Luke Thomas Podcasts

The Jose Aldo-Conor McGregor UFC 189 tour is in the books and what a series of events it was. We'll recap all the insanity plus look ahead to UFC Fight Night: Chad Mendes vs. Ricardo Lamas, Bellator vs. Rampage Jackson in court and much more. This is episode 132 of the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.

Brock Lesnar's UFC run is over as he picks WWE for his future, UFC 186's fight card is in trouble with T.J. Dillashaw's injury and Rampage Jackson's uncertain future, Bellator 135 and WSOF 19 are this weekend, plus much more on this episode of the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat podcast with Luke Thomas.

UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare is in the books. Demian Maia cruised to a unanimous decision victory over Ryan LaFlare. Other fighters picked up great wins like Erick Silva over Josh Koscheck, Gilbert Burns, Amanda Nunes, Fredy Serrano and more. Logan Stieber also won his fourth national title at the 2015 NCAA Division I National Wrestling Championships along with Gabe Dean and others. Lastly, Garry Tonon cruised at the third Eddie Bravo Invitational. Luke Thomas breaks down the action from all three for the Monday Morning Analyst podcast.

UFC 185: Anthony Pettis vs. Rafael dos Anjos is in the books and the Brazilian is the new lightweight champion. Joanna Jedrzejczyk also stopped Carla Esparza to become the new strawweight champion, plus Alistair Overeem, Johny Hendricks and Henry Cejudo picked up key wins. We'll get to this plus UFC Fight Night 62 talk and Bellator news with Liam McGeary and Alexander Shlemenko. This is episode 130 of the Promtional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.

UFC 185: Anthony Pettis vs. Rafael dos Anjos results are in and there's a new lightweight champion. Joanna Jedrzejczyk also defeated Carla Esparza to become the new women's strawweight champion at the event and fighters like Johny Hendricks, Alistair Overeem and Henry Cejudo emerged victorious. At the IBJJF Pan-Ams, Bernardo Faria and Dillon Danis got double gold, but names like Keenan Cornelius and Bruno Malficine shined. Last, but certainly not least, Andre Berto got a strong win over Josesito Lopez on Spike's debut episode of Premier Boxing Champions.

UFC 185: Anthony Pettis vs. Rafael dos Anjos is just days away. We'll break down the lightweight title fight plus look at Pettis' future in pay-per-view. We'll also examine Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao ahead of the boxing megafight's press conference on Wednesday. This is episode 129 of the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

UFC 184: Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano results are in and it was a decisive victory for 'Rowdy'. We'll go over that fight card's results plus talk Rousey as this generation's Mike Tyson as well as Rampage Jackson going to court with Bellator MMA.

UFC 184: Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano results are in the book, as are those for Bellator 134: Emanuel Newton vs Liam McGeary and Invcita 11: Cyborg vs. Tweet. Luke Thomas breaks down all three events in this episode of the Monday Morning Analyst.

UFC 184: Ronda Rousey vs. Cat Zingano is almost here, but the Josh Neer bully viral video is already making the rounds. We'll discuss both plus go in depth on Bellator 134: British Invasion and Invicta 11: Cyborg vs. Tweet. This is episode 127 of the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.

UFC Fight Night 61: Frank Mir vs. Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva results are in. So is the fallout from boxing Gennady Golovkin vs. Martin Murray plus the UK's BAMMA 18. We break all of them down on episode 11 of the Monday Morning Analyst podcast with Luke Thomas.

Dana White, Lorenzo Fertitta and Lawrence Epstein explained to the media the new UFC drug testing policies on Wednesday. We'll break down those issues, preview UFC Fight Night: Frank Mir vs. Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva and more.

UFC Fight Night 60: Brandon Thatch vs. Benson Henderson is in the books, as is Bellator 133: Alexander Shlemenko vs. Melvin Manhoef and WSOF 18: Marlon Moraes vs. Josh Hill. Luke Thomas breaks down all of the action on this episode of the Monday Morning Analyst.

Anderson Silva and Hector Lombard have both tested positive for steroids, Jon Jones and Nick Diaz have tested positive for recreational drugs. Does MMA or the UFC have a PED problem? Also, UFC Fight Night 60, Bellator 133 and WSOF 18 all take place this week. This is episode 125 of the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.

GLORY 19 results are in the book. Nieky Holzken won the welterweight contender tournament while Rico Verhoeven retained his heavyweight title after defeating Errol Zimmerman. We'll take a look at the card as well as RFA 23 and the Gracie Nationals superfight between Garry Tonon and Javier Vazquez.

UFC 183 results are in the book. Anderson Silva tested positive for two anabolic steroids after the fact. Nick Diaz tested positive for marijuana his third time in Nevada. The month of January in mixed martial arts (MMA) was insane. This and more on today's episode (124) of the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.

UFC 183: Nick Diaz vs. Anderson Silva is Saturday, which we'll preview, but also take a look back at the fight card results for UFC on FOX 14: Alexander Gustafsson vs. Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson on this, episode 123 of the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.

UFC on FOX 14: Alexander Gustafsson vs. Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson results are in. Johnson defeated Gustafsson in just over two minutes at the Tele2 Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. We'll examine the entire fight card as well as the FOX broadcast. We'll also look at Mike Alvarado vs. Brandon Rios 3 and the European IBJJF Championships. This is episode 9 of The Monday Morning Analyst with Luke Thomas.

UFC has signed Mirko Cro Cop, Kimbo Slice is headed to Bellator, Conor McGregor pulled a monster rating for Fox Sports 1 (UFC Fight Night 59), Jon Jones talks to the media and UFC on FOX 14: Alexander Gustafsson vs. Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson is Saturday. We talk about this and more on episode 122 of the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.

Conor McGregor fought Dennis Siver at UFC Fight Night 59, Patricio Freire beat Daniel Straus at Bellator 132, Jake Shields submitted Brian Foster at WSOF 17 and much more happened in the busy weekend in combat sports. We break it all down on the Monday Morning Analyst, episode 7 with Luke Thomas.

Jon Jones left drug rehab early, Conor McGregor faces Dennis Siver on Sunday's UFC Fight Night, Bellator 132 is Friday, WSOF 17 is Saturday and so is Showtime's boxing heavyweight headliner Bermane Stiverne vs. Deontay Wilder. There's lots to talk about in this week's episode of the Promotional Malpractice Live chat with Luke Thomas, episode 121.