Leila Amiri is a sports journalist based in Irvine, California. She covered a variety of UCI athletic events such as baseball, soccer and basketball as a published sports writer for the campus newspaper, The New University.
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Islam Makhachev defeated Alexander Volkanovski by way of knockout to defend the UFC Lightweight Championship.
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