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UFC 202 was bananas, but now the sport rolls on. Jordan Franks Jersey Retro . Up next: a key welterweight rematch between Carlos Condit and Demian Maia on Saturday.This high-profile 170-pound bout was actually supposed to take place at UFC 202, but it now headlines Saturdays card at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.Condit is coming off a five-round decision loss to Robbie Lawler in a championship fight. Maia, meanwhile, is riding a five-fight win streak. In addition, Anthony Pettis makes his featherweight debut against Charles Oliveira.Lets take a closer look at this weekends main card. Dont agree with these picks? Let me know on Twitter: @bokamotoESPN.Main eventCarlos Condit (30-9) vs. Demian Maia (23-6) Welterweights Odds: Condit -110; Maia -110In a way, you could almost compare a Maia takedown to a knockout artists signature haymaker in that it doesnt take many of them to win a fight.We all know what Maia wants to do and that is take Condit to the floor. And when Maia has success getting his man down, he doesnt let them back up. Its why hes absorbed a mere 12 strikes in his past three fights combined. Thats crazy.Mostly, Maias strategy to land a takedown is to shoot on his opponents lead leg. Quite often, its a naked shot -- he doesnt even set it up with strikes. He trusts in the speed at which he changes levels and his ability to chain wrestle and finish a takedown. And it is true: If Maia gets a decent grip on that lead leg, his opponents tend to go down. Against someone willing to fight off the fence, and Condit is, he might also have success working doubles there.Just to cut to the chase here, I do believe Maia can and will take Condit down. Condits takedown defense in his WEC and UFC career sits at 39 percent. He was once taken down 19 times in the span of two fights. Hes been susceptible to the lead-leg takedown before and, as mentioned previously, hell hang out along the fence. His defensive grappling is centered more around having a dangerous guard and scrambling up than it is thwarting the initial shot.Does that mean Condit is doomed? Not necessarily. Going back to the comparison between Maias takedown and a heavy hitters best punch, its most effective early. Maia is pretty one-dimensional, and the longer a fight goes, the more challenging it can be for him to score a takedown. A non-disguised single leg shot can be rather ineffective if it slows down. And this being a five-round fight against a busy opponent, Maias shot figures to slow over time.If this fight hits that moment of Maia shoots in desperation, Condit sprawls, then Maia falls immediately to his back just hoping Condit is foolish enough to follow him, the battle might be as simple as Condits patience. In that scenario, he should be able to keep it on the feet, which vastly favors him. In other words, if there comes a time when Condit really doesnt respect Maias takedown anymore, this could turn into a blowout for The Natural Born Killer in a hurry.So, big question here: Can Maia submit Condit in the earlier rounds, thus avoiding the likely proposition of having to stand with him late? That sure seems like a coin flip bet. Maias submissions are world class, but Condits only been tapped three times in 14 years.PREDICTION: Maia dominates early, but Condit storms back big. Condit by fifth-round TKO.Featured undercard boutsAnthony Pettis (18-5) vs. Charles Oliveira (21-5), featherweight Its a new weight class for Pettis, and although Oliveira is dangerous in multiple areas, I think he introduces himself in a big way. Prediction: Pettis TKO, first roundPaige VanZant (6-2) vs. Bec Rawlings (7-4), strawweight Following her success in other business opportunities, its natural to wonder whether VanZant is still fully committed to fighting. If she is, this looks like a win. If not, well know real quick. Prediction: VanZant by decisionJim Miller (26-8) vs. Joe Lauzon (26-11), lightweight Running back one of the more memorable fights of 2012. Both are coming off quick stoppages at UFC 200. Should be fun. Prediction: Lauzon via decision Rod Rutledge Jersey Retro . Olli Jokinen, Mark Scheifele, and Bryan Little each had a goal and an assist as Winnipeg won 5-2, handing Calgary its record-setting seventh consecutive loss on home ice. Mike Fitzgerald Jersey Retro . This should be celebrated because it will not always be