a similar manner to the Clement Hirsch involving Stellar Wind and Beholder

Middleweight Gegard Mousasi (40-6-2) stunned Vitor Belfort (25-13) with a right-head kick in the second round, which eventually led to a TKO finish at 2:43 due to strikes on the ground. Mousasi ate two hard left hands in the opening minutes but emerged relatively unscathed otherwise. He immediately claimed the center of the Octagon and calmly stalked Belfort around the perimeter.Belfort, 39, defended Mousasis early attempt at a takedown and occasionally flashed the hand speed that has helped make him famous, but his activity was very low. According to Fightmetric, he landed just nine total strikes, compared to 65 for Mousasi.The Brazilian did not go down immediately from the right-head kick but was clearly stunned. Mousasi unloaded a flurry of punches near the fence before wrestling him to the floor and dropping elbows. Belforts face was badly bloodied by the time referee Marc Goddard stepped in.Hes a legend, said Mousasi, who improves to 7-3 in the UFC. Fighting him is an honor. I like Vitor a lot. Hes a nice guy, besides being a great athlete.When asked whom hed like to fight next, Mousasi said someone ranked in the top four of the division or former champion Anderson Silva.Manuwa demolishes Saint Preux in Round 2Light heavyweight Jimi Manuwa (16-2) knocked Ovince Saint Preux (19-9) out cold with a left hook at 2:38 of the second round. The finish came after a first round in which St. Preux established decent control on the ground. He threatened to take Manuwas back on several occasions in the first five minutes, although he did have to fight out of a late guillotine attempt.Manuwa, 36, seized momentum early in the second round. He began targeting St. Preux to the body and trapped him along the fence. A right hand staggered him, followed by a left hook that put him out. Its a huge bounce-back win for the England-based Manuwa, who suffered a knockout loss to Anthony Johnson in September 2015.Struve scores 17th submission of careerHeavyweight Stefan Struve (28-8) has won consecutive fights for the first time since 2012, as he submitted Daniel Omielanczuk (19-6-1) via DArce choke at 1:41 of the second round. Struves advantage on the ground was clear throughout. He took Omielanczuks back in the first round and secured a body triangle but ran out of time looking for a finish.The tap came quickly in the second round, good for the 17th submission win of Struves 11-year professional career. It is the first time Omielanczuk has been finished.Bektic submits late replacement DoaneFeatherweight prospect Mirsad Bektic (11-0) submitted late replacement Russell Doane (14-7) via rear-naked choke at 4:22 of the opening round. It was the 25-year-olds first appearance since May 2015 due to a torn ACL.Fighting out of American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida, Bektic looked sharp in opening exchanges before turning to his terrific offensive wrestling. He took Doane down and eventually took his back as he tried to stand up and break away near the cage. It is the third submission win of Bektics career and his fifth career first-round finish.Doane, 30, has now lost four fights in a row. He is now 2-4 in the UFC. Scarpe Nmd Scontate . -- The plastic that was taped across the lockers in Oaklands clubhouse came down and the champagne that was on ice went back into the cooler. Nmd Uomo Ingrosso . "It was nerve-wracking, but we pulled through," said Collaros, who threw four touchdown passes to lead the Toronto Argonauts (8-4) to a 33-27 win over the Calgary Stampeders (9-3) in front of 28,781 fans at McMahon Stadium. http://www.scarpenmdscontate.it/scarpe-nmd-r1-outlet.html . The Dane followed up his first European Tour title last weekend with eight birdies and just a single dropped shot on Thursday for a one-stroke advantage over South Africas Allan Versfeld and Portugals Ricardo Santos. Scarpe Adidas Springblade Scontate . -- In a span of seven Washington Redskins offensive plays, Justin Tuck sacked Robert Griffin III four times. Scarpe Yeezy 350 v2 . He was followed closely by David Clarkson, donning red, seconds later. Clarksons actions one night earlier, leaping off the bench in defence of Kessel during a pre-season game against the Buffalo Sabres, will cost him the first 10 games of the regular season. Thoroughbred racing is not static. It cant be, not when the participants -- equine and human -- are made of flesh, bone, and blood. By definition, over time, performance will change.We got a perfect illustration of this over the summer thanks to Beholder and Stellar Wind. Beholder, a three-time Eclipse Award winner, and Stellar Wind, the best choice as champion of a 3-year-old filly division that lacked a real standout, met