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Spinning Back Clique REPLAY: Ankalaev-Pereira UFC 313 recap, Dana White into boxing world, more

On the latest episode of “Spinning Back Clique,” we react to Alex Pereira’s UFC 313 title loss, Dana White entering boxing, 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:

  • [autotag]Magomed Ankalaev[/autotag] is the new UFC light heavyweight champion. The Dagestani fighter dethroned superstar [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag] in the main event of Saturday’s UFC 313 in Las Vegas. Was the result surprising? Who should be next for Pereira and Ankalaev? We break it all down.
  • Outside the Ankalaev vs. Pereira main event, plenty went down at UFC 313. [autotag]Justin Gaethje[/autotag] rebounded from his UFC 300 KO loss by outpointing [autotag]Rafael Fiziev[/autotag]; [autotag]Ignacio Bahamondes[/autotag] had a breakout performance, submitting [autotag]Jalin Turner[/autotag]; and plenty more. We react to some of the key results on the card outside the headlining championship fight.
  • There’s been big news in the boxing world. Last week, TKO Group, along with [autotag]Turki Alalshikh[/autotag] and UFC CEO [autotag]Dana White[/autotag], announced a partnership to launch a new boxing promotion. Can they change the boxing model? Will they find success? We break it all down.
  • To finish off the show, we’ll do a live Q&A segment in which we’ll discuss the latest in the MMA world. Submit your question in the YouTube live chat during the stream, and we’ll answer the best submissions.

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Emotional Jalin Turner opens up on decision to retire following UFC 313 loss

Jalin Turner surprisingly took off his gloves after losing at UFC 313.

[autotag]Jalin Turner[/autotag] surprisingly took off his gloves after losing at UFC 313.

Turner (14-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC) was submitted by Ignacio Bahamondes (17-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in Round 1 of Saturday’s lightweight main card bout at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The loss marked Turner’s fourth in his past five outings. An emotional Turner explained why he decided to retire, despite being just 29 years old.

“I was already entertaining the thought, retiring after UFC 300,” Turner said in an interview with Sportsnet. “(I) took a little bit of time off, you know – kept training, just trying to get my mind right, just focus on like my mental health. It’s hard, man – fighting is hard. I’ve been doing it for 12 years, and you’ve either got to be all in or not. And even being in there now, I wasn’t fully all in as I thought I would be. The decision to stay or not was honestly based off this fight for me. I felt like I would get the nod, get the win.

“I’ve watched him. He’s an up-and-coming prospect. He deserved the opportunity, and I felt like I would get my hand raised and I didn’t. It’s emotional right now, but I’ve been thinking about this for the last 11 months if I’m going to keep fighting or not. I was battling signing the fight contract because I didn’t know if I was retiring or not, didn’t know how much longer I wanted to keep doing this. My kids are getting older. I don’t want to keep taking damage. Training camps are hard. Life has really taken its toll the past 11 months, so (I) just need to step away for a little bit, maybe forever.”

Throughout his UFC career, Turner was able to enter the top 15 UFC lightweight rankings by scoring finishes over the likes of Jamie Mullarkey, Brad Riddell and King Green.

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UFC 313 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: Alex Pereira nets $42,000 for entering as champ

The UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program has now paid out $32.5 million to athletes since its deal began with Venum.

LAS VEGAS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC 313 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $213,500.

The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.

UFC 313 took place at T-Mobile Arena. The main card aired on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPNews/Disney+ and ESPN+.

