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UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is injured and has pulled out of a scheduled title defense against Anthony Johnson at UFC 206.The UFC said Saturday night that Cormier suffered a torn adductor in his groin, and a source close to the fighter told ESPN.com that he expects to be back in the gym in early 2017.MMAFighting.com first reported Cormiers withdrawal Friday. The 205-pound title fight was supposed to headline the pay-per-view card on Dec. 10 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.Johnson (22-5) addressed the situation on Twitter, saying he hopes Cormier has a full recovery.Cormier (18-1) responded to Johnson:It is not yet known whether Johnson will remain on the card. The bout was to be a rematch of a May 2015 title fight, when Cormier won the vacant title by submitting Johnson at UFC 187.A featherweight bout between Max Holloway and Anthony Pettis is currently scheduled as the co-main event of UFC 206. . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. .ca NFL Power Rankings, overtaking the Denver Broncos and remaining ahead of NFC competition San Francisco, Carolina and New Orleans. .Y. -- Paul Byron and Matt Stajan scored as the Calgary Flames started a five-game road trip with a 2-1 overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday afternoon. . -- Matt Ryan needed one of the best games of his career to lead the Falcons and their depleted offence out of their three-game losing streak last week. . Bradwell was scheduled to become a free agent Tuesday. Born and raised in Toronto, Bradwell is entering his sixth CFL season, with all six played for his hometown Argonauts. OCEANPORT, N.J. -- Unbridled Mo won her third consecutive race at the Monmouth Park meet Saturday, wearing down undefeated Tejana by a neck after a long stretch drive while making her stakes debut in the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks.Unbridled Mo, with Paco Lopez aboard, stalked the early pace three wide. She moved up outside pacesetting Tejana on the far turn, then continued doggedly in the stretch to get up in deep stretch.My filly doesnt have too much speed, so I wanted to just sit off the pace, Lopez said. She didnt have too much patience and wanted to go pressure the horse on the lead in the backstretch. She ran very well today and had to work for the win.Tejana, who was 2 for 2 coming into the Oaks, set realistic fractions of 24.06, 47.92, and 1:12.25 in the 1-1/16-mile race. She dug in gamely when challenged by the winner and just failed to last.Mo dAmour, who raced between horses in the second flight on the backstretch, moved up outside the top pair in upper stretch but lacked the needed closing kick and finiished third, three-quarters of a length behind Tejana.dddddddddddd It was 7 3/4 lengths back to A Place to Shine in fourth.Mo Green, who raced inside of Mo dAmour on the backstretch, hit the inner rail and was checked when things tightened up nearing the far turn. The stewards conducted an inquiry into the incident and jockey Antonio Gallardo aboard Mo Green lodged an objection against Nik
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