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There will be two styles of fighting at work in the co-main events of UFC 220. Expect a tactical bout as Daniel Cormier defends his light-heavyweight title against top-rated contender Volkan Oezdemir. But the haymakers will fly and the distance is unlikely to be reached in the heavyweight title fight between champion Stipe Miocic and No. 1 contender Francis Ngannou. Between them, they average nearly nine significant strikes per minute.

Just a week-and-a-half away from the world's richest horse race, here's an updated look at Bovada future bet options for the $16 million Pegasus World Cup, set to be run on Saturday, January 27 at Gulfstream Park in Florida. Ten runners have been confirmed to date.

The racing season at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas is underway, and Monday the track hosts its first Kentucky Derby points race with the running of the $150,000 Smarty Jones Stakes. Seven three-year-old colts are expected to go to the gate looking to score Derby qualifying points.

There is an action packed weekend of soccer taking place in England and around Europe this weekend and this means there are ample opportunities to place plenty of wagers and try to make some money from betting on soccer. Where is my money going today? Let us find out.

The bye week couldn't have come at a worse time for the Philadelphia Flyers. They'd won three in a row and were making a concerted effort to move back into playoff contention. The New Jersey Devils, on the other hand, probably welcomed the break. They've lost five in a row and have yet to taste victory in 2018. These two Metropolitan Division rivals return to action facing each other.

It was back in the first week of the NFL season when the Saints traveled to Minnesota and were humbled 29-19 by the Vikings, but how much stock should you put into that outcome? Sam Bradford was at quarterback for the Vikings in that victory, and former Vikings superstar Adrian Peterson was at running back for the Saints. Both are no longer filling those roles on either team.

Of all the games in the NFL Divisional Playoff round, none arrives with the intrigue of this game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Jacksonville Jaguars. In Week 5 of the regular season, the Jags hammered the Steelers 30-9 right in Pittsburgh's Heinz Field. In 2007, Jacksonville won in Pittsburgh during the regular season and again in the divisional playoffs, and history does have a way of repeating itself.

One of two races this weekend offering Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top four finishers, the (G3) LeComte Stakes is set to go on Saturday from Fair Grounds Race course in New Orleans. The LeComte has drawn a full field of 14 to race one mile and 70 yards for a purse of $200,000.

The same two players who clashed in the Australian Open men's singles final a year ago are slated to do so again this year, according to the form charts. Rafael Nadal, last year's losing finalist, comes in as the top seed, while defending champion Roger Federer is the No. 2 seed. But that's a big step up the ladder from last year, when he opened as 17th seed.