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Despite the overwhelming odds against him, German featherweight Dennis Siver is unfazed going into Saturdays fight against Irish star (The Notorious) Conor McGregor.McGregor, ranked fifth among 145-pound contenders, is listed as high as a 12-1 favourite to dispatch No. 10 Siver in the main event of the televised UFC card at Bostons TD Garden. Many see Siver as a mere bump — albeit a hard-nosed one — in the road for McGregor, who is one win away from a title shot against champion Jose Aldo before a record crowd at an Irish outdoor stadium.Siver (22-9 with one no contest) insists he does not feel disrespected despite having 18 UFC fights to four for McGregor (16-2).Not at all, he said via email and an interpreter. It puts tremendous pressure on Conor. You have to understand that hes still a young, inexperienced fighter.Here you have everybody telling the story that he will absolutely run through me. His own team is predicting a win in the first minute. Do they not realize what kind of pressure that creates? Its created a situation where Conors only option is a quick, decisive win. Everything else will be seen as a failure — and that is what I will capitalize on. I will take Conor into deep waters and drown him there.A former lightweight now campaigning at 145 pounds, Siver has proved to be a tough nut to crack with seven wins in his last 10 (7-2 with one no contest). The 36-year-old Russian-born German is an active kick-boxer who throws a lot of unorthodox strikes and kicks.Siver has landed 712 significant strikes, the 10th most in the modern era of the UFC and is fifth in total strikes landed with 1,351.Both men fight fast. The 26-year-old McGregor, whose UFC dance card is admittedly short, averages 4.6 strikes landed per minute compared to 3.8 for Siver. The UFC average is 2.83.The five-foot-seven Siver will be giving up two inches in height and four in reach. Siver, the first German to headline a UFC card, says his arsenal and experience will make the difference Saturday.Ive been hit hard before. Ive been in situations and persevered through situations that have been far worse than anything Conor has ever seen, he said. Striking is my game but what will win me this fight is my wrestling and my skills on the ground.The situation were in right now reminds me of what happened when I was supposed to fight George Sotiropoulos in Sydney (at UFC 127 in February 2011). I was a lamb being led to slaughter and the result was a foregone conclusion. One of us is retired today, and it isnt me.With three first-round stoppages in his four UFC fights (all wins), McGregor has been in control in the Octagon. He has faced just two takedown attempts, stuffing both.Hes never been put on is back and has been controlled by his opponents for just 22 seconds of his 21:58 in the Octagon and that came in the clinch. His performances in his last two fights (wins over Dustin Poirier and Diego Brandao) were impressive and Conor has a great future in front of him, said Siver, before adding a caution. I do believe that he believes his own hype, and if I have anything to say about it, he will not be able to live up to it.McGregor has shown Siver little respect, tweeting This will be a 2 minute Demolition Job.Siver has largely resisted the temptation to engage verbally with the Irish fashion plate although he did tweet a picture of a well-dressed Muppet — Oscar the Grouch — with the message Nice suit u #lametrashtalker.Siver knows its a battle he cant win. He doesnt speak English. The UFC collects collections of McGregors bon mots.Thats just not what I am about, Siver said. I do recognize that some fighters talk a good game. Personally, unless they do their talking in the cage, that doesnt concern me at all. We are all athletes looking to grow the sport of MMA. Me engaging Conor on his level would have gone against what I believe in as an athlete and a person.A former master mechanic, Siver fights full time these days.He is known for a his spinning back kick, a move that stopped both Paul Kelly and Nate Mohr.Mohr dropped like a stone when Siver sank his foot in his liver at UFC 93. Kelly tumbled backwards at UFC 105, his face distorted in pain, and essentially gave up.Its a move also favoured by McGregor.Those two kicks netted Siver US$80,000 in bonus cheques. But he lost money after defeating Manny Gamburyan at UFC 168 in December 2013 when he tested positive for human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), later blaming a supplement. Siver was suspended nine months and fined $19,800 — 30 per cent of his purse. The win was turned into a no contest. Follow @NeilMDavidson on Twitter Spud Webb Jersey . The Italian football federation announced the appointment, three days after new president Carlo Tavecchio was elected. 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LOS ANGELES -- Steve Mason posted his second shutout in three games with 35 saves and Wayne Simmonds scored his 100th NHL goal, leading the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. It was the 22nd career shutout and third this season for Mason, who stopped 33 shots in a 5-0 win against Detroit last Tuesday after getting pulled by coach Craig Berube in two of his previous three starts. Mason got a break with less than 3 1/2 minutes left, when Justin Williams tried a wraparound and hit the left post. Claude Giroux added his 17th goal on a power play with 1:58 left, converting a cross-ice pass at the left of the crease from Scott Hartnell while Matt Greene was serving an interference penalty. The Flyers have scored a power-play goal in six straight games. The Kings have scored fewer than three goals in 16 of 20 games since their 25-8-4 start, and are 5-13-2 during that stretch with five shutout losses. They have only three goals in their past six games combined, all of them by Anze Kopitar. The Flyers had managed only five shots on net before Simmonds got his 18th goal at 7:48 of the first period. Jonathan Quick, who faced only 13 shots, overplayed Vincent Lecavalier at the right of the crease along with Kings defenceman Jake Muzzin following a turnover by the Kings in their zone, and Simmonds slammed the puck into a wide-open net. The Kings Robyn Regehr played in his 1,000th NHL rregular-season game, becoming the 98th defenceman in NHL history to reach that plateau, and the club marked the occasion with a pregame ceremony.dddddddddddd Regehrs first game was Oct. 28, 1999, with the Calgary Flames at Ottawa. Among those taking part in Saturdays ceremony were former Calgary teammate Craig Conroy and Regehrs grandmother, who wore a Flames jersey with his old No. 28. It was the first meeting between the Kings and Flyers since Oct. 15, 2011, when Los Angeles won 3-2. Saturday also was a reunion for Kings centre Jeff Carter, whom the Flyers traded to Columbus on June 23, 2011 -- the same day they dealt Richards to Los Angeles. Eight months later, the Kings acquired Richards by sending Jack Johnson to the Blue Jackets. Carter and Richards led Los Angeles to its first Stanley Cup title in 2012, two years after helping the Flyers get to the finals. NOTES: Richards has one goal in his past 32 games, and that one came on the power play. Carter has no goals in his past six games, following a four-game goal streak. ... Kings C Colin Fraser is one of seven forwards in the league to have played 30 or more games this season without scoring a goal -- and average at least nine minutes of ice time. ... The Kings are 19-3-0 when scoring more than two goals. ... Among the numerous Kings-Flyers connections is fan favourite Ian Laperriere, who played eight-plus seasons with Los Angeles and is now an assistant coach with Philadelphia. ' ' '