Luke Thomas Podcasts

From UFC Fight Night: John Lineker vs. Michael McDonald to Bellator's 158 Michael 'Venom' Page, we take a look at the mixed martial arts action from the weekend. We'll focus our attention on Louis Smolka vs. Ben Nguyen from UFC Fight Night 91. This is the Monday Morning Analyst.

UFC 200 results, UFC's sale to WME-IMG, Brock Lesnar is back, Jon Jones's career is a mess and UFC Fight Night 91 is tonight. We'll go over this in today's Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

UFC 200: Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier 2 is this week, which also features the return of Brock Lesnar, Jose Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar 2 and more. TUF 23 Finale: Claudia Gadelha vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk is Friday and UFC Fight Night: Rafael dos Anjos vs. Eddie Alvarez is Thursday. We break all of this down on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

Jon Jones doesn't want 'Big' John McCarthy to ref his UFC 200 bout opposite Daniel Cormier, CM Punk thinks it's not far fetched for him to get a UFC title shot, Bellator Dynamite 2 results are in and more. We examine these issues on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

UFC Fight Night 89's Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson vs. Rory MacDonald and Bellator 157: Dynamite 2 are on the docket for this episode. To help us this week, fight analyst Connor Ruebusch joins the podcast. This is the Monday Morning Analyst.

Is Georges St-Pierre (GSP) returning to the UFC? Is the UFC for sale? What about Dana White's criticism of MMA journalism and Ariel Helwani? What's to be said for Bellator 157: Dynamite 2? We answer these questions and more on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

Could Fedor Emelianenko sign with the UFC? Will Stephen Thompson beat Rory MacDonald at UFC Fight Night 89? Bellator 156 and WSOF 31 are this week: who has the best fight card? What does Chad Mendes testing positive by USADA mean? We answer these questions and more on this week's Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

UFC bantamweight Aljamain Sterling talks his Bryan Caraway fight plus helps review UFC 199: Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber. Bleacher Report's/Washington Post's Patrick Wyman also helps examine that bantamweight title fight. This is the Monday Morning Analyst.

At UFC 199, Michael Bisping defeated Luke Rockhold, Ariel Helwani had his credentials pulled and Brock Lesnar was announced to be returning to the UFC. Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz 2 was announced and Kimbo Slice passed away this week. We discuss these topics and more on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

We'll look at UFC 199: Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping, talk UFC Fight Night: Cody Garbrandt vs. Bryan Caraway, examine the Muhammad Ali Act coming to mixed martial arts (MMA) and more. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

At UFC Fight Night 88, Cody Garbrandt blasted Thomas Almeida, Bryan Caraway controlled Aljamain Sterling, Jeremy Stephens and Renan Barao had a war and more. We break down the finer technical details on this episode of the Monday Morning Analyst.

B.J. Penn is at odds with USADA, Conor McGregor explained on ESPN his issues with the UFC and Floyd Mayweather. UFC Fight Night 88: Thomas Almeida vs. Cody Garbrandt is Sunday. We talk about these issues and more on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

At UFC 198, Stipe Miocic beat Fabricio Werdum to become the UFC heavyweight weight. Michael Bisping will get the title shot at middleweight opposite Luke Rockhold at UFC 199. Cris Cyborg had an emphatic UFC debut and Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather talk won't die. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

At UFC 198, Stipe Miocic one-punch KO'd Fabricio Werdum to become the new heavyweight champion, Demian Maia and Ronaldo 'Jacare' Souza flashed jiu-jitsu greatness and more. We'll talk about that plus Bellator 154 on this episode of the Monday Morning Analyst.

Is the UFC for sale? ESPN's Darren Rovell reported as much. We discuss that plus UFC 198: Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic, Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather media talk, Bellator 154: Phil Davis vs. 'King' Mo Lawal and much more. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.

At UFC Fight Night: Alistair Overeem vs. Andrei Arlovski, Gunnar Nelson rebounded from his loss to Demian Maia with a triumphant performance against Albert Tumenov. How'd he do it? We look at his fight and other strong performances from the weekend. This is the Monday Morning Analyst with Luke Thomas.

Conor McGregor took to social media to talk about his UFC numbers and Nate Diaz, UFC Fight Night: Alistair Overeem vs. Andrei Arlovski takes place Sunday in Holland and more are topics on this week's Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.

At UFC 197, Jon Jones defeated Ovince St. Preux to win the interim light heavyweight title. At UFC 200, he'll face Daniel Cormier. Conor McGregor's next move isn't clear and Benson Henderson's loss to Andrey Koreshkov has raised interesting questions.

At UFC 197, Jon Jones defeated Ovince St. Preux to win the interim UFC light heavyweight title. We'll get to that next week as UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson deserves some love. His clinch destruction of Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo is our focus in this episode. We'll also talk Benson Henderson's beating at the hands of Andrey Koreshkov at Bellator 153. This is the Monday Morning Analyst with Luke Thomas.

Conor McGregor has 'retired' from the UFC, UFC has pulled him from UFC 200's fight card and more. UFC 197: Jon Jones vs. Ovince Saint Preux (OSP) is Saturday and Benson Henderson makes his Bellator debut on Friday. Luke Thomas discusses these topics and more on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.