Mixed Martial Arts

Bellator women's featherweight champion Cris Cyborg continued her dominance of the 145lb division with a fifth-round TKO victory against American Leslie Smith. The bout at Bellator 259 was a rematch of their contest at UFC 198 five years ago, when Cyborg finished Smith via TKO in 81 seconds in front of a raucous crowd in Curitiba, Brazil. In their rematch behind closed doors in Bellator's 'Fightsphere' at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, 35-year-old Cyborg fought to a much more patient gameplan

UFC fighter Conor McGregor has found himself on the wrong side of the law and has been banned from driving for a period of six months after he pleaded guilty to speeding. The 30-year-old Irishman admitted that he drove his Range Rover at 154kph in a 100kph zone in October 2017. McGregor apologised for his act and was handed a 1,000 Euro fine along with the six month ban at Naas district court near Dublin. "The speed here is in the higher end.