Sentence examples for on contender from inspiring English sources

Round of the Year: Andrei Arlovski vs. Travis Browne - UFC 187 (May 23 , 2015 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada) Rd. 1. Friends, and former teammates, roommates, and training partners, Arlovski and Browne, both nearing in on contender status, needed less than five minutes to deliver one of the year's most memorable bouts.

Six months after the Ultimate Fighting Championship scrapped its UFC 176 event, the promotion will finally make its return to Los Angeles on Saturday, February 28 (10 P.M. EST, Pay Per View), as women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey takes on contender Cat Zingano in the UFC 184 main event.

Skipper won a four way elimination match to become the number one contender on the April 1 episode of Impact!

Rhino ended up pinning Raven at the event, with TNA declaring him number-one contender on their website after the show.

He has played on contenders and pretenders, played for brash coaches and quiet ones, even served as the feature back one season.

He sometimes takes pity on contenders and hollers hints via a speaker.

With Randy Jackson as the holdover judge, the "Idol" panel now has an even number — four — which sets up the possibility for a split verdict on contenders.

While it is rare for a British prime minister to comment on contenders in the U.S. presidential race, Prime Minister David Cameron joined British politicians from all parties in condemning Trump's remarks.

Voting for the award is done by a panel of members of the Baseball Writers Association of Americaandand the voters generally opt for players on contenders over players on noncontenders and for everyday players over pitchers.

David Armitage was the leading best-on-ground contender, tallying a game-high 17 tackles, seven clearances and 28 disposals.

In one passage she sequentially took on Republican presidential contenders on the issues of climate change, inequality, healthcare, abortion and contraceptive rights, immigration and gay rights.