After The (MMA) Beat – Episode 196
The MMA Beat panel answers your questions regarding their dream 4-man tournament, the state of weight cutting, Al Iaquinta’s fake news tweet, their favorite cocktail, and much more.Read More →
The MMA Beat panel answers your questions regarding their dream 4-man tournament, the state of weight cutting, Al Iaquinta’s fake news tweet, their favorite cocktail, and much more.Read More →
On today’s episode, the panel will look ahead to the emerging UFC 225 storylines involving Robert Whittaker, Yoel Romero, Colby Covington, Holly Holm and others. We’ll also discuss the numerous times Conor McGregor almost fought, weigh-in changes and much more. Watch “The MMA Beat” live today at 12 p.m. ETRead More →
UFC fighter Andrea ‘KGB’ Lee’s husband was shown to have two Nazi tattoos. The fighter accused critics of being ‘sensitive’ and the husband defended his decision to not get tattoos removed or covered. In this clip from my radio show, I explain why MMA media is tired of covering storiesRead More →
UFC President Dana White told the UFC Unfiltered podcast he was looking to get rid of early weigh-ins because of how many weight cut failures and fight cancellations the new policy caused. In this clip from my radio show, I explain why the early weigh-ins may or may not beRead More →
Ahead of his UFC 225 interim welterweight title showdown with Rafael dos Anjos, Colby Covington joined me to discuss that impending bout, his thoughts on Darren Till vs. Stephen Thompson, Kamaru Usman vs. Demian Maia, why he spoils movies on Twitter and more. The Luke Thomas Show airs weekdays, 3Read More →
The MMA Beat panel answers your questions regarding the World Cup, the UFC’s women’s bantamweight division, some of the top prospects outside of the UFC, Darren Till’s star potential, the Drake vs. Pusha-T beef, and more.Read More →
On this week’s show, the panel will discuss Michael Bisping’s retirement, Darren Till’s big win and future, Mousasi vs. MacDonald, UFC Utica and more.Read More →
On today’s podcast, we’ll discuss the retirement of Michael Bisping, the UK’s first UFC champion. What did he accomplish in his career and what can we say about it? We’ll discuss. We’ll also look at the results from UFC Liverpool: Stephen Thompson vs. Darren Till. We’ll also look ahead to UFC Utica and more. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.Read More →
At UFC Liverpool, Darren Till was awarded the unanimous decision victory over Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson. It was a controversial call, but was it the right one? In this episode of the podcast, we’ll explain why a scorecard for either fighter is justifiable, but only if the process by which it is obtained is done the right way. This is the Monday Morning Analyst with Luke Thomas.Read More →
On this week’s show the panel will discuss UFC signing exclusively with ESPN in the United States, the end of the FOX era, a busy weekend in England, Ian McCall’s retirement and more.Read More →
UFC and ESPN have agreed to a $1.5 billion agreement for an all-inclusive television deal for five years. The worldwide leader in sports will get UFC for five years, 30 events per year plus much more. We’ll discuss every inch of this agreement. Plus, UFC Liverpool is this weekend. We’ll look ahead to the main event between Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson and Darren Till. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.Read More →
At UFC Chile, Tatiana Suarez put on a dominant display against Alexa Grasso, scoring a first-round submission win. In the post-fight interview for FOX, she was asked if she liked the comparison of being the female Khabib Nurmagomedov (she did). In this edition of the podcast, we’ll explore to what extent that are overlaps and what else we can learn about Suarez’s grappling dominance. It’s the Monday Morning Analyst with Luke Thomas.Read More →
Bellator welterweight contender Michael ‘Venom’ Page joined me on my radio show Thursday to discuss his impending Bellator 200 bout with David Rickels, being away from the cage for so long, what he learned taking a boxing fight, training with Karl Amoussou and why the only way he’ll fight PaulRead More →
The MMA Beat panel answers your questions regarding the World Cup, fighters that could be in a sitcom, UFC Moscow, if the panel has seen Deadpool 2, the possibility of the UFC creating a new weight class.Read More →
On this week’s show, the panel will discuss Chuck Liddell’s return to MMA, the controversy surrounding the end of UFC 224, Yair Rodriguez’s release from the UFC and much more.Read More →
UFC 224 is in the books and we’ll recap all the action including Amanda Nunes’s win over Raquel Pennington, Lyoto Machida KO’ing Vitor Belfort and more. We’ll also get into a discussion of cornering in MMA and how it can be improved. UFC Chile: Demian Maia vs. Kamaru Usman is Saturday, so we’ll take a look ahead to that and much more, including Chuck Liddell coming out of retirement. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.Read More →
At UFC 224, Raquel Pennington lost to Amanda Nunes in the main event. The pair were battling for the UFC women’s bantamweight title. However, between the fourth and fifth rounds, Pennington told her corner she was done. Rather than listen to her, they sent her back out for the fifthRead More →
Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt joined me on my radio show to discuss his new book, The Pact, as well as preview his upcoming rematch against T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 227. We discuss the impetus behind the book, but did into his exhausting rivalry with Dillashaw as well.Read More →
Yair Rodriguez is no longer with the UFC. UFC President Dana White released him on Friday after, apparently, becoming frustrated with his lack of willingness to accept fights, time off and a tweet White seemed to take exception to. Rodriguez hadn’t fought since UFC 211 when he lost to Frankie Edgar, his only loss inside the organization. They wanted the Mexican featherweight to face Zabit Magomedsharipov at UFC 227, but Rodriguez, for whatever reason, didn’t appear interested.Read More →
The MMA Beat panel answers your questions regarding their favorite animals, Darren Till’s sparring footage, Infinity War, the easiest fighter they’ve work with, and much more.Read More →
On this week’s episode, the panel will discuss the potential Georges St-Pierre vs. Nate Diaz fight, UFC headed to ESPN+, UFC 224 vs. Bellator 199 and much more.Read More →
On today’s podcast, we’ll examine the new OTT deal between the UFC and ESPN+. We’ll preview UFC 224: Amanda Nunes vs. Raquel Pennington as well as Bellator 199’s Ryan Bader vs. ‘King’ Mo Lawal. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke ThomasRead More →
Over the weekend, Kyoji Horiguchi defeated Ian McCall at RIZIN 10, Pearl Gonzalez submitted Barbara Acioly at Invicta 29 and Askar Askarov at ACB 86 turned in a talented performance. In this episode of the podcast, we go over how they won and what made their victories impressive. This is the Monday Morning Analyst with Luke Thomas.Read More →
Dan Patrick – former ESPN anchor, host of NBC’s Football Night in America, Emmy-award winner, host of The Dan Patrick Show – joined me on Friday to talk about the sports broadcasting degree and program he’s established at Full Sail University. We discuss breaking into sports media, how the challengeRead More →
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