Check out this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly live show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts.
This week’s panel of Brian “Goze” Garcia, Dan Tom and Danny Segura will join host “Gorgeous” George Garcia live at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) to discuss and debate the following topics:
- Israel Adesanya suffered his third consecutive defeat courtesy of Nassourdine Imavov. The former middleweight champion was stopped in the second round of the main event of UFC Fight Night 250 in Saudi Arabia, putting him in a difficult career situation. We discuss both Adesanya and Imavov future in this sport following their big clash.
- Outside of the main event, UFC Fight Night 250 saw many interesting results. Michael Page handed Shara Magomedov his first professional defeat, while Sergei Pavlovich returned to the win column with a decision win over Jairzinho Rozentruik. We dissect these two fights among other highlights on the card.
- Well, Bryce Mitchell talked himself into arguably being the biggest headline last week, and all for the wrong reasons. The UFC featherweight made some gross comments on his own podcast praising Hitler, Holocaust denial, gay bashing and more. He later apologized in part and said he’s “not a Nazi.” This triggered a massive response in the MMA community and even from UFC president Dana White. What’s going on with MMA’s culture? Should the UFC have cut ties with Mitchell? We react to the situation.
- This Saturday, UFC 312 goes down with two big title fights. In the main event, Dricus Du Plessis defends his middleweight belt against Sean Strickland, and Zhang Weili defends her strawweight title vs. Tatiana Suarez. We break down and preview these two championship fights, along with other bouts on the card.
