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Our expert panel reacts to the biggest headlines in MMA today.
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, Nolan King and Danny Segura will join host “Gorgeous” George Garcia live at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) to discuss and debate the following topics:
- Reinier de Ridder is on the rise. The former ONE Championship champion defeated Robert Whittaker in the main event of Saturday’s UFC on ABC 9 in Abu Dhabi. It was a highly debated decision win, but in the end, de Ridder got his hand raised and took one step closer to the UFC middleweight title. Should de Ridder get the next shot at the belt? Where does this loss leave Whittaker? We dissect the main event of UFC Abu Dhabi.
- This past week saw some big fight announcements for the month of October, including three UFC championship fights. UFC 320 got stacked with action as it will host Magomed Ankalaev vs. Alex Pereira 2 for the light heavyweight title, and Merab Dvalishvili vs. Cory Sandhagen for the bantamweight belt. Additionally, UFC 320 got a fun striking battle between Jiri Prochazka and Khalil Rountree Jr. Tom Aspinall‘s first title defense was also added to the calendar, as he’ll take on Ciryl Gane in the main event of UFC 321. We break down and analyze these high-profile bouts.
- The first round of finals for the 2025 PFL tournaments goes down this Friday. 2025 PFL World Tournament 8: Finals features two championship bouts – Thad Jean vs. Logan Storley at middleweight, and Movlid Khaybulaev vs. Jesus Pinedo at featherweight. We share our analysis and predictions for these bouts.
- UFC on ESPN 71 goes down this Saturday in Las Vegas. We preview the card and highlight some of the more interesting bouts on the line-up outside the main event.
