Two UFC fighters punished
Nevada regulators are suspending UFC fighters Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor for a brawl inside and outside the octagon after their match last weekend in Las Vegas.
Nevada Athletic Commission executive Bob Bennett said letters were sent Wednesday informing both fighters they’ll be suspended for at least 10 days, effective Oct. 15.
Bennett says the commission can extend the suspensions when it meets Oct. 24.
After McGregor tapped out in the fourth round of UFC 229 on Saturday, Nurmagomedov scuffled with a fighter in McGregor’s corner and members of Nurmagomedov’s entourage climbed into the octagon and attacked McGregor. Bennett says video shows McGregor also tried to climb out of the cage at TMobile Arena.
Nurmagomedov, who was praised by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Moscow, responded with an angry Instagram post saying he was being unfairly punished.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Purdue guard Carsen Edwards is the Big Ten preseason player of the year and a unanimous selection to the all-conference team.
Edwards averaged 18.5 points and made 97 3pointers – second-most in school history – as a sophomore last season while helping the Boilermakers reach the Sweet 16.
Wisconsin forward Ethan Happ was also a unanimous pick. Indiana guard Romeo Langford and forward Juwan Morgan, Maryland guard Anthony Cowan Jr., Michigan guard Charles Matthews, Michigan State forward Nick Ward and guard Cassius Winston, Minnesota forward Jordan Murphy and Nebraska forward James Palmer Jr. were also selected.
The Big Ten doesn’t have a preseason poll for order of finish in the conference, but it does choose a preseason player of the year, as voted by the media.
GOLF
Bronson Burgoon fired a 9-under 63 and had a one-stroke lead after the first round of the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Austin Cook was second after a 64. Scott Piercy, Billy Horschel and C.T. Pan were another stroke back after 65s.
Justin Thomas was in an eight-way tie for sixth, including 2012 champion Nick Watney, Kevin Chappell and Paul Casey.
LPGA Tour: Nasa Hataoka fired a 7-under 65 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the KEB Hana Bank Championship in Incheon, South Korea.
Danielle Kang and Charley Hull were two shots back on a chilly, windy, damp day at the Sky 72 Ocean Course.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The Pac-12 will make immediate changes to how video replay reviews are handled after Commissioner Larry Scott admitted procedural mistakes were made when a targeting foul was not called during last month’s game between Washington State and Southern California.
Scott responded to a report by Yahoo Sports citing an internal document that showed a replay official at the stadium believed he and the officials working at the league’s review command center had been overruled by a conference executive on a targeting call against a Washington State player during the Sept. 21 game at USC.
“We mixed administrative oversight and leadership with real-time replay-review calls, made by experts, on the field, in the stadium and in the command center,” Scott said.
The report said both the replay official at the game and the command center agreed that, in addition to the roughing the passer foul that was called on the field, a targeting penalty should also be enforced, which would have resulted in the ejection of a Washington State player. The report said a “third party” did not agree and the targeting call was removed.