His lone loss came at the hands of the current number one contender to Brian Bowles Dominick Cruz

His lone loss came at the hands of the current number one contender to Brian Bowles, Dominick Cruz."I’m not looking past him at all," Torres said of Benavidez. "The keys to win this fight are simple: to stay elusive, to use my range, to use my timing. Don’t make it a slugfest, because that’s what he’s looking for."When I’m in the clinch, I need to stay aggressive, use my knees, and use my takedowns. Taking me to the ground would be the worst case for him."Torres is certainly very confident entering the match up."How I see it is that I have the advantage everywhere, but with these little gloves on, anything can happen."Clearly, Torres is alluding to his last fight against Bowles. Even though he lost by KO in convincing fashion, Torres does not give Bowles a tremendous amount of credit."He caught me with a good punch," Torres said about the title loss. "Nine times out of 10 on paper I beat Brian Bowles, but that was that one time."I was way too aggressive I was way too cocky I didn’t train right I was traveling I did too much PR I overlooked him and he caught me coming in He wasn’t even looking when he threw the punch.

He just caught me in the right part on my ear."Regardless of Torres’ reasons for the loss, his mother will always have the visualization of seeing her son knocked out on the canvas."She told me to stop fighting and that if I did fight again, she will never go to a live event," Torres said. "She will never watch it on TV."That, however, is not going to stop Torres from getting back into the cage. In fact, the exact opposite is true."I will use that as motivation for my next fight."Torres’ match up with Benavidez will be a very important one. With a victory, he will likely assure himself another chance to wear the WEC bantamweight championship.

Plus, Torres will have a potential mega fight with Faber or Aldo dangling in the future.None of those opportunities will materialize, though, without a victory over Benavidez. In predicting the outcome of the fight, Torres feels very comfortable with his game plan."I'm looking at a submission in thesecond round. I'm going to hit him a couple of times, he's not going to be able to hit me. He's going to get frustrated, shoot in for a takedown and I'll catch him in a submission.". While Tracy McGrady carries around a prime-time name, and glimpses of a prime-time game, there’s no doubting the fact that New York’s acquisition of McGrady was strictly for salary cap purposes. Still, after nearly a season and a half on the pine, there’s the question of what McGrady can bring to the table, both this year with the Knicks, but more importantly, next year with his future employer.

Plus, should McGrady be able to demonstrate a full return to his pre-microfracture form, the Knicks will have the first crack and negotiating to potentially resign McGrady this offseason. Let’s use McGrady’s performance against the Wizards to see exactly where McGrady is right now. Tracy McGrady: 25 Min, 8-17 FG, 0-1 3FG, 7-9 FT, 3 REB, 3 AST, 0 TO, 0 STL, 1 BLK, 23 PTS. OffenseMcGrady generally operated with high screen/rolls or on wing isolations. These comprised 12 of his total shot attempts.An iso drive along the right baseline earned him a layup plus a free throw.