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Gegard Mousasi didnt see a fast track to the UFC middleweight title, so he elected to take what he called a detour fight against Uriah Hall. Wholesale Baseball Jerseys .It proved to be a very quick detour.Mousasi (41-6-2) defeated Hall via TKO at 4:37 of the first round on Saturday at UFC Fight Night inside SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The win avenged a TKO loss to Hall last year, which is Mousasis only loss in his past six fights.Last years bout ended in the second round, when Hall (12-8) caught Mousasi with a spinning back kick and then a flying knee. It was a shocking upset, but Mousasi stopped short of calling it a fluke on Saturday.He won [the first fight] fair and square, Mousasi said. I have to give respect to Uriah for taking the fight and giving me the rematch. We are athletes. Ive got nothing against him.With the score now evened with Hall, Mousasi turns his attention back toward the UFC title. Current champion Michael Bisping is expected to fight Yoel Romero in 2017. Prior to the Hall fight, Mousasi told ESPN.com a matchup against former champion Luke Rockhold would make sense.Whoever has the belt, Im coming, Mousasi said. What the f---, Im coming.Mousasi, 31, was patient and cautious to start the UFC Fight Night main event. He tracked down Hall with leg kicks and popped back his head with the jab. Hall, who fights out of Las Vegas, threw several spinning kicks, most of which were partially blocked. He traded leg kicks as well.With just under one minute remaining in the first round, Mousasi moved into Halls hips and took him down near the fence. It was a complete blowout from there, as Mousasi flattened out Hall and threw hard right hands to the side of the head. Hall did nothing but cover up, and referee Marc Goddard moved in quickly.It is the 23rd knockout victory of Mousasis career. 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LOUIS -- Attorneys for the St. DETROIT -- What Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona calls an inconvenience could be part of a major travel nightmare for the Detroit Tigers.Detroits game with Cleveland on Thursday was called off after more than six inches of rain fell on Comerica Park in less than 24 hours.The two teams, in concert with the umpires and Major League Baseball, waited 4 hours, 13 minutes before postponing the game.It will be made up Monday afternoon, if necessary.It will be necessary if an American League wild card berth is at stake for Detroit or if Cleveland can claim the top seed in the league to get home-field advantage throughout the post-season.We havent figured out a way to control the weather and the umpires were very good about communicating with us, Francona said.He and Detroit manager Brad Ausmus toured the field with umpires right around the time of the scheduled 1:10 p.m. scheduled start, part of about a two-hour period where the rain was light or non-existent.We walked the field once, Francona said, and I think we all knew the situation, so put your seatbelt on and either play cards or watch TV.I think this is one of those days where youre glad youre not 20 games out as opposed to being in it. Because all it is is an inconvenience. We can live with that.It couldnt have taken any more water, at all. At that point we were a little iffy. It was soft. With the forecast coming. It was going to be tough.Theres other things. I know theyre expecting rain on the East Coast. You start getting backed up, it leads to other problems. So for us to be inconvenienced for four hours isnt the end of the world. And I understand why. And like I say, the communication was good.The same rain system that truncated Detroits 6-3 victory over Cleveland after five innings Wednesday night was still in place Thursday and was slated to stick around through Saturday.Detroit travels to Atlanta to close its regular season schedule with an inter-league series against the suddenly hot Braves, who are playing their last games at Turner Field. The Tigers will have to play all three games without designated hitter Victor Martinez, who bats cleanup, in their starting lineup.Ausmus said he would push lefty Daniel Norris, scheduled to start Thursday, back to Friday and have Jordan Zimmermann, who has made just two starts and three appearances since June 30 move back one day to Saturday.Ace Justin Verlander will pitch Sunday if the game has a bearing on Detroits chances for a wild card spot.The Tigers could play five games in five cities in five day. They will close the regular season Sunday in Atlanta and if theres a chance they could make one of the wild card berths (or Cleveland could qualify for best record in the league) they would return to Detroit to play the Indians in the makeup game.There could be a wild card tie-breaker Tuesday, the wild card playoff game Wednesday and the first divisional game on Thursday.Im aware of it, Ausmus said, but one thing at a time. Discount MLB Jerseys. If thats the scenario, then thats a good thing. Thats a good problem to have.Cleveland goes to Kansas City for a series it will primarily regard as a chance to get its rotation and bullpen set up for the start of the divisional playoff round. The Indians will play their regulars all three games to get them playoff-ready.Francona said lefty Ryan Merritt will start Friday with right-hander Adam Plutko getting squeezed out.Plutko threw the other day in relief, Francona said. We wanted to see Merritt get a start and today was his day. So...Francona also said Josh Tomlin will pitch Sunday as planned.When players began trickling in late Thursday morning, the dirt surface surrounding the playing field was half-covered with standing water, both dugouts had water spilling down into the runways and Clevelands batting cage under the stands had three inches of water on the floor.Players from both teams were delayed as much as 90 minutes on their way to Comerica Park due to flooded freeways and surface streets as rain alternated between downpours and sprinkles.The Indians second team bus had to be canceled because it couldnt navigate the traffic and the players brought from their hotel in suburban Detroit to the park by taxis.We dont have any (input), Ausmus said on whether the game would be played or not. Its in MLBs hands. We dont have any call whatsoever. We can tell them what we think, but ultimately its their call.The rain stopped close to the scheduled start time of 1:10 PM and the infield tarp was brought off (for a second time) to clear water. The grounds crew then began to work on the infield dirt, pitchers mound and batters boxes -- but neither team sent its starting pitcher out to warm up.Ausmus and Francona toured the outfield with umpires, retreated to their respective clubhouses and the infield was covered again. There was no rain falling at that time but both managers had said earlier in the series that Major League Baseball wanted to avoid starting a game that would have to be interrupted by rain for an hour or more, causing both teams to lose their starting pitchers.I think umpires are very cognizant of not wanting to burn a teams -- or both teams -- starting pitcher, Ausmus said, because they know how important that is. So they dont want to start if they think, in 45 minutes were going to have to put on the tarp for an hour and now both starting pitchers are burned.Francona also did not regard a return visit to Detroit for a Monday game as an irritation. His team has already qualified to play the divisional round by winning its division.I dont think its that bad, he said. For us, it doesnt matter. Wed have three days off (without playing Monday), wed have two instead. I think itll be a fun game to play, actually. Either way, well be okay. Its not that big a deal. ' ' ' 
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