UFC 265

UFC is offering two free events for fans in Houston

UFC is offering two free events for fans in Houston
UFC 265 is this Saturday night! Photo via: UFC.

After a record-setting sellout of UFC 262 in May, the UFC is returning to Houston this Saturday for UFC 265 at Toyota Center.

The main event will see Houston's own and No. 2 ranked Derrick Lewis take on undefeated striking sensation and No. 3 ranked Ciryl Gane for the interim UFC heavyweight championship.

This week, UFC is offering two free events for fans. Fans can attend the fighters' press conference at 5 p.m. on Thursday and hear from fighters on the full main card with UFC President Dana White as host. Doors open at 4 p.m. The Ceremonial weigh-ins are Friday at 4 p.m. at Toyota Center. Doors open at 3 p.m.

"I love the city of Houston," UFC President Dana White said. "We had a sold-out event in May, the city and fans are incredible, so we are heading right back."

You can order UFC 265 this Saturday night at 9 p.m. on ESPN PPV.

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Jake Meyers is the latest Astro to be rushed back from injury too soon. Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images.

Houston center fielder Jake Meyers was removed from Wednesday night’s game against Cleveland during pregame warmups because of right calf tightness.

Meyers, who had missed the last two games with a right calf injury, jogged onto the field before the game but soon summoned the training staff, who joined him on the field to tend to him. He remained on the field on one knee as manager Joe Espada joined the group. After a couple minutes, Meyers got up and was helped off the field and to the tunnel in right field by a trainer.

Mauricio Dubón moved from shortstop to center field and Zack Short entered the game to replace Dubón at shortstop.

Meyers is batting .308 with three homers and 21 RBIs this season.

After the game, Meyers met with the media and spoke about the injury. Meyers declined to answer when asked if the latest injury feels worse than the one he sustained Sunday. Wow, that is not a good sign.

 

Lack of imaging strikes again!

The Athletic's Chandler Rome reported on Thursday that the Astros didn't do any imaging on Meyers after the initial injury. You can't make this stuff up. This is exactly the kind of thing that has the Astros return-to-play policy under constant scrutiny.

The All-Star break is right around the corner, why take the risk in playing Meyers after missing just two games with calf discomfort? The guy literally fell to the ground running out to his position before the game started. The people that make these risk vs. reward assessments clearly are making some serious mistakes.

The question remains: will the Astros finally do something about it?


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