The full UFC 313 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Magomed Ankalaev[/autotag]: $32,000
def. [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag]: $42,000

[autotag]Justin Gaethje[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Rafael Fiziev[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Ignacio Bahamondes[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jalin Turner[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Amanda Lemos[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Iasmin Lucindo[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Mauricio Ruffy[/autotag]: $4,000
[autotag]King Green[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Joshua Van[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Rei Tsuruya[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Brunno Ferreira[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Armen Petrosyan[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Carlos Leal[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Alex Morono[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Mairon Santos[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Francis Marshall[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Ozzy Diaz[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Djorden Santos[/autotag]: $4,000

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum’s multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2011 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,500; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $42,000 while title challengers get $32,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-30 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2025 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $1,572,500
2024 total: $8,280,500
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $32,590,000

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Ignacio Bahamondes def. Jalin Turner at UFC 313: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Ignacio Bahamondes’ first-round submission win over Jalin Turner at UFC 313.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Ignacio Bahamondes[/autotag]’ first-round submission win over [autotag]Jalin Turner[/autotag] at UFC 313 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. (Photos by Stephen R. Sylvanie, USA Today Sports; MMA Junkie; UFC)

UFC 313 results: Ignacio Bahamondes taps Jalin Turner from bottom

Ignacio Bahamondes is a problem in the UFC lightweight division.

[autotag]Ignacio Bahamondes[/autotag] is a problem at 155 pounds.

On the UFC 313 main card Saturday, Bahamondes (17-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) tapped [autotag]Jalin Turner[/autotag] (14-9 MMA, 7-6 UFC) witha a slick triangle choke submission from the bottom at 2:29 of Round 1. The lightweight bout took place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Turner dragged the fight to the mat early and looked to work from guard position. Chile’s Bahamondes quickly shut down any progress and locked in the submission to win his third fight in a row. Five of his six UFC wins have been finishes.

Turner, 29, has lost four of his most recent five fights. After he exited the cage, Turner indicated to reporters sitting cageside that his fighting career was over and he is retiring.

Up-to-the-minute UFC 313 results include:

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Jalin Turner vs. Ignacio Bahamondes prediction, pick, start time for UFC 313

Jalin Turner and Ignacio Bahamondes bring the heat to UFC 313. How long will this firefight last?

[autotag]Jalin Turner[/autotag] and [autotag]Ignacio Bahamondes[/autotag] meet Saturday on the main card of UFC 313 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Check out this quick breakdown of the matchup from MMA Junkie analyst Dan Tom. 

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Jalin Turner vs. Ignacio Bahamondes UFC 313 preview

Turner (14-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) will look to get back on track following a TKO loss to Renato Moicano at UFC 300. Prior to that setback, Turner violently stopped King Green, who opens this event’s main card. “The Tarantula” once put together a five-fight stoppage streak in the UFC, which led to him facing the top names in the division. … Bahamondes (16-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) will look to keep his current winning streak alive. “La Jaula” scored back-to-back, bonus-earning stoppages of Christos Giagos and Manuel Torres. Bahamondes is a proven finisher with four stoppages in seven UFC appearances.

Jalin Turner vs. Ignacio Bahamondes UFC 313 expert pick, prediction

Serving as a solid action fight at 155 pounds is a striker’s showdown between Turner and Bahamondes.

Although I initially came into this fight leaning toward the more consistent, stance-switching output of Bahamondes, I ended up switching my own stance after going back to watch the tape.

Aside from the fact that Bahamondes is officially 0-1 opposite dedicated, UFC-level southpaws, the Chilean also appears to go into a bit of a countering mode when posed with lefties (which can be a common effect among orthodox fighters in open-stance affairs).

In addition, it appeared that southpaw hook-cross combos were Bahamondes’ common culprit when striking with a southpaw – something Turner specializes in.

I know the image of Turner imploding after failing to find a finish is still fresh in our heads, but I have to chalk that incident up to the PTSD that he must’ve been experiencing after his role as an accomplice to Kerry Hatley’s attempted murder of Bobby Green back in December of 2023.

But all jokes aside, I truly believe that the stage is set for Turner to get back on track and remind the masses of his skills and experience.

The pick is Turner by club-and-sub and Round 1.

Jalin Turner vs. Ignacio Bahamondes UFC 313 odds

Despite the oddsmakers initially opening the American as a slight favorite, public money has flipped the betting lines, listing Bahamondes -128 and Turner +104 via FanDuel.

