TSN. wholesale nfl jerseys .cas MMA staff takes a look at some of the hottest issues in the world of mixed martial arts. 1) Is the UFC making the right move having Jon Jones fight Vitor Belfort at the UFC 152 in Toronto? James Lynch, TSN.ca - Im glad well be seeing Jon Jones on the Toronto card to finally add some star power to the event. This is definitely the right move and having an exciting middleweight like Vitor Belfort move up and take the fight is exactly what the Toronto event needed. Its also interesting because Belfort hasnt fought at light heavyweight since his 2007 Cage Rage victory over James Zikic, and it will be interesting to see how his power and speed translate. Other things to consider are that at 41 years of age, Dan Henderson may be on the shelf for a while, and the right thing for the UFC and Dan Henderson is take their time with his injury while keeping Jones active. While on paper the Jones vs. Belfort match favors the current champion (in terms of his height and reach advantage), Belfort has knockout power, and is a much more thrilling matchup than Lyoto Machida, who was rumored to face Jones on this card initially. Justin Boone, TSN.ca - As someone who resides in Toronto, I am definitely happy that the UFC has added more muscle to the upcoming event. However, I feel the move was made out of necessity. The promotion had no other event to slot the championship bout into. UFC 153 already has a title fight at the top with Jose Aldo now taking on Frankie Edgar in what should be an exciting fight. Waiting any longer only pushes back the next light heavyweight title fight, so Jones slides on top of the Toronto card and fans in Ontario get a chance to see him defend his title once again. While the card might look better on paper, the choice of opponent for Jones is highly questionable. Last time Belfort faced an elite opponent, he was violently knocked out in the first round by Anderson Silva. Jones is a bigger fighter, with a seven-inch reach advantage over Silva and a 10-inch reach advantage over Belfort. In the first meeting between Machida and Jones, at least Machida was able to remain competitive in the first round before being submitted a round later. Sonnen would at least entertain us with words before succumbing to the champions talent. Both Machida and Sonnen were much better options than Belfort. There is a reason why Belfort is a massive underdog in this bout and yes, in the UFC anything can happen, but its awfully hard to challenge for the title when you dont present a challenge at all. 2) Did Jon Jones make the right choice by turning down a title defense against Chael Sonnen at UFC 151? Boone - I guess this is the part where we pile on Jones for forcing the UFC to actually cancel a pay-per-view. I feel like the overwhelming majority of people would say that Jones made a mistake by declining a fight on short notice to save the event, but I also believe that Jones is paying the price for his decision. The light heavyweight champions popularity has taken a significant turn for the worse as Sonnen used the move to launch an all out assault on Twitter. While Jones decision may have been a bad one for his image, it could ultimately be a great turn of events for the UFC. Its been well documented that Jones pay-per-view numbers have suffered, perhaps because he has been so dominant in his short time in the octagon. Regardless, fans may tune in now in hopes of seeing the king get knocked off his throne. Sonnen has done his best to berate Jones and assuming the main event at UFC 152 goes like the oddsmakers expect it to, there could be a fight between Jones and Sonnen in the cards after all. Lynch - Jones shouldnt dictate who he fights, leave that up to matchmaker Joe Silva and the UFC. Youre the champion, and you should be taking on all comers, regardless of the fact that Sonnen doesnt deserve a title shot (going 2-2 in his last four fights and none at light heavyweight). Dana White revealed on the conference call that Jones coach Greg Jackson believed if Jones had taken the fight it would have been "the biggest mistake of his career". Really? So an opponent who fights at middleweight, coming off a brutal loss and clearly has a size disadvantage is a risk for Jones? I dont think so. Clearly Jones would have a variety of advantages including a full training camp, where as Sonnen would be taking a fight on a weeks notice. Im also pretty sure the UFC would have given Jones a nice payday if money was a concern. The irony about this whole situation is Jones recently stated that he didnt want a fight with Lyoto Machida in the near future because