Spinning Back Clique: Buy or sell a new Conor McGregor moving forward after UFC 246?

Conor McGregor’s victory leaves a lot of questions to be answered. And what about Maycee Barber’s stuning loss and Kanye West moment?

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 the ramifications of [autotag]Conor McGregor[/autotag]’s quick TKO win over Donald Cerrone in his return fight at UFC 246, as well as an odd post-fight situation that played out.

SHOW RUNDOWN:

  • We got through an entire McGregor fight week with zero antics, zero drama, nothing crazy from “The Notorious” one. Is this a new, reinvented McGregor moving forward? And if so, what do we think of that?
  • All right, so now that McGregor got the victory – and in dominant fashion, no less – he has a plethora of options in front of him: [autotag]Khabib Nurmagomedov[/autotag] rematch? [autotag]Tony Ferguson[/autotag]? [autotag]Jorge Masvidal[/autotag]? [autotag]Nate Diaz[/autotag] trilogy? A boxing match? It’s clear what UFC president Dana White wants. But what will actually happen?
  • Speaking of which, [autotag]Floyd Mayweather[/autotag] is in the UFC’s plans for 2020 and vice versa, according to White. What could this possibly mean for McGregor and others, and is this something we want?
  • The odd man out in all of the talk about McGregor and the UFC lightweight title picture is [autotag]Justin Gaethje[/autotag], who is probably the rightful No. 1 contender after champion Nurmagomedov and Ferguson fight in April. White admitted that he and Gaethje are not on the same page. What’s the right move here with Gaethje?
  • Outside of McGregor-Cerrone, perhaps the biggest story coming out of UFC 246 was [autotag]Roxanne Modafferi[/autotag]’s huge upset of star prospect [autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag], who was dominated in her first loss. To boot, the 21-year-old Barber suffered a torn ACL during the fight. And afterward, she gave us a Kanye West moment by stealing the mic to address the crowd before Joe Rogan could interview Modafferi – which was weird, even if she meant well. What do we make of all this?

For answers to all of those questions, watch Episode 12 of “Spinning Back Clique.”

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