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Wacky stats are littered across mixed martial arts -- and really, professional sports in general. Dive deep enough into the numbers, theres a compelling stat line on just about anything.Thirteen absorbed punches in four combined fights, though? That is truly absurd.Demian Maia ran his welterweight win streak up to six on Saturday, submitting Carlos Condit via rear-naked choke in 112 seconds. According to Fightmetric, in the past 13 months, Maia has shared the cage with Condit, Matt Brown, Gunnar Nelson and Neil Magny -- and been hit exactly 13 times. This stat boggles the mind.So, what does it mean moving forward? Heres What We Learned from last weekends lineup of cage fights.Maia absolutely, 100 percent deserves a UFC title shot -- right after that other guyIf Maias recent run wasnt already amazing enough, consider hes also doing it at age 38. You really cant say it enough -- this is remarkable, remarkable stuff were seeing.But Maias streak -- nor the fact hes up there in age, relatively speaking -- doesnt skip him ahead of Stephen Thompson at 170 pounds. Thompson is currently on a seven-fight win streak and his past two performances in particular -- convincing victories over Johny Hendricks and Rory MacDonald -- have clearly cemented his position of No. 1 contender.If he has to, Maia says hell wait for the winner of a potential matchup between current champ Tyron Woodley and Thompson. The interesting reality here is that Maia will be taking a gamble, whether he waits for a title shot or not.The thing about waiting for a title shot is there is really never a guarantee youre actually next. And particularly in this situation, I mean, there is really no guarantee for Maia. Youve got Georges St-Pierre talking comeback. Nick Diaz is re-entering the fold. Woodley is trying to call his own shots and hes only interested in big money fights, which Maia does not represent.At the same time, as Maia himself pointed out after defeating Condit, he is a little older and any loss would be a dagger into the side of his title aspirations. So, if he does elect to stay active and try to pick up another win, which would hopefully force the issue of getting a title shot, he accepts that risk of a potential loss.My guess is Maia will stick to his original response and wait it out. Doing so actually worked for Woodley, but to be fair, Woodley later admitted hed never do anything like that again because he had so little control over his own career. Maia is definitely deserving of a title shot in 2017, but well see if thats enough to get him one.Craig Biggio Jersey .H. -- Matt Kenseth made it 2 for 2 in the Chase, holding off teammate Kyle Busch to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Ivan Rodriguez Jersey . 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Western was last ranked first in the country in October 2011.SAN DIEGO -- Bennie Boatwright hobbled out of Jenny Craig Pavilion on crutches and his sprained left knee in a brace, an injury that put a damper on Southern Californias 76-55 victory against San Diego and left the undefeated Trojans wondering how long theyll be without their second-leading scorer.The 6-foot-10 sophomore forward was hurt when he collided with USDs Juwan Gray while taking a shot just three minutes in. Boatwright stayed on the floor for a few minutes while being tended to and had to be helped to the bench. He also had to be helped into the locker room at halftime.Coach Andy Enfield said Boatwright will have an MRI exam on Thursday.Were hoping its just a sprain, Enfield said. Were hoping for the best. Hell certainly be out for a while. Were hoping its a few weeks vs. the season.Chimezie Metu had 19 points and 13 rebounds, and Elijah Stewart scored 15 points for the Trojans (7-0), who led the whole way in beating the Toreros for the second straight season. DeAnthony Melton added 14.Boatwright, who missed the first two games with back spasms, was averaging 13.5 points.It has an effect because our rotation is not the same as it would be with him in there. Hes a unique player, with his size and his guard skills, Enfield added. We had to go small, and then we went big. Thank goodness Chimezie is skilled enough to play both front-line positions. ... Our players just have to step up.Metu agreed.Its one less scoring option on offense. At times when we didnt have him it was hard for us to score. Were just going to havee to work through it.dddddddddddd.Olin Carter III scored 21 for USD, while Brett Bailey had 17 and Tyler Williams 10.TALL TROJANUSC was too big and talented for the Toreros, particularly the 6-foot-11 Metu, who was 9 of 11 from the floor. He dominated on the boards and scored eight of the Trojans final 12 points of the first half en route to a 43-31 lead. He had a tip-in off a rebound, a turnaround jumper, a jump hook and a slam dunk off a rebound.The teams combined to miss 14 straight shots early in the second half, each going about six minutes without scoring.Metu broke the Trojans drought with a slam dunk on an alley-oop pass from Jordan McLaughlin.BIG PICTUREUSC: The Trojans are off to their best start since going 8-0 to open the 2000-01 season. They finished 24-10 after reaching the Elite Eight.USD: The Toreros dropped to 0-6 all-time against the Trojans. The Toreros opened last season at USC, losing 83-45.TOREROSWeve just got to continue to chop wood, San Diego coach Lamont Smith said. Weve got to have our freshmen grow up. Right now they havent played at a high enough clip, and with half our team being freshmen, theyve got to produce.UP NEXTUSC plays BYU in the Hoophall LA game at Staples Center on Saturday. The game is part of a doubleheader, with No. 8 Gonzaga and 16th-ranked Arizona playing the first game. USC is 6-3 all-time against BYU.USD travels to face Northern Arizona on Saturday. ' ' '