its not "a big money fight". Not only would a fight with Sonnen have been a big money fight but Jones has been rescheduled to fight Belfort, which is a much greater challenge than Sonnen posed. On top of all this, his boss is disappointed he turned down the fight and all the UFC 151 fighters had their bouts cancelled (first time in UFC history) because of his selfish attitude. Luckily many of the UFC 151 fighters have had their bouts rescheduled. Does Frankie Edgar deserve the title shot hes been given against Jose Aldo at UFC 153? Lynch - In any other situation, Id say no, but in this case I agree with the UFCs decision to pit the former lightweight champ in a super fight against the Brazilian 145-pound title holder. The New Jersey native lost not one, but two close fights to Benson Henderson and is still arguably the second best fighter in the lightweight division. He hasnt been finished through 18 fights and poses an interesting threat to the Nova Unio fighter with his wrestling and solid ground game. In addition, the lack of contenders in the featherweight division is evident, with injuries to Erik Koch and Chan Sung Jung, and other contenders like Chad Mendes and Mark Hominick have already lost to the featherweight king. Whats more interesting, is to see how Edgar will perform at featherweight, as hes revealed he didnt cut any weight when he was making his run in the 155-pound division. I think this fight has potential to be fight of the year and Im excited that the UFC is making this fight sooner rather than later. Boone - This may be the first time in recent history that an injury replacement has actually made a UFC main event more intriguing. Aldo is one of the pound-for-pound best fighters in the world and he hasnt been seriously tested in a while. Edgar is more of a contender in the featherweight division than anyone that could have stepped in otherwise and he will push the pace on the champion. With two straight close losses in lightweight title fights, it was going to be a while before the UFC could justify giving him another shot at the champion, so a move to featherweight and an instant championship bout is the perfect solution. While the opportunity is well deserved, Edgar will face the most difficult opponent of his career in Aldo. The reigning featherweight champ is undefeated in the UFC and hasnt been beaten in almost seven years. Edgar will try to become only the second man to ever earn a victory over Aldo. Edgar has gone the distance (five rounds) in five of his last six fights, with the other bout lasting four rounds. Edgar is someone who tends to get stronger as the fight goes on and he may get that chance against Aldo, who has seen the championship rounds in three of his last five bouts. With Jones and Belfort meeting in the main event at UFC 152, Edgar stepping in to challenge Aldo at UFC 153, Georges St-Pierre likely returning at UFC 154, and a heavyweight title fight between Junior Dos Santos and Cain Velasquez headlining UFC 155, the UFC is set up for nice run to end 2012. wholesale nfl jerseys . After qualifying third on Thursday the Toronto threesome all hit solid routines to finish second in the five-team final with 159.995 points. Great Britain won gold with 164.845 points and Belarus took the bronze with a score of 158. wholesale nfl jerseys .C. Lions. It was the third straight win for Saskatchewan (11-5), which can now finish no lower than second in the CFLs West Division. The Riders secured at least the chance to host the CFLs West Division semifinal by virtue of holding the tiebreaker against B. http://www.salechinajerseys.com/ . The Gators, the second seed in the Southeast Region, will face UCLA in third- round action on Saturday. 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Lotz made 65 saves but he was beat by Cole Ullys penalty shot in overtime that lifted the Kamloops Blazers to a 4-3 victory in Western Hockey League play Wednesday.The sub-plots run deep with all of the turnover and turmoil in Winnipeg over the last few weeks, but this week — the week of the annual Labour Day Classic in Regina — it is all about trying to find a modicum of success, their first win in nearly two months and working to re-tool the club piece by piece. “It really is, it is a rebuild so to speak, but you can only tweak week-to-week to get to the rebuild so the plan takes a little bit longer,” said Blue Bombers offensive coordinator Marcel Bellefeuille as he enters his second game in control of the offence. “You dont have a training camp. You have to game plan week-to-week. Youre trying to win football games. But you also have to have that