this way. With the amount of money given to players by their clubs these days, it is a wonder that so many of those teams allow the sport to continue to take away many of their assets so they can play for a different team in the middle of their season. https://www.cheapjerseyslines.com/alfonso-boone-jersey-retro/ . Ouellette, from Montreal, already has three Olympic gold medals since joining the team in 1999. RICHMOND, Va. -- Kevin Harvick was back to being Happy on Saturday night.The Stewart-Haas Racing pit crew for Harvick -- with a front-tire changer and front-tire carrier from Danica Patricks team -- had solid pit stops all night in the regular-season finale at Richmond International Raceway.Harvick had ripped his pit crew publicly six days earlier for bad pit stops, and SHR opted to make a change.The 2014 Sprint Cup champion credited the pit crew for carrying him to a fifth-place finish, calling it a championship weekend for grinding out the finish after he was penalized for speeding on pit road.The results speak for themselves, Harvick said after Richmond. It was a little bit of a chaotic week.As you look at everything that happened on pit road tonight, they did a phenomenal job and they dont ever have to worry about knowing they can do it because they competed and beat the best of them on pit road.Considering his penalty, did he feel the crew guys should get the chance to vent publicly about his error?Im going to be the first one to call myself out on mistakes or things that are happening -- if I have a bad restart, said Harvick.Harvick has always been vocal on his in-car radio. He is known for demanding crew changes, including crew chiefs.He knows it might not be the best thing, but its his personality.This is just honesty, Harvick said. Sometimes thats one of my downfalls and probably dont approach things the right way. But all in all, we just want to win.I just want to win. The team wants to win. I tell them all the time, You can be mad at each other and you can argue and fight because thats healthy. You have to challenge each other to get the most out of it.Xfinity Series: A little bit of a bubbleWhile most eyes were on Kyle Busch leading lap after lap after lap at Richmond, those watching the bubble for the first version of the Xfinity Series Chase were looking a little deeper in the field.Ryan Sieg finished 14th, with Blake Koch 15th, Dakoda Armstrong 16th and Jeremy Clements 17th. Those four drivers are battling for thee final two spots in the Chase. Buzz Sawyer Jersey Retro. och and Sieg are the two cars currently ahead of the cutoff. Koch has a three-point lead on Sieg, a 23-point lead on Armstrong and 32-point lead on Clements. Sieg has a 20-point lead on Armstrong and 29-point lead on Clements.The 12-driver Xfinity playoff field will be determined Saturday at Chicagoland.As long as we keep doing what we do, come to the track, finish in the top 15 -- thats pretty much where we finish when we dont have any issues, Koch said. If we do that next weekend, well be just fine.Koch said he couldnt avoid paying attention to the horse-race aspect of the points.Its kind of impossible to do with friends and family and social media -- every day you get a post about, Make the Chase, Koch said. Even Darrell Waltrip tweeted me, Make that Chase, boy.Thats what we came here to do. The beginning of the year when we announced it, we set our goal to make the Chase and we have one more race to achieve our goal.Elliott Sadler, Daniel Suarez, Justin Allgaier, Ty Dillon, Brendan Gaughan, Erik Jones, Brennan Poole, Brandon Jones, Darrell Wallace Jr. and Ryan Reed have already clinched spots in the Xfinity postseason.We did what we needed to gain points and had a strong car all day and did the right thing, Sieg said. It would be huge [to make the Chase], especially the first Chase and with our small team, it would be tremendous.Camping World Truck Series: One regular-season race left as wellThe trucks have an eight-driver postseason field, and it will be determined Friday at Chicagoland.Six drivers with wins have clinched spots: William Byron, Matt Crafton, John Hunter Nemechek, Johnny Sauter, Ben Kennedy and Christopher Bell. Daniel Hemric has clinched a spot on points.Timothy Peters leads Cole Custer by 32 points for the final spot, meaning Custer -- and the rest of the top-30 drivers -- can pretty much only earn a spot in the Chase with a win Friday. ' ' '