Thursday’s edition of MMA Junkie Radio with hosts “Gorgeous” George and “Goze” is here!

On Episode No. 3,028 of the podcast, the guys have plenty of events to look ahead to this weekend, and they react to the latest MMA news and notes.

THE RUNDOWN

• It’s fight week, all right, especially in Las Vegas, where a a highly anticipated heavyweight boxing rematch will take place between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury. We go over what’s so different in promoting boxing and MMA.
• UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko, who defended her belt less than two weeks ago, already is booked to take on Joanne Calderwood this summer at UFC 251. It’s pretty clear that Shevchenko has a clear goal in mind, and we think we know what that is.
• James Krause is furious about his loss to Trevin Giles at UFC 247 in light of a report that controversial judge Joe Soliz had a conflict of interest. We think Krause has every reason to be upset. It’s actually a situation we can personally relate to.
• UFC bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo, the self-proclaimed “King of Cringe,” probably took things too far this week when he called Aljamain Sterlin “Aljamima” on Twitter. That earned him some backlash from ESPN anchor Karyn Bryant. Did he cross the line?
• Could the UFC take an NBA All Star Game type of approach to International Fight Week? Max Holloway would like to see it, and we have some ideas.
• Dustin Poirier vs. Al Iaquinta? Count us in.
• We preview the trio of events this weekend between the UFC and Bellator, with Bellator 239 on Friday, and UFC Auckland and Bellator Dublin on Saturday.

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