Luke Thomas Podcasts

At UFC 207, Ronda Rousey will return to the UFC and mixed martial arts (MMA) when she faces women's bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. We'll discuss that fight, the event and why Rousey might be entering a media black out. Plus, we'll discuss Cris 'Cyborg' Justino's recent run in with USADA, where MMA is headed in 2017 and more. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.

Jose Aldo isn't facing Max Holloway and might fight for an interim lightweight title. Mark Hunt will face Alistair Overeem or any other heavyweight, but not before certain contractual demands are met, UFC on FOX 22 featured top wins by Michelle Waterson over Paige VanZant and Mickey Gall submitting Sage Northcutt. It also did well in the ratings. We'll discuss what all of this means on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

At UFC on FOX 22, Michelle Waterson and Mickey Gall scored rear naked choke submission wins. We'll talk about how they beat Paige VanZant and Sage Northcutt, respectively, plus the rest of the fight card including Urijah Faber's last fight. We'll also get into Bellator 169 and Bernard Hopkins's last boxing bout. This is the Monday Morning Analyst.

At UFC on FOX 22, Michelle Waterson submitted Paige VanZant in the first round. Also on the card, Mickey Gall choked out Sage Northcutt. Urijah Faber had his final mixed martial arts (MMA) bout, beating Brad Pickett and Alan Jouban bested Mike Perry. I discuss this and more on today's results/recap on last night's card.

At UFC 208, Cyborg Justino won't fight for the UFC women's featherweight championship while Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie will. We'll get into that plus UFC 206 results, a preview of UFC on FOX 22 with Paige VanZant and Michelle Waterson and more in the world of mixed martial arts (MMA). This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.

At UFC 206, Max Holloway bested Anthony Pettis while Matt Brown as head kick knocked out by Donald Cerrone. Doo Ho Choi and Cub Swanson put on a brawl for the ages, but preliminary fight card fighters like Lando Vannata and Misha Cirkunov scored some of the most impressive finishes. We go through that plus UFC Albany, Rico Verhoeven vs. Badr Hari and Bellator 168. This is the Monday Morning Analyst with Luke Thomas.

At UFC 206, Max Holloway became the first person to stop Anthony Pettis inside the distance. In addition, the fight card proved wildly entertaining. Donald Cerrone vs. Matt Brown and Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi were tremendous contests, the latter being arguable fight of the year. We break all of the action down here.

From UFC President Dana White blasting Cris 'Cyborg' Justino and former Bellator MMA CEO Bjorn Rebney to previewing UFC 206: Anthony Pettis vs. Max Holloway to discussion of the Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Association (MMAAA), we'll go over the latest in the world of MMA on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.

UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor has been stripped of his featherweight belt, former Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney is back as the architect of a MMA fighters union, American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) is in the news for its injury woes again after Daniel Cormier withdrew from UFC 206 and more. We'll discuss these issues on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.

At UFC Fight Night 101 in Melbourne, Australia, Robert Whittaker stopped Derek Brunson in the first round to likely enter the top five of the UFC's middleweight division. We go over that fight plus go in depth on Tyson Pedro's submission of Khalil Rountree and more. This is the Monday Morning Analyst.

UFC featherweight, jiu-jitsu black belt and ADCC bronze medalist Ryan Hall looks at the state of grappling in mixed martial arts and examines whether all the developments in play are necessarily positives for MMA or sport jiu-jitsu.

At Bellator 165, Fedor Emelianenko was announced to be fighting Matt Mitrione. B.J. Penn will be facing Yair Rodriguez at UFC Phoenix in January, Rashad Evans's fight with Tim Kennedy is off UFC 206 and we have results from Invicta 20, Bellator 165, UFC Fight Night 99 and UFC Fight Night 100. We'll get to all of them on this edition of the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.

At UFC 205, Conor McGregor became the UFC lightweight champion by defeating Eddie Alvarez. We'll talk about his path forward as a two-division champion, UFC 205 results generally, the two UFC Fight Nights this weekend, plus Bellator 165 and more. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

At UFC 205, Conor McGregor defeated Eddie Alvarez to become the lightweight and featherweight champion. Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated Michael Johnson on the same fight card. Are the two on a collision course? We examine the Russian's win plus the entire card including wins by Yoel Romero, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Frankie Edgar and more. This is the Monday Morning Analyst.

UFC 205: Conor McGregor vs. Eddie Alvarez is just days away, Jon Jones has been stripped of his interim UFC light heavyweight title after his USADA arbitration went poorly, and more on today's Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

At UFC Fight Night 98, Tony Ferguson defeated Rafael dos Anjos. We talk in detail about how he did it, plus Ricardo Lamas's victory over Charles Oliveira and Alexa Grasso's UFC debut. This is the Monday Morning Analyst.

Ronda Rousey told Ellen DeGeneres her days in the UFC are numbered, Luke Rockhold vs. Jacare Souza 2 has been cancelled, UFC Fight Night 98: Rafael dos Anjos vs. Tony Ferguson is days away as is Bellator 163: Phil Davis vs. Liam McGeary. We go over these topics and more on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

UFC 205: Conor McGregor vs. Eddie Alvarez is less than two weeks away. To help us better understand those fighters, UFC on FOX analyst and former top MMA lightweight Yves Edwards stopped by the podcast. He discusses the strengths and weaknesses of both fighters plus offers a prediction for the fight. This is the Monday Morning Analyst.

Jon Jones appears to have tainted supplement defense before his USADA and Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) hearing, Urijah Faber's retiring, Tim Kennedy's issue with USADA underscores the issue of athlete privacy rights and UFC 206 remains an unpopular curiosity. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

Joey Villaseñor - a veteran of nearly 40 fights who competed in Strikeforce, PRIDE and other organizations - discusses the value of body shots, how their use is changing in mixed martial arts, what makes them special and more in this episode of Technique Talk for MMA Fighting.