Watch this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly live show exploring the most important topics in MMA.
This week’s panel of Brian “Goze” Garcia, Mike Bohn, and Danny Segura will join host George “Gorgeous” Garcia at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) to discuss and debate the following topics:
advertise
-
Alexander Volkanovski has done it again. “The Great” defends his UFC featherweight title in a rematch with Diego Lopez in the main event of Saturday’s UFC 325. The emphatic win gave Volkanovski his second title defense and led many fans to dub him “The GOAT” at 145 pounds. We break down Volkanovski’s big win and what’s next in his career, as well as other key results from the card event in Sydney, Australia.
-
We take a look at last week’s noteworthy fight bookings, as well as the news that’s cropped up in MMA. This includes Shavkat Rakhmonov’s unfortunate injury, Patchy Mix’s surprise UFC release, and more.
-
The PFL will co-host the first event in 2026 with PFL Dubai. The card features two title fights, with lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov taking on 2025 PFL Championship winner Alfie Davis and Ramazan Kuramagomedov and Shamil Musaev vying for the vacant welterweight title. We analyze these matches and give predictions for the matches.
-
Finally, we preview UFC Fight Night 266. In the main event, Mario Bautista will look to bounce back from his loss to Umar Nurmagomedov and halt the momentum of Brazilian Vinicius Oliveira. In the co-main event, top flyweight contenders Amir Albazi and Kyouji Horiguchi both pitched their hopes of getting their next shot at gold. We analyze all the noteworthy matchups and give our picks for this card.
This article originally appeared in MMA Junkie: Spinning Back Clique: Volkanovski Added to GOAT Case, PFL Dubai Preview
