated the Ring Magazine strap following his re-retirement last week and it has now been added to the prize pool for this weekend’s blockbuster showdown.

 

The final missing piece – the WBC heavyweight title – is still in ‘The Gypsy King’s hands although Fury has been given until August 26 to decide whether he wishes to vacate.

 

What time will the fight start?

 

The main event is expected to start at 10.30 pm UK time. The main card will begin at 5 pm UK time while the rest of the undercard will take place much earlier in the afternoon.

The card will be shown on Sky Sports Box Office (Sky channel 491), Sky Sports Box Office HD (Sky channel 492) and in UHD (Dolby Atmos available) in the UK at a fee of £26.95. Both Sky and non-Sky customers can watch the fight.

In America, the fights will be shown on the streaming service DAZN.

 

Full undercard

 

Filip Hrgovic Vs Zhilei Zhang

 

Callum Smith vs Mathieu Bauderlique

 

Badou Jack vs Richard Rivera

 

Ramla Ali vs Crystal Garcia Nova

 

Andrew Tabiti vs James Wilson

 

Daniel Lapin vs Jozef Jurko

 

Ziyad Almaayouf vs Jose Alatorre

La liga August 2022 fixtures

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Saturday 20th August

 

Osasuna 16:30 Cadiz

 

Real Mallorca 18:30 Real Betis

 

Celta Vigo 21:00 Real Madrid

 

 

Sunday 21st August

 Athletic Bilbao 16:30 Valencia

 

Atletico Madrid 18:30 Villarreal

Real Sociedad 21:00 Barcelona

 

Monday 22nd August

 

Elche 19:00 Almeria
 
 Girona 21:00 Getafe

Bundesliga Fixtures

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Friday 19-Aug-2022 13:30 GMT-5
Borussia M’gladbach BMG
1
BSC
0
Hertha Berlin
Saturday 20-Aug-2022 8:30 GMT-5
Borussia Dortmund
BVB
SVW
SV Werder Bremen
multiple broadcasters
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
B04
TSG
TSG Hoffenheim
multiple broadcasters
VfL Wolfsburg
WOB
S04
FC Schalke 04
FC Augsburg
FCA
M05
1. FSV Mainz 05
VfB Stuttgart
VFB
SCF
SC Freiburg
Saturday 20-Aug-2022 11:30 GMT-5
1. FC Union Berlin
FCU
RBL
RB Leipzig
Sunday 21-Aug-2022 8:30 GMT-5
Eintracht Frankfurt
SGE
KOE
1. FC Köln
multiple broadcasters
Sunday 21-Aug-2022 10:30 GMT-5
VfL Bochum 1848
BOC
FCB
FC Bayern München

Premier League fixtures

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Tottenham v Wolves
8/20/2022, 7:30 a.m. ET
Everton v Nottingham Forest
8/20/2022, 10 a.m. ET
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa
8/20/2022, 10 a.m. ET
Fulham v Brentford
8/20/2022, 10 a.m. ET
Leicester City v Southampton
8/20/2022, 10 a.m. ET
Bournemouth v Arsenal
8/20/2022, 12:30 p.m. ET
West Ham v Brighton
8/21/2022, 9 a.m. ET

Latest on Possible Backstage Heat on CM Punk in AEW

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Latest on Possible Backstage Heat on CM Punk in AEW

As PWMania.com previously reported, “nobody knew” CM Punk would call out “Hangman” Adam Page for an AEW world title rematch at Dynamite on August 17th, 2022. It’s possible that CM Punk calling out Page was a “receipt” for something Page said in a promo prior to the 2022 Double or Nothing PPV.

 

According to a source, Page did not come to the ring in response to CM Punk’s challenge.

 

“Even if he was aware of it, what would he have done? Charged to the ring past Tony (Khan)? Interrupted a promo he knew he wasn’t supposed to be a part of? There was no way Hangman could have ‘won’ in that situation.”

 

During Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline.com noted that there are “no plans” for a CM Punk vs. Page match. Alvarez also said the following:

 

“There were a few people furious at CM Punk backstage, because Hangman is a well-liked guy. So they’re mad at Punk. Also, you have people who are on Punk’s side who say Hangman started this, so they’re mad that you’re mad at CM Punk. I know this is pro wrestling, and we have the MJF deal, but I was told that it’s not. It was started when Hangman was unprofessional, and CM Punk followed that up by making Hangman look like a fool.”

