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Ah December – a lame month when it comes to being a sports fan.
I mean that’s not entirely true. Throughout December we continue to have the likes of the NHL, the NBA, Soccer and of course the NFL. It’s just lacking in a LOT of sports and there’s nothing too notable. Although there is of course the 2016 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations – who ISN’T looking forward to that???
However here are what we’ve scrounged up in regard to notable sporting events for the month of December in 2016.
Boxing:
Here are the boxing events for December 2016:
December 3rd: Murat Gassiev vs Denis Lebedev (World Cruiserweight Title)
December 3rd: Gamal Yafai vs Emmanuel Quartey (Commonwealth Super Bantamweight Title)
December 3rd: Reynaldo Ojeda vs Roman Martinez
December 10th: Jesus Andres Cuellar vs Abner Mares
December 10th: John Molina Jr. vs Terence Crawford (WBC WBO Super Lightweight Titles)
December 16th: Vyacheslav Shabranskyy vs Sullivan Barrera
December 17th: Takashi Miura vs Orlando Salido (Interm WBC Super Featherweight Title)
December 17th: Joe Smith Jr vs Bernard Hopkins
Golf:
December 3rd: Australian PGA Championship (European Tour), Nedbank Golf Challenge (European Tour)
Hockey:
The 20167 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships begin on December 26th, 2016 and go until January 5th, 2017.
Horse Racing:
The King George VI Chase Meeting in Kempton is on the 26th and 27th of December.
Mixed Martial Arts:
December 2nd: Bellator 166 featuring Eduardo Dantas vs Joe Warren
December 3rd: TUF Finale featuring Demetrious Johnson versus his next victim.
December 3rd: Bellator 167 featuring Pat Curran vs John Teixeira
December 9th: UFC Fight Night: Shamil Abdurahimov vs Derrick Lewis
December 10th: UFC 206 featuring Anthony Johnson vs Daniel Cormier.
December 10th: Bellator 168 featuring Melvin Manhoef vs Rafael Carvalho II
December 16th: Bellator 169 featuring Satoshi Isii vs King Mo
December 17th: UFC on Fox 22 – Paige VanZant vs Michelle Waterson and Mickey Gall vs Sage Northcutt.
December 30th: UFC 207: Amanda Nunes vs Ronda Rousey.
December 31st: WSOF 34 featuring Justin Gaethje vs Joao Zeferino and Jon Fitch vz Jake Shields.
Soccer:
Last games of the Champions League Group Stage are December 6th-7th.
Wrestling:
The WWE has two PPVs in December. On December 4th the Smackdown band has TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs and on December 18th, WWE RAW has Roadblock.