Olympics-to-MMA is here to stay, so what advice do we have?

Kayla Harrison kept on rolling through her MMA career Thursday and soon will fight for another $1 million prize.

Harrison dominated Genah Fabian to reach the 2021 PFL playoff final in the women’s lightweight division. She won the 2019 season just a few years after she won her second Olympic gold medal in judo at the 2016 Games.

Ronda Rousey became a breakthrough women’s MMA global superstar after taking bronze in judo at the 2008 Games. Henry Cejudo became a two-division UFC champion after he won gold in wrestling for the U.S. Sara McMann won silver in wrestling for the U.S. Hector Lombard became a Bellator champion and was an Olympian for Cuba. Dan Kelly had a solid UFC run and was, remarkably, a four-time Olympian in judo for Australia.

Gable Steveson won gold in freestyle wrestling earlier this month for the U.S. – and has had his sights set on an eventual MMA run for a while. Bellator president Scott Coker said he’d have interest in signing him, too.

With Olympians moving to MMA a longstanding thing that doesn’t seem to be ready to let up, host John Morgan asked our panel on this week’s “Spinning Back Clique” to give some advice to Steveson and future MMA hopefuls. Hear what Brian “Goze” Garcia, Nolan King and Matthew Wells have to offer in the video above, or check out the full episode below.