ST WEEK -- Panthers lost to Buccaneers 17-14; Saints had bye, beat Chargers 35-34, Oct. 2AP PRO32 RANKING -- Panthers No. 21, Saints No. 25PANTHERS OFFENSE -

CAROLINA (1-4) at NEW ORLEANS (1-3)Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, FoxOPENING LINE -- Panthers by 3RECORD VS. SPREAD -- Carolina 1-4, New Orleans 2-2SERIES RECORD -- Panthers lead 23-19LAST MEETING -- Panthers beat Saints 41-38, Dec. 6, 2015LAST WEEK -- Panthers lost to Buccaneers 17-14; Saints had bye, beat Chargers 35-34, Oct. 2AP PRO32 RANKING -- Panthers No. 21, Saints No. 25PANTHERS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (3), RUSH (6), PASS (10).PANTHERS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (12), RUSH (10), PASS (15).SAINTS OFFENSE -- OVERALL (6), RUSH (29), PASS (2).SAINTS DEFENSE -- OVERALL (31), RUSH (26), PASS (29).STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES -- Panthers QB Cam Newton expected to return after missing last weeks game with concussion symptoms. ... Panthers seeking to avoid first 1-5 start since 2012, last season they failed to win NFC South. ... Panthers have beaten Saints three straight meetings. ... Panthers are 0-2 away from home. ... Newton has 10 TDs and one INT in last three vs. Saints. ... Panthers TE Greg Olsen had nine receptions for career-high 181 yards in Week 5 and leads all NFL TEs in receptions and yards receiving. ... Olsen has 27 catches for 335 yards (111.7 per game) and three TDs in past three vs. Saints. ... WR Ted Ginn Jr. had 88 yards receiving and two TDs in last game vs. Saints. ... Panthers DEs Charles Johnson and Kony Ealy have no sacks this season. ... Only eight of 128 NFL teams have started 1-4, made postseason since 1990. ... Saints aim to avoid second straight 1-4 start to season. ... QB Drew Brees has 27 TDs passing in past seven at home. ... . FB John Kuhn had three TDs (two rushing, one receiving) in Saints win at San Diego. ... DT Nick Fairley had 1 + sacks in last game, has three sacks this season. ... No Saints player has 100-yard rushing game this season, RB Mark Ingram owns Saints single-game high 77 yards. ...Three Saints -- WR Brandin Cooks, WR Willie Snead and TE Coby Fleener -- each have one 100-yard game receiving. ... 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I just knew without a doubt that one day, this was what I wanted to do.Ferguson showed a glimpse of his fathers punching power in his amateur debut in March, but he has been training full time in MMA for just two years. He studied photography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco before deciding to pursue his first athletic passion in the cage.I trained [in MMA] a little bit in college, but not really, Ferguson said. I was more focused on having fun and partying a little bit, getting that out of my system early. I trained a little bit, like once a week.Although he played football and basketball at his private high school in South Florida, Ferguson preferred the one-on-one rawness of wrestling and MMA.Despite his collegiate photography training and his fathers imposing shadow, Ferguson decided to pursue a fighting career seriously with the blessing of Slice, who parlayed his fame from viral backyard fighting videos into a lucrative career in MMA and boxing.dddddddddddd.The 42-year-old Slice also fought for Bellator earlier this year, but he had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure and needed a heart transplant when he collapsed at his home on June 6. He died at a hospital several hours later.I wont say I adjusted well or it didnt bother me, but I was talking to him a few days before, so I understood what was going on, Ferguson said.It was more of a shock to the world, put it like that. It was still a very big tragedy, but I got through it. Im still getting through it. I wont say Im over it, but Im working on it, I guess.Ferguson has two younger brothers and three younger sisters. Slice once said the most important function of his fighting career was to provide his children with college educations.Ferguson trained in Connecticut before moving to Long Beach, California, two months ago to train in the gym of veteran MMA fighter Antonio McKee. He has been working alongside fellow Bellator fighters A.J. McKee, Bubba Jenkins and Joey Davis, who are all fighting at Honda Center in Anaheim next month.Antonio just changed the game for me, Ferguson said. He understood what I needed, and he understands the science behind it all.Bellator is likely to build up Ferguson against comparable competition. His opponent for next months debut should be selected this week.Bellator 160 in Anaheim will be headlined by former UFC champion Benson Henderson and Patricio Pitbull Freire. The show airs on Spike. ' ' '