Nov 21 2009
Griffin Defeats Ortiz in Split Decision
Forrest Griffin avenged an earlier loss to Tito Ortiz with a split decision victory tonight in Las Vegas at the main event of UFC 106. Ortiz won on one judge’s card, 29-28. Griffin also earned a 29-28 decision on one card. The third judge sided with Griffin, 30-27.
LSU was Saturday’s biggest upset victim in college football today as the #8 Tigers (8-3, 4-3) lost, 25-23, at Mississippi (7-4, 3-4) when they failed to get off a final play at the Rebel six-yard line. California, rated #25, (8-3, 5-3) kept the Axe by rallying past #17 Stanford (7-4, 6-3), 34-28, in Palo Alto. Northwestern (7-5, 4-4) stunned visiting #16 Wisconsin (8-3, 5-3), 33-31.
Lee Westwood leads the Dubai World Championship by two shots after firing a 66 Saturday. Ross McGowan’s third-round 66 left him in second place. Padraig Harrington, Rory McIlroy and Alexander Noren are tied for third, five strokes behind Westwood.
A second day of rain in Houston forced more delays at the LPGA Tour Championship. No one played Saturday. The event will be shortened to 54 holes. Tournament officials hope to complete the second round Sunday then cut the field to 70 players and ties. The third round will be Monday.
Zsolt Erdel won a majority decision to take the WBC cruiserweight title from Giacobbe Fragomeni. One judge scored the bout even, 114-114. The other two judges awarded the fight to Erdel (30-0, 17 knockouts), 115-113. Fragomeni (26-1-1, 10 KOs) suffered his first loss.
Kyle Busch won the NASCAR Nationwide Series event Saturday in Miami. In the process, Busch claimed the season-long championship. Kevin Harvick won the Truck Series race Friday.
The WNBA’s Sacramento Monarchs folded Friday. League President Donna Orender said she will look for a new investor who will move the team to the Bay Area.