Jalin Turner vs. Ignacio Bahamondes UFC 313 start time, how to watch

Turner and Bahamondes are expected to walk to the cage at approximately 11:10 p.m. ET. The fight will stream on ESPN+.

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Video: The perfect 10-fight primer for UFC 313’s headliners

Check out 10 top-of-the-resume fights featuring the stars of UFC 313, which goes down Saturday in Las Vegas.

Ahead of UFC 313, the promotion has put together a video primer featuring highlights of the card’s top stars.

In the headliner, light heavyweight champion [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag] (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) puts his title on the line against challenger [autotag]Magomed Ankalaev[/autotag] (20-1-1 MMA, 11-1-1 UFC). In the co-feature, [autotag]Rafael Fiziev[/autotag] (12-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) steps up on short notice for a rematch with former interim lightweight champ [autotag]Justin Gaethje[/autotag] (25-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC).

In addition, [autotag]Ignacio Bahamondes[/autotag] (16-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) takes on [autotag]Jalin Turner[/autotag] (14-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) and [autotag]King Green[/autotag] (32-16-1 MMA, 13-11-1 UFC) meets [autotag]Mauricio Ruffy[/autotag] (11-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC), both at lightweight.

Check out the video above for 45 minutes’ worth of 10 classic fights from those standouts so you can see what they do best ahead of their bouts at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

UFC 313: ‘Phoenix’ Jalin Turner sharpened up his grappling in 11-month layoff

Jalin Turner knew he had to go back to the drawing board after losing to Renato Moicano.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Jalin Turner[/autotag] knew he had to go back to the drawing board after losing to Renato Moicano.

After dropping Moicano in their UFC 300 lightweight bout last April, Turner walked off thinking he got the job done – only to realize the fight wasn’t over. Not only was Moicano able to recover, but he completely turned the tide by finishing Turner with ground-and-pound TKO in Round 2.

It was a tough pill to swallow for Turner (14-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC), who used this time off to work on his grappling.

“Grappling is always something that I need to polish and sharpen up,” Turner told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a news conference Wednesday. “I’m in a division where everybody is an elite grappler that’s been grappling since they were toddlers. I started fighting when I was 18 years old. I, per se, don’t have the grappling accolade that a lot of these guys do, so I have to learn to nullify their game or just advance position so I can play my game better. You saw what happened in the Moicano fight, I really thought I was well suited to deal with his grappling and his jiu-jitsu, and how heavy he felt on top really blew my mind.

“I wasn’t as prepared as I needed to be, so I did take the time off and just worked grappling. I got in the trenches. I got dirty. I was grappling all day, every day. I was doing a bunch of jiu-jitsu, a bunch of wrestling, went to Dubai to do some wrestling. I’ve been working. My striking is still sharp – it’s always going to be my bread and butter, my go to, but I had to sharpen something that was dull. The last time I did that was when I fought Matt Frevola, and then I went on my five-fight win streak. That’s reincarnation. I’m the phoenix right now – I’m reborn. I want to go in there, get back in the mix, and showcase how much better I’ve gotten.”

Turner returns against rising contender Ignacio Bahamondes (16-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 313 main card at T-Mobile Arena (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+).

Turner acknowledges that they’re on different career trajectories, but plans on showing that he’s still a top contender.

“I feel like that was exactly what was in the mind’s of the matchmakers when this fight got put together,” Turner said. “I’m coming off of a layoff, he has all this hype, and I’m right here.”

“The Tarantula” is entering fight week rejuvenated. Although this will be the ninth time he fights in Las Vegas, this one has been different.

“This fight week, my routine has been completely different because my weight was really good,” Turner said. “I got to enjoy more things. I was out hiking in nature a little bit more. It’s been fun. I’ve been gone for almost a year, man. I just came back and I just wanted to soak up every moment of this.

“Being in front here, talking to you guys, I’ve got to realize, I’m about to be 30. I’m not going to be doing this for too much longer in my life, so I just want to enjoy it as much as possible, just soak up every single moment because it’s going to be gone one day.”

