The Dallas Mavericks just made a huge move, trading 10-time All-Star Anthony Davis to the Washington Wizards in an eight-player deal, according to ESPN.

Dallas gets Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Malaki Branham, and Marvin Bagley III, along with two first-round and three second-round draft picks. Washington picks up Jaden Hardy, D'Angelo Russell, and Dante Exum.

The NBA trade deadline hits Thursday at 3 p.m. ET, so the clock’s ticking.

Davis hasn’t seen the court since January 8 because of a hand injury. Before that, he suited up for 20 out of 50 Mavericks games this season, averaging 20.4 points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and 1.7 blocks. Last season, after that infamous trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Lakers in February 2025, Davis only started nine times. Fans hated the deal, and the backlash ended up costing GM Nico Harrison his job in November.

In total, Davis started 29 games for Dallas, posting 20.2 points, 10.8 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 1.8 blocks. The team went 16-13 with him in the lineup.

Right now, the Mavericks are struggling. They’re 19-31, riding a five-game losing streak, and sitting 12th in the Western Conference as they head into a home game against the Spurs.

The Wizards aren’t faring much better. At 13-36, they’re tied for 14th in the East.

Davis is actually the second big-name veteran the Wizards have landed this winter. They traded for four-time All-Star Trae Young from Atlanta on January 9, but he hasn’t played yet because of MCL and quad injuries.

Khris Middleton is the other major piece in this deal. He’s a three-time All-Star and won an NBA title with the Bucks in 2021. The 34-year-old averaged 10.3 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 3.3 assists in 34 games for Washington this year.

Bagley and Russell have both been putting up double figures, too. Bagley, 26, averaged 10.1 points and 5.7 rebounds in 38 games for Washington. Russell scored 10.2 points with 4.0 assists in 26 games for Dallas.

Alexander Volkanovski hasn’t lost a step, even in his late 30s.

The Aussie star outclassed Diego Lopes from start to finish, picking up a unanimous decision win and hanging onto his UFC featherweight belt in front of a wild Sydney crowd at Qudos Bank Arena. Volkanovski (28-4, 15-3 UFC) made it look routine, sweeping the scorecards with 49-46, 49-46, and 50-45. That’s two straight over Lopes for him.

Lopes (27-8, 6-3 UFC) had a tough time landing anything meaningful. He did drop Volkanovski for a split second in round three with a sharp counter right, but that was about it. Volkanovski circled, kept him at bay with his jab, snapped off leg kicks whenever he felt like it, and countered with his own right hook. Just steady, classic Volkanovski—always a step ahead. In the fifth, he sealed the deal with a pair of takedowns and shut down Lopes’ last-ditch kimura-to-armbar attempt.

On the co-main stage, Benoit St. Denis—a former French Special Forces guy—shook off a rough start and finished Dan Hooker with elbows and punches in round two. St. Denis (17-3, 9-3 UFC) ended it at 4:45, putting together his fourth straight win.

Hooker (24-14, 14-10 UFC) had early success, peppering St. Denis with front kicks to the body, but couldn’t keep it up. St. Denis fired back with takedowns and nasty elbows on the ground—just relentless. In round two, he broke out of a guillotine, got on top, slid into mount, and started dropping bombs with his elbows. He teased a kimura, switched between pounding away and locking up arm triangles, and finally poured it on with punches until the ref stepped in.

All 17 of St. Denis’ pro wins have come by finish—knockout, TKO, or submission. The guy just doesn’t do boring.

Further down the card, former Centurion champ Mauricio Ruffy stopped Rafael Fiziev with punches in round two of their lightweight fight. Ruffy (13-2, 4-1 UFC) wrapped it up at 4:30, making it eight wins in his last nine.

Fiziev (13-5, 7-5 UFC) attacked Ruffy’s lead leg with some nasty kicks, trying to chop him down. Ruffy stayed patient, worked his jab, and waited for his moment. Late in the second, he cracked Fiziev with a clean one-two, chased him down with more shots, and sent him crashing to the mat. Fiziev tried to get back up, but Ruffy just shoved him down and kept swinging until referee Daniel Movahedi waved it off.

That’s Fiziev’s first real stoppage loss in almost seven years.

Also, Tallison Teixeira from Team Lucas Mineiro bounced back from a July knockout loss to Derrick Lewis by outpointing Tai Tuivasa over three rounds. All three judges had it 29-28 for Teixeira (9-1, 2-1 UFC).

Tuivasa stepped into the cage for the first time since August 2024, but he just couldn’t keep himself upright in those opening rounds. Teixeira took him down almost at will, moved to mount a few times, and dropped some ground-and-pound, but never really poured it on enough to get a finish. By the last round, both guys looked absolutely spent. Their movements slowed to a crawl, and you could see the exhaustion all over them. Tuivasa had his window—he landed some wild shots on the towering 6-foot-7 Brazilian—but just didn’t have enough left in the tank to swing the fight his way. Teixeira managed to hang in there, pushed through the fatigue, and ran out the clock.

Tuivasa, now 32, has dropped six straight.

Earlier, Quillan Salkilld—who once held the Eternal MMA belt—finished Jamie Mullarkey with a neck crank in the first round of their lightweight scrap. Mullarkey tapped at 3:02, taking the first submission loss of his 27-fight career.

Salkilld wasted no time, scored a quick takedown, forced Mullarkey to scramble back up, and tagged him with an elbow as they separated. Mullarkey, stepping in for Zhu Rong on short notice, fired back with some short punches, but Salkilld dragged him into a clinch, then threw him hard to the mat. Once they hit the ground, Salkilld quickly took the back and locked in the neck crank. Mullarkey tried to tough it out, but the pain got to him, and he tapped.

Salkild, just 26, now has 11 wins in a row.