Brian Ortega Still Planning Lightweight Move After UFC 306 Former featherweight title challenger Brian Ortega remains locked in on a move up to lightweight. The 33-year-old planned to move up a division after his UFC 303 short-notice fight against Diego Lopes. That failed to happen after he was forced to pull out of the bout on fight day. The pair will now fight at UFC 306 at the Las Vegas…

Shea Theodore: How Close Is A Contract Extension With Vegas? Shea Theodore is the biggest name the Golden Knights have on the UFA list after the season concludes. If Vegas is smart, they get Theodore taken care of before he hits the open market in 2025. After all, the strength of the team is this blue line, and finding an elite puck-moving defenseman like Theodore isn’t exactly easy to come…

8-Sided Freaks Ep. 34: UFC 306 Preview In this episode of 8-Sided Freaks, the crew takes a deep dive into UFC 306. This kicks off with our thoughts on the Mexican Independence event, the Las Vegas Sphere, and Riyadh Season. The rolls into an analysis of each fight on the main card as well as our quick thoughts on the prelims.  Chapters:  1:07 The Las Vegas Sphere 8:47 Sean O’Malley…

James Paxton Plans To Retire From MLB James Paxton is currently on the IL and is expected to miss the remainder of the 2024 MLB Season. It turns out that we’ve already seen the last of the left-handed starter. On a recent podcast, Paxton revealed that his plan is to call it quits and retire. “I’m hoping that we can squeak into the postseason and I get an opportunity to…

Payton Thorne Sucks So Bad He Got Venmo Requests From Auburn Fans Auburn lost to Cal this past week as a double-digit favorite and the only takeaway anybody could have is that Payton Thorne sucks. I talked about it plenty in the Stock Report notes. The only weird part is that I’m not sure why anybody is surprised because it was something we talked about even last year. Thorne is…