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QUOTES OF THE DAY
"If you ask me, this was my first start at Kansas because it meant something. Coach actually needed me, so I felt like that was my first official start."
Sophomore guard Elijah Johnson on starting against Oklahoma State
FACT OF THE DAY
Elijah Johnson will make his second consecutive start when the Jayhawks go to Oklahoma Saturday.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many different starting lineups have the Jayhawks had this season?
A: Seven
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An instant fan of mixed martial arts
MORNING BREW
I'm not much of a sports fan. I played baseball and soccer as a kid, but I never followed any professional sport very closely. Even though I'd watch the Royals and Chiefs from time to time, I never got terribly involved.
But when I discovered mixed martial arts, and more specifically the Ultimate Fighting Championship, I was instantly a fan.
UFC commentator Mike Goldberg has called MMA the fastest growing sport in the world, and in America it has taken me and many other sports fans by storm, to the detriment of boxing, a very similar sport.
MMA is quickly catching up to the audience size of the 2007 fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr., which brought in a whopping 2.15 million viewers.
The event UFC 100 drew in 1.6 million viewers through pay-per-view on July 11, 2009. The event featured two championship fights and one highly publicized fight between the two coaches from The Ultimate Fighter television series.
Already the popularity of MMA has allowed the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the biggest MMA promotion company, to move beyond Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas to host events in Puerto Rico, Japan, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia and the United Arab Emirates.
BY DAVID CAWTHON dcwthon@kansan.com
Not only can the UFC play to a diverse audience, but it is also able to bring in a diverse set of fighters, and these fighters bring in a diverse set of martial arts in order to compete against each other — boxers can fight against muai thai fighters; wrestlers can roll around with jiu jitsu fighters; kick boxers can take on judo practitioners. And many fighters train in multiple arts to be the best fighter to step in the octagon.
Tomorrow, UFC 127 will take place in Sydney, Australia. In the main event, BJ Penn (16-7) will battle it out with Jon
Fitch (26-3-0). I'm very excited for this fight, as BJ Penn has been one of my favorite fighters since I watched him take a beating from George St-Pierre in UFC 94. He is also my favorite to win this welterweight title elimination bout.
Fitch is an incredible fighter with a lot of experience and a great record, but I think Penn, with his ground game and superhuman flexibility, will be able to out-perform Fitch in the Octagon. I may be disappointed by my prediction, but either way I'm in for an exciting event in UFC 127 tomorrow.
— Edited by Helen Mubarak
BASKETBALL
Florida Gators push Georgia Bulldogs into the doghouse
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Kenny Boynton scored 18 points, half of them coming on three consecutive 3-pointers that changed the game, and No. 13 Florida beat Georgia 71-62 Thursday night.
_Erving Walker added 15 points, and Chandler Parsons chipped
in 16 in his return from a thigh injury.
The Gators clinched at least a share of the Southeastern Conference's Eastern Division for the first time since 2007 and could secure a No.1 seed in the league's postseason tournament.
Florida (22-5, 11-2 SEC) has won 14 of its last 16 games, including six in a row. The Gators swept
Georgia (18-9, 7-6) for the first time since 2008 and extended their home winning streak against the Bulldogs to nine.
Boynton had a lot to do with the latest victory.
The junior guard scored 12 consecutive points for Florida in the second half. He converted a three-point play on a fast break, then got hot from long range. He hit
three straight 3-pointers, essentially shooting Georgia out of its zone defense, and then followed with an assist that put the Gators up 63-53 with 5:09 to play.
Georgia answered, turning to Trey Thompkins inside, and cut the lead to 63-59 with 3:38 remaining. But Parsons had a clutch putback and the Gators made enough free throws down the stretch to
avoid any uneasy moments.
Travis Leslie led the Bulldogs with 20 points, six rebounds and four assists. Thompkins finished with 16 points and seven boards.
Georgia dominated much of the first half. But the Gators closed out the first half strong and opened the second half the same way. Parsons was the key early, then Boynton took over.
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LACROSSE
This weekend, The University of Kansas men's club lacrosse team will take on the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Iowa State Cyclones in Iowa City, Iowa.
Kansas takes on Iowa, Iowa State
BY BLAKE SHUSTER bshuster@kansan.com
The Hawkeyes are coming off two quality wins over Memphis and Arkansas. Iowa is led by senior Alex De La Pena with 10 goals and seven assists, and sophomore Jacob Kolar, with nine goals and one assist. De La Pena and Kolar have played a role in 27 of the 44 goals the Hawkeyes have scored in their hot start to the season.
KU sophomore Francis Enrigh will be a key component in the game against the Hawkeyes. Enrigh has been the spark to the offense leading the team in points, with six goals and eight assists, through the Jayhawks' first three games.
Not only will the Jayhawks face a deadly offense, but they will be doing so in what is considered to be the best home-field advantage in the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference: The Iowa "Bubble."
The Iowa "Bubble" is an indoor facility with cream-colored walls and a poor lighting system that creates distinct and distracting shadows, making it harder to follow the ball.
"The lighting is terrible," coach Dennis Shults said. "The goalies have a really hard time seeing shots coming in."
According to Shults, the Iowa game is the biggest conference matchup that Kansas will have all season. A win against the Hawkeyes could pave the way for a division title.
Historically, the Jayhawks have had success against the Hawkeyes, winning all four previous matchups, although only one of those games was played in the bubble.
These two teams will face-off at 7:30 tonight, followed by the Iowa State game at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.
As far as the Iowa State game goes, the team shows no signs of doubt that they won't come away with a victory.
"Everybody that's played them has beaten them, so I don't think that's going to be as big of problem for us," Shults said.
Edited by Tali David