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Uriah Hall (12-6) had one of the most memorable knockouts in UFC history -- and it happened on a reality show.Hall knocked the daylights out of Adam Cella (6-6) with a spinning hook kick on the 17th season of The Ultimate Fighter, turning the spotlight in Halls direction. Whether it was fair to his development as a fighter, it ultimately positioned Hall as a future middleweight title contender.Im over it, Hall said this week, leading up to his Saturday fight against Derek Brunson (15-3). Its like Drakes first album. Im not the same dude. Its a new era. People need to get over that kick.Forgetting is far easier said than done.?Every one of Halls fight promos predictably shows his heel colliding with Cellas temple. It is etched into the memory of any MMA regular.Yet many would agree with Hall -- he hasnt been the same. He owns a 5-4 record in the UFC. That includes a split-decision loss in the TUF season finale to Kelvin Gastelum, a sluggish split-decision loss to Rafael Natal?at UFC 187 and a one-sided defeat to prospect Robert Whittaker?in his last fight, 10 months ago at UFC 193.Hall says a combination of nagging injuries and impropriety of former friends played into the inconsistency, compromising his ability to perform.I look at it as an era where I was in a bad place in my life, he said.Hall, 32, will try to start anew against Brunson when they meet as the co-main event at UFC Fight Night 94 in Hidalgo, Texas.Im confident, Hall said. Ive trained very hard for this fight. I had a very successful camp. Ive been around really positive people. Ive gotten rid of people who are not good.Despite the disappointing losses, Hall has provided regular glimpses of his true ceiling. His spinning-back-kick-to-flying-knee finish of Gegard Mousasi?-- the only time Mousasi has been knocked out -- was a combination straight out of Street Fighter. And in early 2015, Halls elbows nearly detached the eyebrow of Ron Stallings?in a first-round doctors stoppage.Halls next opponent, Brunson, is 6-1 in the UFC and has won four consecutive fights, the last three of which were first-round TKOs. He has flown up the rankings and, like Hall, is trying to realize title aspirations in a crowded middleweight division. The line for that belt would make any fighter wish he were at the DMV.Theres a systematic way of saying you have a number, which is ridiculous, Hall said of the rankings. I knocked out Mousasi, and Im behind him. How is that even possible?I just focus on whats important: my goal. My goal is to go out there and be the best.If Hall is to ever contend, the time might be now or never.Michael Bisping?will defend the championship at UFC 204 on Oct. 8 in a retirement match for 46-year-old Dan Henderson. Former champion Luke Rockhold?will face?Jacare Souza?in a potential title eliminator Nov. 27 in Australia.And still ahead of Hall are Gastelum and Whittaker -- not to mention former champs Chris Weidman?and Anderson Silva. Hall was scheduled to fight Silva at UFC 198, but Silva needed emergency gall bladder surgery and had to withdraw.Its a long, unlikely path, but Hall says the approach will be simple. That includes Saturday night opposite Brunson.The first thing you have to have is belief, Hall said. [I want to] beat up this dude, first of all, then knock out Luke Rockhold after, if I get the chance. I just have to take out whoever is in front of me and go for the strap. You just have to play the game.[Brunson] is just there. Hes a stepping stone. Thats it. 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DALLAS -- Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says the teams decision not to stay at Donald Trump-branded hotels in New York and Chicago was made before the presidential election.The billionaire technology entrepreneur declined Wednesday to elaborate on the decision, telling The Associated Press it was made months ago. Not recently.Cuban was a frequent critic of Trump during the campaign and supported Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who lost to the Republican president-elect.ESPN, citing anonymous sources, reported that Dallas, Memphis and Milwaukee were among the teams that moved away from Trump-branded hotels in New York and Chicago. The network reported that the decision was made in part to avoid any implied association with Trump.The Grizzlies arent staying at Trump properties.It had nothing to do with the election. We made those decisions months ago, Memphis coach David Fizdale said Wednesday night before a game against the Clippers. We didnt stay in Trump hotels when I was in Miami either, so when I came here I wanted to stay in places I was familiar with. It had nothing to do with him.Several NBA coaches have been critical of Trump since the ellection, including Golden States Steve Kerr and San Antonios Gregg Popovich.ddddddddddddMilwaukee Bucks coach Jason Kidd declined to comment as a team spokesman pointed to a statement earlier in the day that the team would not go on the record about its season travel plans.But star forward Jabari Parker said he supports the teams decision not to stay in Trump properties.It targets most of the guys on the team, the controversy that Donald Trump stands for, Parker told The Associated Press. Im damn near Mexican because my mom is from Hawaii. We have a Muslim on the team (Mirza Teletovic) and all our guys are black, so when you despise our culture, we cant support that.Parker added that hes proud of the Bucks decision.Yeah, because those are tensions that he stands for, and it targets guys on the team, Parker told The AP. They (Bucks front office) dont want to put them in uncomfortable situations just like in the 60s when they said, `Whites only. Thats basically how I look at it because were not welcome in Donald Trumps in-crowd. ' ' '