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, Mike Bohn and Nolan King will join host “Gorgeous” George Garcia live at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) to discuss and debate:
- Kayla Harrison was a massive favorite to win her third PFL women’s lightweight final and another $1 million check, but lost an upset unanimous decision to Larissa Pacheco.
- The UFC’s light heavyweight division got a major shakeup this past week. Champion Jiri Prochazka vacated the title with a shoulder injury, and UFC 282 now will feature a vacant title bout between former champion Jan Blachowicz and the favored Magomed Ankalaev.
- The 2022 PFL Championships this past Friday crowned six new $1 million winners – all of who were first-time PFL champs. They also hail from six different countries, and none American. The event was the promotion’s first pay-per-view. Did the PFL hit it out of the park?
- Conor McGregor has been outside the UFC’s drug-testing pool with USADA while he rehabs a broken leg. He said he’ll return to the pool in February and is anticipating, it seems, an exemption to return faster than the six-month waiting period after getting back in the pool. USADA doubts he’ll get to return quicker than he might think.
- Are we finally going to see the heavyweight debut of former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones? That’s the rumor for UFC 285 in March against champion Francis Ngannou. Do we think it’s going to happen? And if it doesn’t, what will the fallout be?
“Spinning Back Clique” is released each Monday LIVE on MMA Junkie’s YouTube channel. You can watch this week’s episode in the video above.