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UFC 313’s Ignacio Bahamondes motivated by teammate Belal Muhammad’s success

UFC 313’s Ignacio Bahamondes feels fueled with motivation after wathcing teammate Belal Muhammad win the UFC welterweight title.

[autotag]Ignacio Bahamondes[/autotag] has seen first hand what his team can produce with hard work and talent, and that is a UFC championship title.

Training alongside newly crowned UFC welterweight champion [autotag]Belal Muhammad[/autotag], Bahamondes (16-5 MMA, 5-2 UFC) has picked up plenty of inspiration to make his dream come to a reality. “La Jaula,” a 27-year-old title hopeful in the UFC’s lightweight division, gets his first big step towards the belt, as he takes on his first ever ranked opponent – [autotag]Jalin Turner[/autotag]. The two battle it out on the main card of this Saturday’s UFC 313 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Bahamondes is eager for the opportunity and is entering a fight more motivated than ever.

“Of course, of course, he showed me the path himself,” Bahamondes told Hablemos MMA in Spanish when asked if Muhammad has given him more motivation. “He showed me how it needs to be done, and he had the toughest path of them all. He had a way tougher path than anyone. A lot of people won UFC belts much easier than him. He had 10 consecutive wins and was without a title. That’s stupid.

“He showed me that with pure hard work and consistency, I can make it, too. It’s just a matter of time. I’m relaxed. I don’t want it tomorrow or next year. I just worry about doing things the right way, because if I keep doing things the way I’ve been doing them, I will get there, and I will be UFC champion.”

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Bahamondes played a role in Muhammad’s training camp for his title winning performance against then champion Leon Edwards in July 2024. He was one of Muhammad’s main sparring partners at Valle Flow Striking.

The Chilean fighter, who doesn’t like toying around with UFC titles, remembers very well what it felt like told to hold an undisputed UFC title.

“The truth is that I’ve only touched one belt, and that was Belal’s, and only one time because I have a rule: I’ll never hold a UFC belt until it’s my own,” Bahamondes said. “Julianna (Peña)’s belt I did not touch, same with Yair (Rodriguez), but with Belal it was different, because he hit me every sparring session for that fight. I told him, ‘I’m part of this victory. I don’t want a picture with it. I just want to hold it and look at it.’ So I grabbed it, I felt how much it weighed, and I gave it back to him.”

The feeling of holding a UFC title did not feel foreign to Bahamondes. He’s envisioned himself as UFC champion and envisioned himself beating Turner (14-8 MMA, 7-5 UFC) this Saturday, and taking a spot in the UFC official lightweight rankings.

“You know, when I grabbed it, it felt like it belonged, I don’t know,” Bahamondes said. “I felt like it was mine. I didn’t feel like it was something new, like when someone returns your phone. It felt very normal, so let’s make it happen.”

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Video: ‘UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev’ pre-fight press conference replay

Alex Pereira, Magomed Ankalaev, Justin Gaethje, Rafael Fiziev and more will attend Thursday’s UFC 313 pre-fight press conference.

LAS VEGAS – The UFC 313 pre-fight press conference took place Thursday, and you can watch a replay of the event in the video above. The press conference took place at Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay.

Saturday’s UFC 313 at T-Mobile Arena (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPNews/Disney+, ESPN+) is built around a light heavyweight championship fight between [autotag]Alex Pereira[/autotag] (12-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) and [autotag]Magomed Ankalaev[/autotag] (20-1-1 MMA, 11-1-1 UFC).

Here’s what you need to know about the UFC 313 press conference.

What time did the UFC 313 press conference start?

The UFC 313 press conference started at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

Who took part in the UFC 313 press conference?

Six fighters from three main-card bouts participated in the UFC 313 press conference: Pereira, Ankalaev, [autotag]Justin Gaethje[/autotag], [autotag]Rafael Fiziev[/autotag], [autotag]Jalin Turner[/autotag] and [autotag]Ignacio Bahamondes[/autotag].

UFC commentator [autotag]Jon Anik[/autotag] oversaw the UFC 313 pre-fight press conference.

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