balance and understand that you have long-term questions that also have to be answered.” Cue the familiar music: Same ol song and dance. As Bellefeuille, head coach Tim Burke, and acting general manager Kyle Walters spin their rosary beads, dig out the old rabbits foot and search the prairie sky for a shooting star hoping for a scenario that will bring an experienced and/or bona fide starting quarterback into the fold, the team is looking to work best with what they have. For now, thats Justin Goltz. “Its much simpler now with Marcels system, so I think hes just got to make sure he goes to the right side of the field with his reads, number one,” said Burke. “And then the other thing is to get his feet set ready to throw the ball. And I think that because its simpler for the quarterbacks, he knows right away where to go with the ball... Because it is simpler, that allows him to physically be better. Were hoping that translates well.” “I mean, really and truly hes basically in his rookie year. So it takes a little bit of time. A guy like Max (Hall), you probably dont need as much time to see him because he has a wealth of professional experience. And then a guy like Buck (Pierce), he just has to be healthy and go out and play his game. Everybody is a little bit different.” “I like what hes doing. Coach Bellefeuille has really helped clear some stuff up,” said Goltz of the new offence he has been working with since Gary Crowton was relieved of his coordinator duties two weeks ago. “I really like stepping up to the line of scrimmage and having a process, having clear-cut keys and directions to go with the football. It helps out as a quarterback being confident in where youre going with the football. And it helps out mechanic-wise, accuracy-wise when youre not second guessing yourself so I think its helped out quite a bit.” Burke is dealing with injuries at several positional areas, but most critically with his pivots.. Cheap Jerseys Black Friday. With Hall not yet 100 per cent after injuring his throwing hand in Week 9 and Buck Pierce out indefinitely with a suspected upper-torso injury suffered in the same game, the team will put its troubled offence in the hands of the 26-year-old as they enter the rowdy Labour Day confines of Mosaic Stadium where the majority of the 44,910 in attendance will be wearing green and working hard to deafen the Blue and Gold attack. “Everybody on offence has got to help our quarterbacks out, regardless of who the quarterback is,” added Winnipegs bench boss. “The receivers have to run the right routes. They have to beat people. Saskatchewan plays a lot of man-to-man coverage so the receivers have to beat their DBs. Our offensive line has to block well to protect the quarterback and to get the running game going.” “The thing I told our defence is; our offence is struggling so weve got to go out there and weve got to keep us in games. Weve got to play well enough to be in the game at the end of the game when we have a chance for our offence to win it. And thats the way we were in 2011. We had a good start to the season going 7-1 and we were playing great defence and we were winning the turnover battles as a team, and thats what weve got to do.” Burke “fondly” remembers 2011 when the then 7-1 Bombers entered Regina to face the 1-7 Roughriders. And just two years later the tables have turned completely. Now, can the club sitting at 1-7 once again take both of the back-to-backs from the 7-1 club like they did before? Notes: This week Winnipeg made several additions to their roster, including a few ex-Ticats that former Hamilton head coach Marcel Bellefeuille is familiar with: receiver Aaron Kelly, quarterback Jason Boltus, and defensive end Greg Peach. The team also signed former NFL-standout receiver Mike Sims-Walker, and journeyman kicker Brody McKnight. To make room, the team cut kicker Justin Palardy, receiver Isaac Anderson, and defensive end Freddie Harris. Aaron Kelly will start at wideout this week in place of Doug Pierce, while Sims-Walker, Boltus, and Peach will back up... Quarterback Max Hall, whose throwing hand was severely swollen early this week, took two days of practice and hopes to be nearing full health come game time. He will be the No. 2 option... Slotback Cory Watson returns this week after missing nearly a month with a hamstring pull suffered in practice... Slotback Rory Kohlert will be out a couple weeks with an injured hamstring... Guard Steve Morley will be out a month with a scheduled scope surgery on his knee... Andre Douglas will make his first start of the season at right tackle in place of Shannon Boatman. ' ' '