Deontay Wilder predicts “easy” win in Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk rematch

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Deontay Wilder predicts “easy” win in Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk rematch
According to Mirror boxing/UFC writer, Donagh Corby, Wilder knows a thing or two about world heavyweight title rematches having thrice faced Tyson Fury and re-matched both Luis Ortiz and Bermane Stiverne during his career.

Deontay Wilder predicts Oleksandr Usyk will “easily” beat Anthony Joshua in their world heavyweight title rematch on Saturday night.

 

The former champion is making his return to the ring on October 15 in New York to face Robert Helenius in New York, and is hoping to eventually forge a path towards an eventual bout with the Usyk vs Joshua 2 winner. And the American is backing the favourite in the second fight between the pair, having watched the Ukrainian take a comfortable win in his last outing against his rival.

 

Wilder has a famous history of world heavyweight title rematches, having thrice faced Tyson Fury. He also offered second chances at the WBC belt during his five-year reign to Bermane Stiverne, whom he beat for the title, and Luis Ortiz who was arguably winning both of their bouts before the American caught him and landed a pair of massive knockouts.

 

“My totally honest opinion is that it’s going to depend on the fighters,” Wilder explained during an appearance on the PBC Podcast. “A lot of time has passed and there’s been a lot of time given to strategize for the second time around. They say when you fight a person you know him a little bit better the second time, even a little bit more the third.

 

“It’s all going to be up to those guys. My heart says Usyk easily, he’s got the momentum now and how he was able to do it the last time around. But this is boxing at the end of the day and you just never know how it’s going to to end up panned out until the end of it. I wish them all the best of luck and I hope they get out of the ring just like they came in; safe and sound.”

Usyk entered the first fight with Joshua as a relatively sizeable underdog with oddsmakers given his status as a pound-for-pound great and unbeaten former undisputed cruiserweight champion. But after defying their predictions and handily outboxing Joshua over 12 rounds, the Ukrainian has flipped the odds completely and is now a major favourite.

 

Joshua has switched up his camp completely, bringing in the renowned American coach Robert Garcia to help train him for the second fight, having already brought 14 men to world titles. Meanwhile, Usyk set up shop in Dubai once the bout was confirmed after leaving the front lines of Ukraine’s war with Russia.
The bout is expected to be one of the highest grossing in the sport’s history, with both men making massive purses after an eye-watering site fee from Saudi Arabia to get the fight in Jeddah. Their initial meeting took place at the 63,000-capacity Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London, where Usyk entered as mandatory challenger and took the unified heavyweight belts.

Kamaru Usman, Leon Edwards bicker about style, cars and ‘envy’ before UFC 278 rematch

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Kamaru Usman, Leon Edwards bicker about style, cars and ‘envy’ before UFC 278 rematch
The tension between Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards turned up a notch ahead of Saturday’s UFC 278 main event rematch, reports MMA junkie writers, Mike Bohn and Ken Hathawa.

During Thursday’s pre-fight press conference, Usman (20-1 MMA, 15-0 UFC) and Edwards (18-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) traded barbs about plenty of things – much of which had nothing to do with this weekend’s fight inside the octagon for the welterweight title.

 

Edwards has repeatedly accused Usman of becoming too big for his britches as he’s become a more successful and a bigger star in the sport. The champion, however, promises nothing – including his upcoming movie role in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” – has not shifted his focus away from the task at hand.

“Talk is talk,” Usman told reporters, including MMA Junkie. “There’s one thing that got me here, and that’s my work ethic. Success only drives me to work even harder. If they think I’m slipping, it’s going to be a bad night for him.”

 

Despite Usman’s comments, Edwards stands by his beliefs going into UFC 278, which takes place at Vivint Arena and airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN/ABC and ESPN+.

 

“It’s not personal for me,” Edwards said. “I believe I am No. 1. I’m out to prove it. He’s just now wearing a t-shirt and closing up his t-shirt. It’s all good.”

 

Usman said he’s not particularly bothered by Edwards’ insinuations, and said it all stems from the challenger wanting what the champion has.

 

“If you looked like me, you would dress like this too,” Usman said. “It’s just envy. You look like me, you would dress like me too.”
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