Try this week’s “Spinning Again Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly reside present that takes a spin by way of the most important matters in combined martial arts.

This week’s panel of Brian “Goze” Garcia, Matt Wells, and Nolan King will be a part of host “Beautiful” George Garcia reside at midday ET (9 a.m. PT) to debate and debate the next matters:

  • Alexandre Pantoja defended his UFC flyweight title in stellar style, submitting former Rizin FF champion Kai Asakura in the primary occasion of UFC 310. After the struggle, Pantoja known as out former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson. May Johnson be satisfied to return? If not, what’s subsequent for Pantoja? The place does this loss depart Asakura? We focus on. 
  • Pantoja wasn’t the one one with an enormous win on Saturday. Shavkat Rakhmonov cemented himself because the No. 1 contender at 170 kilos with a resolution win over fellow prime contender Ian Machado Garry. With a UFC title struggle on the horizon, what are Rakhmonov’s possibilities towards Belal Muhammad? How a lot curiosity may this struggle draw? We react to Rakhmonov’s huge win and what might be subsequent for Machado Garry.
  • Loads of different issues went down at UFC 310 outdoors the primary and co-main occasion. Alexander Volkov misplaced a controversial and highly-debated break up resolution to Ciryl Gane. Kron Gracie was viciously knocked out in his MMA return. And veterans Anthony Smith, Chris Weidman, and Clay Guida all took defeats – which may mark the tip of their MMA careers. We react to all of it. 
  • The UFC received busy reserving their subsequent two pay-per-view reveals. This previous week, the promotion revealed the primary and co-main occasion bouts for UFC 311 and UFC 312. A light-weight and bantamweight bout pitting Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan, and Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov is about to headline UFC 311 on Jan. 18 in Los Angeles. Additionally, a middleweight and girls’s strawweight championship bout headline UFC 312 on Feb. 8 in Sydney, as Dricus Du Plessis rematches Sean Strickland, and Tatiana Suarez lastly will get her long-awaited shot at Zhang Weili. We reat to the championship bookings.
  • Issues heated up outdoors the octagon these previous few days. Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov needed to be separated backstage on Thursday, and two days later, Dvalishvili and Dennis Buzukja received bodily with a fan whereas strolling by way of the world at UFC 310. Buzukja was seen punching a fan. Nate Diaz and Islam Makhachev additionally threw issues at one another earlier than getting separated by safety, and Jamahall Hill confronted Alex Pereira on the UFC Efficiency Institute. What’s occurring? Is the UFC correctly dealing with safety? We focus on.
  • This coming Saturday, the UFC closes their 2024 with a Battle Evening occasion in Tampa, Fla. UFC on ESPN 63 contains a key welterweight bout between former interim champion Colby Covington taking up rising title contender Joaquim Buckley. Who will win? May the winner set himself up for a title shot? We break all of it down.