for the first time last June in the Vanity Mile. Beholder was making her second start of the year and Stellar Wind was making her first start as a 4-year-old, meaning it could be said Beholder had a conditioning edge a recent race will often afford. Beholder won the Vanity by 1-1/2 lengths over Stellar Wind, but the contest really wasnt as close as the win margin would suggest. Beholder was far from fully extended to prevail.These two met for a second time nearly two months later in the Clement L. Hirsch. It was the first outing since the Vanity for both. Beholder went to the lead and controlled a comfortable pace, a huge tactical advantage over Stellar Wind, who was being hard used at an earlier stage in the race than she would have been under different circumstances just to stay in touch with Beholder. Yet despite having the demonstrably tougher trip, Stellar Wind admirably persevered, wore down Beholder, and got the best of her by a half-length. And as was the case with the win margin in the Vanity, Stellar Winds win margin in the Hirsch did not really do her justice.Beholder came back to finish a game, if soundly beaten second in the Pacific Classic to California Chrome, finishing ahead of some other good males, while Stellar Wind sat out and awaited her third meeting with Beholder in the Zenyatta Stakes early this month.If the Clement Hirsch was an indication that Stellar Wind had loosened Beholders grip on the older dirt female division, the outcome of the Zenyatta offered proof that a passing of the torch had indeed taken place.In a race very similar to the Hirsch, Beholder tactically controlled the Zenyatta pace while Stellar Wind was hard pressed to stay with her. Stellar Wind was doing the dirty work, not allowing Beholder to shake loose, which would very likely hand her the race, and keeping her honest at an expenditure of her own resources. Stellar Wind, who was also wide on the first turn, again had the much tougher trip. And again it didnt matter. Beholder ran great, as she always does. Stellar Wind just ran better, winning by a neck, and again being better than just a neck would suggest.As noted, this game is not static, and all of this comes to mind because I seee a situation analogous to the above example in the biggest stakes race on Saturday, the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup for 3-year-old fillies on the turf.ddddddddddddSince last fall, Catch a Glimpse has been the best grass filly of her generation in North America, winning eight straight races on grass since switching to the surface in her second career start in August of last year. Among the big races she won were last years Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies, the Penn Mile over males, the Belmont Oaks in game fashion. And along the way, Catch a Glimpse elicited favorable comparisons to Tepin, last years Eclipse Award winning turf female and, like Catch a Glimpse, a member of trainer Mark Casses barn.Time and Motion is a contemporary of Catch a Glimpses, and though a respectable fifth to her in the Breeders Cup last fall when still a maiden, no one considered her an equal. At least not at that time. However, Time and Motion has improved steadily this year, and changed her frame of reference to Catch a Glimpse over the summer. Time and Motion was a gaining second to Catch a Glimpse in the Belmont Oaks, beaten just a half length, and in August, Time and Motion handed Catch a Glimpse her first ever loss on turf, beating her in the Lake Placid Stakes.The Lake Placid was run in a similar manner to the Clement Hirsch involving Stellar Wind and Beholder. Catch a Glimpse, with better early speed than Time and Motion, controlled a comfortable pace, giving her a huge tactical edge over Time and Motion, who was put into a drive at least an eighth of a mile earlier than she would have been under different circumstances. Yet despite Catch a Glimpses big pace advantage, and Time and Motion having to make a sustained, grinding run, Time and Motion caught Catch a Glimpse in time to win by a neck. And sorry of you heard this before, but again in this instance, the win margin was not really indicative of the relative performances of these two that day. First by a neck doesnt really do Time and Motion justice.Catch a Glimpse will control the pace again Saturday in the QE II, and she will again be bet over Time and Motion. And no one would be surprised if Catch a Glimpse gains revenge on Time and Motion because, well, shes still a fine horse. But if you watched the Lake Placid with an understanding of all the factors in play, it is difficult not to think that when it comes to 3-year-old turf fillies, there has been a change at the top, and Time and Motion is, now, the better horse. ' ' '