Diego Sanchez takes down submission specialist Marcin Held for 16th UFC win

He walked into his fight with Marcin Held as a sizable underdog on Saturday night. After 15 minutes in the Octagon, Sanchez proved the odds makers wrong.

Heading into the night, Sanchez took a backseat to his opponent as Held had a lot of hype surrounding his debut.

None of the chatter about Held's prospect status mattered to Sanchez, who came after the newcomer like he was shot out of a cannon just like he does for all of his fights.

It nearly backfired when Held locked up a standing guillotine choke that literally lifted Sanchez in the air. Of course, Sanchez refused to give up and instead did a crazy wall walk up the Octagon before twisting free of Held's grip to get out of the submission.

As the second round got underway, Held started to look for his signature leg locks, which have earned him a long list of victories during his career, but Sanchez not only defended well but he took advantage of the position on the ground.

With Held resigned to laying on his back, Sanchez punished the Polish UFC rook with punches each and every time they went to the ground.

The constant pressure and punishment also zapped Held's gas tank as he watched his conditioning fade thanks to Sanchez's offense coupled with the high altitude in Mexico City.

When it was over, Sanchez got the victory with the judges returning scores of 29-28, 29-28 and 29-27, giving the veteran fighter his 16th win inside the UFC Octagon.

Sanchez gets back in the win column after a heartbreaking loss at UFC 200 while taking out a highly touted prospect like Held at the same time.

Why Arnab Goswami left Times Now ??

Arnab Goswami, the vociferous Times Now news anchor whose jingoistic tenor, a habit acquired during his days as a schoolroom debater, helped him amass a large constituency of devotees (and detractors), left the channel following differences with its owners, the Jains - Sameer, Vineet Kumar and Raj - of Bennett Coleman & Co, Ltd, according to those familiar with parleys leading up to his resignation

There were occasions, it is reliably learnt, when BCCL executives, headed by CEO Raj Jain, flagged a few "editorial positions” taken by Goswami; these were deemed "not in sync with management". One such instance pertains to calls from various political and provincial factions to ban Pakistani actors from working in India, following attacks by Pakistan-backed militants in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir. On October 6, BCCL Managing Director Vineet Jain tweeted in support of actors from across the border.

This was a view at variance with the one expounded by Goswami on his 9 pm show, The Newshour. Later, when a guest on the show drew the anchor's attention to Vineet Jain's tweet, Goswami replied that he hews to a nationalist position that is his own and does not abide by the diktats of "others". This was the first visible indicator of friction between the Jains and Goswami.Added to this was the growing resentment between Goswami and a host of political parties, including the Congress, whose leaders often complained to the Jains that Goswami, especially in recent times, was "unnecessarily showcasing" a particular right-wing inclination. But the Jains, who have long favoured ratings over editorial probity, refused to reign in Goswami; what chafed more, perhaps, were calls made by Goswami to take an "ownership position" at Times Now, a demand its owners deemed untenable and unjustified.

Sources within the network told this writer matters came to a head not too long ago, and that both the Jains and their mercurial employee began developing an exit plan. According to one insider, top-level meetings were held at a "Himalayan retreat of the Jains" to find a replacement for The Newshour anchor.

One day, quite recently, Goswami, who sheds his bombastic studio persona while outside it, gathered a small band of loyalists and broke the news to them, hinting that “the game has just begun”. A clip of the speech, which was uploaded to YouTube, has been viewed by over 200,000 people. Unfortunately, it ends abruptly, an indication Goswami asked his colleagues not to record his statement.