The news broke on air on today that Daniel Cormier vs. Derrick Lewis will headline UFC 230 in Madison Square Garden. It will be for the heavyweight title. In addition, Valentina Shevchenko will face Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 231 and Sijara Eubanks is now without a fight. I reacted to this news live on my radio show.
The Luke Thomas Show airs weekdays, 3 to 6pm ET, on SiriusXM RUSH, channel 93.
2018-10-10
If they were to add Women's 105, Men's 165, 195, & 225 they would gain 4 new champions & 60 newly ranked fighters. 195 & 225 may be weak for a few years, but eventually it'll even out. With more divisions you get more ranked fighters to fill cards, and probably less injuries due to less weight cuts.
Champions w/ new weight divisions:
Waterson (105), Rose (115), Valentina (125), Nunez (135), Cyborg (145)
Cejudo (125), Cruz/Dillashaw (135), Holloway (145), Khabib (155), McGregor (165), Covington (175), Romero (195), Gustaffason (205), Jones (225), Cormier (HWT)
Those are all marketable PPV headlining fighters! With more champs, there is definitely room for super fights as well.
This guy is so fake. I hate Puke Thomas.
Yup the ufc is just taking a big dump on Stipe by not giving him his rematch and throwing in Lewis who just took a beating even tho he won. Knowing Derek he knows they dont expect him to win and he probably knows he's not ready but he's not going to say no.
Very surprised if these two actually make it to the octagon. Lewis took too much of a beating and will be walking into another one against Cormier. Cormier will just take him down, smother him and submit him. What happened to Stipe?
Luke, You were talking to Derrick as he was going to the doctor to be cleared for the fight that he was denying
Luke "fighters lie to me cause im not ariel" Thomas
DC should fight Jon Jones at HW
UFC throwing shit at the fan.. what a shit show! Lol
Dana is in over his head.
Lewis is going to lose. I don't see the point of this.