Spinning Back Clique: What’s the biggest fallout from Dan Hooker’s win over Paul Felder?
Welcome to “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts. In this week’s episode, “Gorgeous” George, “Goze” and John Morgan unpack what went down at UFC on ESPN+ 26, including the Dan Hooker vs. Paul Felder main event.
SHOW RUNDOWN:
- Dan Hooker beat Paul Felder with a razor-thin split decision in the UFC on ESPN+ 26 main event. Did the judges get it right? And what should happen next for Hooker and Felder?
- UFC women’s strawweight Angela Hill fought for the sixth time in 11 months, which is a new promotional record. Is she the female Donald Cerrone? Should she keep fighting with this frequency, or should she chill out and wait for some big fights to try to get into title contention?
- UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya got a lot of heat for a comment that seemed to make light of 9/11. He apologized after the fact. Did he really screw up in an unforgivable way? And was his apology on the mark?
- Bellator had back-to-back events this past weekend – one in Thackerville, Okla., and one in Dublin. Who were the fighters that stood out from the two shows?
- This week, Joseph Benavidez goes after a flyweight title once again when he takes on Deiveson Figueiredo for the vacant belt in the UFC Norfolk main event. Does he have to have this belt to cement his legacy?
For answers to all of those questions, watch Episode 17 of “Spinning Back Clique.”
Spinning Back Clique: What's the biggest fallout from Dan Hooker's win over Paul Felder?