Spinning Back Clique LIVE (noon ET): Blanchfield-Barber canceled, UFC 316 preview, more
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 Danny Segura will join host "Gorgeous" George Garcia live at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) to discuss and debate the following topics:
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We start off the show with a recap of what happened (and didn't happen) Saturday at UFC on ESPN 68. Most notably, we'll discuss the bizarre, last-minute cancellation of the main event women's flyweight bout between Erin Blanchfield and Maycee Barber. According to the UFC, Barber wasn't allowed to fight due to medical issues, thus canceling her fight literally when she was supposed to walk to the octagon.
We'll take a look at the good and the bad major headlines this past week. From UFC legend B.J. Penn's multiple arrests, to Noche UFC moving from Guadalajara to San Antonio and some recent bookings, we react to it all.
We preview all the action at UFC 316, which goes down Saturday in Newark, N.J. Can Sean O'Malley settle the score with bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili? Will Kayla Harrison take the women's bantamweight title from Julianna Peña and lure Amanda Nunes out of retirement? We break it all down.
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