QUEBEC CITY, Que. - While there were plenty of empty seats at the Colisee Pepsi, UFC president Dana White said he was satisfied with the UFC's first foray into Quebec City.

Wednesday night's televised card, the live finale to "The Ultimate Fighter Nations" reality TV show, drew an announced attendance of 5,029 and a gate of US$340,000.

White said the gate was "above average" compared to previous Ultimate Fighter finales, citing the gates for TUF 18 ($322,000) TUF 16 ($318,000) and TUF 15 ($195,000).

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Raptors ended their regular season by blowing a 21-point lead in a 95-92 loss to the New York Knicks Wednesday. But with playoffs on the horizon, Toronto is looking toward its next game.

With a Chicago Bulls loss to the Charlotte Bobcats in overtime, the Raptors still landed the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. They'll open up their first post-season series since 2008 by hosting the sixth-seeded Brooklyn Nets on Saturday.

QUEBEC CITY, Que. - Former Green Beret Tim Kennedy outmuscled English middleweight Michael Bisping en route to a unanimous decision win in the main event of the UFC's "Ultimate Fighter Nations" finale card Wednesday night.

The judges scored it 49-46, 49-46, 50-45 for Kennedy.

Wrestling proved to be the difference with Kennedy taking Bisping down in the first, third and fifth rounds and keeping him there. The crowd at the Colisee Pepsi didn't like it and neither did Bisping, whose game is built on movement and technical striking.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Columbus coach Todd Richards insists his upstart team isn't in the playoffs "just to go to school."

Maybe, but the Pittsburgh Penguins provided a pretty valuable lesson in perseverance during a 4-3 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals on Wednesday night.

TAMPA, Fla. - After the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning combined for 11 goals in four regular-season meetings, Dale Weise didn't expect them to score eight in the first 60 minutes of Game 1 Wednesday night.

"But that's playoffs, anything can happen," he said.

Anything, including Weise scoring his first career Stanley Cup playoff goal and first NHL overtime winner to give the Habs a 5-4 victory at Tampa Bay Times Forum and a 1-0 lead in the Atlantic Division semifinal series.

ATLANTA - Arthur Blank donned traditional soccer garb to mark his newest venture — an MLS team for Atlanta.

"I love this one," Blank said, looking down at the red, black and gold scarf draped over his dark suit. "I haven't taken it off since it was given to me. I may not sleep in it tonight, but I may. I haven't decided yet."

Major League Soccer announced its latest team Wednesday, an expansion team for Atlanta that will begin play in 2017 at the city's new retractable roof stadium.

QUEBEC CITY, Que. - Welterweight Chad (The Disciple) Laprise won a split decision over Olivier Aubin-Mercier on Wednesday to become the first Canadian winner of the UFC's "Ultimate Fighter" reality TV show.

The judges scored it 28-29, 29-28, 30-27 for Laprise, who finished strongly in what was a very close fight.

MINNEAPOLIS - The Toronto Blue Jays and the Minnesota Twins were given an unexpected day off because of the weather.

They sure needed the extra time to warm back up from the night before.

The Blue Jays-Twins game Wednesday was postponed more than seven hours before it was scheduled to begin, due to the unseasonable cold causing a spring storm to produce blowing snow all afternoon with some accumulation predicted at night.

Canada's smartest person knows better than to rush back from injury.

Peter Dyakowski is easily handling stairs and weighted squats five months after suffering a serious knee injury in the 2013 Grey Cup. Despite his progress following surgery for a torn patellar tendon, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats offensive lineman doesn't expect to be ready for the start of training camp June 1.

While the Colorado Avalanche are using "Why not us?" as their motto, the Philadelphia Flyers might want to adopt "Why wouldn't we?" going into the playoffs.

That was winger Jakub Voracek's response to a question last week in Pittsburgh about whether the Flyers could still win if starting goaltender Steve Mason can't play. Voracek didn't take too kindly to that, propping up backup Ray Emery in the process.