Luke Thomas Podcasts

UFC 196: Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz is days away, but UFC Fight Night 84: Anderson Silva vs. Michael Bisping just passed. We'll talk both plus GLORY 27, Bellator 149's Kimbo Slice effect on Bellator 151 and more in the world of mixed martial arts. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

At UFC Fight Night 84, Michael Bisping defeated Anderson Silva. But how did he do it? What does the win say about him? Where did things go wrong for the legendary middleweight? We explore in this edition of the Monday Morning Analyst.

Today we talk UFC 196: Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz, what's next for Rafael dos Anjos and Robbie Lawler, UFC Fight Night: Michael Bisping vs. Anderson Silva, more Bellator 149: Kimbo Slice vs. Dada 5000 fallout and more. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

From Ronda Rousey's suicide comments related to the Holly Holm fight, to Friday's Bellator 149: Ken Shamrock vs. Royce Gracie bout to discussion of mixed martial arts (MMA) free agency (including Aljamain Sterling and Alistair Overeem), we explore all of these topics on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

From Jon Jones complaining about 'tickets' to CM Punk's latest back injury to UFC Night Night 82's Stephen Thompson strong performance against Johny Hendricks to Viacom's recent struggles and what it means for Bellator, we explore all the latest mixed martial arts (MMA) news angles on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

At UFC Fight Night 82, Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson defeated Johny Hendricks, the former UFC welterweight champion. Thompson earned the best win of his career and put the best performance of any fighter on the card. We break down his win plus Joseph Benavidez over Zach Makovsky, Justin Scoggins over Ray Borg and more.

Sage Northcutt's submission loss to Bryan Barberena at UFC on FOX 18, Benson Henderson leaving UFC to sign with Bellator MMA, the CSAC's new weight cutting rules, UFC Fight Night 82: Johny Hendricks vs. Stephen Thompson and more are all discussed on today's Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

UFC on FOX 18: Anthony Johnson vs. Ryan Bader is in the books, we start by going through the full fight card. We'll talk about Ben Rothwell's gogo choke of Josh Barnett, Sage Northcutt's submission loss to Bryan Barberena and more. This is the Monday Morning Analyst.

UFC 196: Fabricio Werdum vs. Cain Velasquez has been scrapped, or at least, the event has. Now it's on Fox Sports 1. We discuss that plus Werdum's decision to not fight Stipe Miocic, Nate Diaz vs. Anthony Pettis, scoring in mixed martial arts (MMA), Bellator 148, Josh Barnett vs. Ben Rothwell at UFC on FOX 18 and much more. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

We react to Conor McGregor and Rafael dos Anjos at the UFC 197 press conference, T.J. Dillashaw vs. Dominick Cruz fallout, scoring systems in mixed martial arts (MMA) and more. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

Dominick Cruz defeated T.J. Dillashaw to become the UFC bantamweight champion again. Fight Network analyst Robin Black joins Luke Thomas to help talk that fight plus Eddie Alvarez vs. Anthony Pettis, Travis Browne vs. Matt Mitrione and more from UFC Fight Night 81 in Boston. This is the Monday Morning Analyst.

UFC 197: Rafael dos Anjos vs. Conor McGregor is set. We break down that fight plus Holly Holm vs. Miesha Tate, Nick Diaz's settlement with the Nevada Athletic Commission, Yoel Romero's positive drug test by USADA and more. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat

We talk UFC 195: Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit decision, Ronda Rousey vs. Holly Holm or Miesha Tate future, Dominick Cruz vs. T.J. Dillashaw and more on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

UFC 195: Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit results are in the books. We talk that fight plus the 10-point must system, Stipe Miocic's win over Andrei Arlovski, Brian Ortega's triangle and examine Joe Duffy vs. Dustin Poirier in depth. This is the Monday Morning Analyst.

UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit is days away, Rizin FF with Fedor Emelianenko is as well, mixed martial arts in 2015 featured the rise of Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor and 2016 could see more UFC champions unseated. We talk about it all on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.

JacksonWink MMA striking coach Brandon Gibson explains the current trends in mixed martial arts striking that's taking the sport into the next stage of its development.

UFC on FOX 17: Rafael dos Anjos vs. Donald Cerrone is in the books. We talk that plus Ronda Rousey's and Conor McGregor's future, mixed martial arts (MMA) in 2016, Frankie Edgar's and Nate Diaz's next move, ONE Championships' weight cutting plan plus more on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

From Rafael dos Anjos vs. Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone 2 to Alistair Overeem vs. Junior dos Santos to Nate Diaz vs. Michael Johnson, we take a look at the technical action and results from UFC on FOX 17.

UFC 194: Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor results are in and we're talking McGregor's big power, Frankie Edgar's next move, Jose Aldo getting a rematch, drug tests, UFC on FOX 17: Rafael dos Anjos vs. Cowboy Cerrone and more on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant showed us Rose Namajunas is a force to be reckoned with, The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale with Frankie Edgar and Chad Mendes is tonight and UFC 194: Jose Aldo vs. Conor McGregor is tomorrow. We discuss all of these things on the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.