KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Justin Thomas began his title defense with an 8-under 64 at the CIMB Classic on Thursday, making nine birdies and a bogey to move into a three-way tie with Keegan Bradley and Derek Fathauer for the first-round lead.Thomas, who won his first PGA Tour title here last year in a tournament-record total 26-under-par 262, said he felt at ease in the opening round of the PGA Tour-sanctioned event.If theres such a thing as an easy 8-under, it was, Thomas said. I wedged it great. I took advantage of the first three par 5s.I was just very comfortable and hit it in there close a couple of times and made a couple putts, but it was a pretty low-stress day.Bradley had six birdies on the front nine and an eagle at the par-5 10th but then had two bogeys on his next three holes before recovering with birdies at the 16th and 17th.Englands Paul Casey was one stroke behind the leaders at 7 under, one clear of Asian Tour leader Anirban Lahiri and two ahead of a group of four at 5 under, including Sergio Garcia and Aaron Baddeley.Ryan Moore, who won the CIMB Classic in 2013 and 2014, opened with a 71 in his first tournament since he delivered the winning Ryder Cup point for the Americans.He was one of 13 players tied for 44th at 1 under, including Ian Poulter, who was making his first PGA Tour-sanctioned start since a foot injury in May caused him to take off the rest of the season. Poulter tied for 28th last week at the Macau Open, his first tournament back. Air Force 1 Canada Sale . Coach Tom Thibodeau says the former MVP will probably start travelling with the team in the next few weeks. Rose tore the meniscus in his right knee at Portland in November and was ruled out for the remainder of the season by the Bulls. Air Force One Sale Canada . For the Wild it was their first win of the season and they now have a record of 1-1-2 while the Jets fall to 2-2. Jets start a six game home stand Friday with another divisional game, home to the Dallas Stars. http://www.airforce1canadasale.com/air-force-1-low-top.html . Spiller left Week 3s 27-20 loss to the New York Jets with a thigh injury, but fully practiced with the team all week and expects to be ready to go on Sunday. Air Force 1 LV8 Canada . Mickelson barely made the cut but had the best round of the day with nine birdies and an eagle coupled with two bogeys to sit two shots behind leader Craig Lee of Scotland. Lee shot a 69 for a 12-under 204 total. "I just love the fact I am in contention and have an opportunity in my first tournament of the year here in Abu Dhabi," Mickelson said. Air More Uptempo Canada . Belfort (24-10) needed just 77 seconds to down Henderson in the headlining bout of Saturdays "UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson" event at Goiania Arena in Goiania, Brazil. The fight served as a rematch of the pairs 2006 meeting, which Henderson won by decision. DAVIS, Calif. -- Manusamoa Luuga ran for 249 yards with a touchdown and Ben Scott threw for five more scores to help lead UC Davis to a 48-30 win over Sacramento State in the season finale for both teams on Saturday.Scott completed 14 of 24 passes for 292 yards. Scotts favorite target on the afternoon was Keelan Doss, who hauled in four of his five TD passes and accounted for 207 of his 292 passing yards.The Aggies (3-8, 2-6 Big Sky) broke the game open in the second quarter. Doss caught threee touchdown passes in the period and UC Davis led 34-17 at the break.ddddddddddddA Manny Scott-Anderson fumble return for a TD for Sacramento State cut it to 34-27 midway through the third. However two more Scott touchdowns, including a game-long 58-yarder to Doss, put the game away.Jordan Robinson ran for 152 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Hornets (2-9, 2-6). ' ' '