Strickland, Dawson as contenders, UFC 290, more

Take a look at this week’s “Spinning Again Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly dwell present that takes a spin via the most important subjects in combined martial arts. This week’s panel of Brian “Goze” Garcia, Farah Hannoun and Nolan King be part of host “Beautiful” George Garcia dwell at midday ET (9 a.m. PT) to debate and debate:

• Sean Strickland placed on a principally masterful efficiency in opposition to and pounded out Abus Magomedov within the second spherical of their UFC on ESPN 47 middleweight major occasion. In his post-fight interview, he mentioned he desires a title shot subsequent. He’s received eight of his previous 10, however solely two in a row, considered one of which was at mild heavyweight. Are we in or out on a attainable Strickland title shot?
• Grant Dawson took it to Damir Ismagulov within the UFC on ESPN 47 co-main occasion. He didn’t get the end, however he was dominant within the gentle upset. At 8-0-1 within the UFC, did Dawson simply develop into a official light-weight title contender?
• There wasn’t quite a lot of buzz about UFC on ESPN 47 going into the occasion, however what it may need lacked on paper, it made up for with six finishes and a few strong leisure in a few of the selections. Elves Brener pulled off his second straight huge upset. Joanderson Brito and newcomer Nursulton Ruziboev had sick KOs. Rinat Fakhretdinov and Benoit Saint-Denis had sensible submissions. So who stole the present with a breakout efficiency?
• The UFC is again on pay-per-view Saturday with two title fights in Las Vegas. In the principle occasion, featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski meets interim champ Yair Rodriguez in a title unifier. Within the co-feature, flyweight titleholder Brandon Moreno defends his belt for the primary time in his second stint as champ when he takes on Alexandre Pantoja, who has a 2018 win over him. We’ll work via the title fights to see if we’ll hear two “And nonetheless” bulletins – or doubtlessly two “And new” calls.
• South Africa’s Dricus Du Plessis is attempting to battle his solution to a title shot with middleweight champ Israel Adesanya – who was born in Africa, however lives in New Zealand. That has been some extent of rivalry for Du Plessis in what has become a little bit of a private rivalry. Du Plessis fights former champ Robert Whittaker at UFC 290 on Saturday – and Whittaker is a heavy favourite. Has anybody been extra written off in latest reminiscence forward of an enormous matchup than Du Plessis? We’ll break down the title image at 185 kilos, notably because it pertains to UFC 293 in Sydney – which is more likely to be headlined by Adesanya.