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A marquee heavyweight matchup between former UFC title contenders Mark Hunt and Alistair Overeem will take place at UFC 209 on March 4 in Las Vegas.Both fighters have verbally agreed to the bout, according to UFC officials. The UFC 209 pay-per-view event will take place inside T-Mobile Arena.Hunt (12-10-1) has not fought since a decision loss to Brock Lesnar at UFC 200 on July 9. After that bout, it came to light Lesnar had failed multiple drug tests around the event, including one taken June 28.The positive tests showed the presence of clomiphene, an anti-estrogen. In documents submitted to the NSAC, Lesnar denied knowingly taking any banned substance.Lesnar was still able to compete because the result of the June test was not available to the UFC or Nevada State Athletic Commission until after the fight. He has since been suspended one year and fined $250,000. His win over Hunt was also changed to a no contest.Hunt, 42, was furious when results of Lesnars test became public. In October, he hired an attorney to demand a clause to his future UFC contracts that would call for stiffer penalties on opponents who fail a drug test. Representatives for Hunt were not immediately available to comment on those demands.Speaking on his website, MarkHunt.TV, Hunt confirmed he is willing to accept the Overeem bout, but reiterated his demand for the additional clause to offer him protection in the event of another doping violation.My clause will protect me in this instance and take the financial gain of the opponent caught cheating, Hunt said. That deterrent will protect me and other fighters. Im pushing for this clause. I want to fight, and Im ready. If the fight doesnt go ahead, its not my doing.According to sources, Overeem has not agreed to any additional clause in the contract as of Tuesday night. The UFC has not yet commented on Hunts contractual demands.Overeem (41-15) is coming off a first-round knockout loss to Stipe Miocic in a heavyweight title fight at UFC 203 in September. Before the loss, Overeem had won four consecutive bouts.Hunt and Overeems fight at UFC 209 will be a rematch of a contest that took place in Japanese promotion DREAM in 2008. Overeem won via submission in just 71 seconds.The UFC has not yet announced a main event for UFC 209. Wholesale Cheap Jordan 11 . They were putting most of their energy into a record-setting offensive display. Jordan 11 Wholesale Free Shipping . Robinson finished with 17 points, all but two in the second half, and Lawson had 14 after halftime and finished with a game-high 11 assists as the Nuggets handed Dallas its first home loss in eight games this season. J.J. 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Giambis three-run homer in the sixth inning was the key blow and the Indians broke a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday night. Cleveland signed the 42-year-old veteran to a minor-league contract in February. Although Giambi is batting only .185, he has four homers and 16 RBIs in 65 at-bats. His latest home run stretched a precarious 2-1 lead and sparked the offence, which scored only 14 runs during the teams skid. Justin Masterson (8-3) pitched six solid innings and worked out of a bases-loaded jam with nobody out in the sixth to preserve a one-run lead. The momentum carried over to the bottom of the inning when Giambis homer off Bronson Arroyo put the game away. Indians manager Terry Francona was the driving force behind signing Giambi, thinking he could contribute a couple of times a week and offer leadership to his teammates. "When G does something, everybody in there goes crazy," Francona said. "Hes got a lot of fans in our dugout." Although Giambi has been in the big leagues for 17 seasons, hes still approaching the game like a youngster. Earlier in the season, he won over his new teammates when he dove headfirst into first base to beat out an infield hit. Giambi hit a pinch-hit homer against the Reds on Monday to break an 0-for-24 slump. "Theres no greater feeling in the world to be able to contribute and help the ballclub out," he said. "Its exciting. Its what brings me back. Sometimes I wish I was still 25 or 26 years old, but unfortunately Im not." Cincinnatis only run off Masterson came on Joey Vottos two-out homer in the first. Mark Reynolds homer to lead off the third tied the game before Nick Swishers RBI double gave the Indians a 2-1 lead in the fourth. The Reds took the first two games of the intrastate series with wins Monday and Tuesday in Cincinnati, but the Indians bounced back after losing seven of their previous eight. Clevelands losing streak matched its longest of the season. "We had a bad week," Francona said. "Thats part of the season. I feel every bit as good about our club right now that I did 10 days ago -- maybe better because Ive seen the fight they have in them." Masterson, who has won four of his last five decisions, allowed four hits and struck out seven. Cincinnati loaded the bases with nobody out in the sixth, but Masterson worked out of the jam, getting Xavier Paul on a pitcher-to-home-to-first double play and retiring Devin Mesoraco on a fly ball. "I was hoping to get a ball right at me, but you dont always get what you hope for," Masterson said of the double play. Masterson also retired Votto on a groundout with two on to end the fiftth.dddddddddddd "First of all, you have to have stuff to do it, but he competes so well," Francona said of Mastersons ability to work out of jams. "Justin was tough over there," Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "That was their hottest pitcher, one of the hottest pitchers in baseball. Hes always had good stuff, but hes really refined his skills." Arroyo (5-5) retired the first two hitters in the sixth before Asdrubal Cabrera and Swisher singled. Giambi hit a 2-1 pitch to right for his fourth career homer in 21 at-bats off Arroyo, who gave up five runs in 5 2-3 innings. Giambi also doubled and is batting .381 (8-for-21) with eight RBIs lifetime against the Cincinnati right-hander. "Hes seen me a lot over my career, and he saw everything I had tonight," Arroyo said. "I knew hed be in the lineup because Terry (Francona) knows about our history." Cody Allen pitched a scoreless seventh and Joe Smith blanked Cincinnati in the eighth. Vinnie Pestano, who has taken over the closers role for the injured Chris Perez, inherited a four-run lead in the ninth. He was greeted by Pauls leadoff homer, but retired the next three hitters. Perez was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday with tendinitis in his right shoulder. 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