MORNING KOMBAT WITH LUKE THOMAS AND BRIAN CAMPBELL - Brian Campbell Says Goodbye to Morning Kombat

Episode Date: January 5, 2026

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This is Morning Combat. Balls Bonanza. February 8, February 8. Which part of this massive globe we live in, Luke, would you say the most hardcore combat sports fans and the most passionate MK listeners put together, Luke? Could maybe argue Brazil? I'm gonna say the UK. The UK is on fire right now in all things combat sports.

This is MK going to the UK, headlining a pot festival. This is the one. Balls Bonanza. Your favorite combat show? If it ain't this one, they will be. Oh my God, he knocked out! He knocked out! No, no, no, no, no.

This is a play talk show. This is real life. Never been to London, England, the UK, any of that. Virgin Tripped for Brian Campbell here. I don't know the liquor laws in that area, Luke, but I hope we'll be... You're a little of these margaritas. Brian Campbell.

Let's let lose. I'm fired the hell. I'm going to hurt all over this place, all right? All right, ladies and gentlemen, it is now time for the main event. First to the stage, born in India, but this mountain of a man hails from the capital of the United States of America.

Washington, D.C. He is known as Professor Salt and Pepper, Master Orator perpetually loaded up on caffeine and Delta Aids. Please welcome the Real LT, Luke Thomas. And now getting the red corner treatment today, his editorial partner and co-host,

a man who has dared to be great and succeeded. Testosterone levels falling, yet he remained steadfast in referring to himself as the American Alpha. It is the King of Connecticut, folks. Brian Campbell. Happy Insurrection Eve, everybody, as we look back at the high point of this editorial marriage, the London live show, shout out to John Anick for that intro.

Welcome into morning combat, live and direct here from the Metal Arch Studios in Manhattan, Monday, January 5th, 226. Happy New Year to you all. And of course, this is BC Brian Campbell, my final episode after six and a half years of partnering with this man, Luke Thomas, to create. the best damn combat sports show period folks and Luke you know if there's one thing we learn from Erica Kirk it's that everyone grieves differently so we've chosen to

I'm gonna grieve like a motherfucker today we've chosen to grieve with laughs today for my final episode this won't be the last time that we appear on camera together that we're talk that we're friendship but I'm going deeper into my relationship with CBS Sports Paramount so thank you to everybody for the love thank you Luke for nearly seven great years hopefully today we can spread a little bit more joy have fun because there ain't

nothing going on the combat calendar at the moment so uh you're my wife and you're now you're leaving me i'm about to be divorced but it turns out i get to keep the kids so okay okay i get the springsteen records i know right there you go with that one uh well we got programming but now i can hear the tv yeah if we can just turn this volume down uh we're going to have a lot of fun with you today we're going to play some classic segments of old in mk history a little fill in the blank little orange au retois will give out the 2025 donk of the year award we'll see a little bit of tribute can i be honest yeah i barely read the run

yeah what a way to finish just like we started and luke you know just like growing up with cinemax um this will be a big finish for us you know what red shoe diaries night eyes starring shannon tweet thank you very much uh hope you guys are all doing well out there uh you can like the show you can subscribe you can and follow our YouTube channels there.

And, of course, if you don't know, now you do know Dana White and company that, while this is my final episode, this is not the end of morning combat. Luke, there's still only so much you can talk about, but could you reiterate to the viewers that M.K. will live. People probably have a lot of questions,

considering this is the, as you indicated, the last run in the iteration of the show. What I can say is, everything is being locked into place you're going to get some announcements this week about the road ahead so stay tuned literally this week this week some big announcements

but you might have said well why didn't you have them today it's because we didn't want to we want to have it in a different way also I should say can I tell them I guess I have to yeah so here's how this is going to go we're going to have a great time today it's going to be a lot of fun going to take a trip down memory lane we're going to the final ever batch of have you seen this shit with me

so we're going to have a big maybe not the actually maybe not the final one of those either Okay, I'm into that. I'm into that. Pull them back, you know, on the occasion. What I'm going to say is no show Friday. There's no show Friday. We're going to start fresh with the new MK on Monday. So next Monday.

Wonderful. I look forward to it as a fan of the show for a long time. Luke, it was a post-July 4th weekend of the summer of 2019. I think it was a John Jones fight. Yeah, was it John Jones Chagos Santos? Maheta? maybe that one was IFW that checks out so then that's probably that one and that was it when we started our relationship now we end it just as the transition happens here for the UFC from ESPN to CBS Sports and Paramount so did you go through the Paramount plus library by the way I have not yet but I've heard great things so what I would say is from what's there they've got it organized and I think pretty interesting ways it's very the the search functionality is pretty good there are some missing pieces there are certain fights or fighters parts of their careers that were not necessarily complete.

Okay. And it wasn't for, I had trouble finding, was it Leodomichita? It was somebody from the 2000s, some Brazilian fighter from that era. Anyway, what I'm trying to make is, so I think they're still getting all the screws tightened. But what's there is well presented. I was actually kind of impressed. It should be exciting stuff in the new dawn, the new era here. And of course, we will also have today a final batch of fan subs from this era.

Can I take a moment? Don't go through those. Go, look, you can have the floor. How are you feeling? How are you feeling, Brian Campbell? You know, as we talked about, as I said when we made the announcement initially, you know, it's bittersweet. I'm I have mixed emotions, you know? It's like I'm super excited about the advancement of my career, the, you know, financial opportunities that this change does, going even deeper with my great company there, CBS Sports Paramount.

But obviously what we built means more to me than pretty much anything I've ever done in my career. Maybe outside, I mean, you know, I love boxing broadcasting. That's sort of my boyhood dream come true But what we built together is what I'm most proud of So it's obviously sad to speak at my own funeral So to speak here and eulogize myself This is less your funeral and more your eviction That's the way I would figure

My graduation, okay? My graduation there So, you know, I brought out the drug rug for historical reasons The One Love Bob Marley Middle-aged Oh, you brought all your props? Yeah, because look, what was the show? premise-wise, two washed down. getting together, a boxing guy, a mixed martial arts guy,

a straight guy, a anti-straight guy? I guess the joke doesn't work. Where's the crickets, motherfucker? I was literally having a conversation. I missed everything. We got through a pandemic together. We've done a few different things. You may have heard that voice right there.

We may intro him one final time, or at least for me. He is a producer-director, Bong Enthusious, a podcaster in his own right with the Made Car Minute and the fantastic prop quiz show. and, of course, got a one-way ticket into life by way of a horned-up Aussie ball bag. Yes, it's Long Island, Luke, Noseita, in the house. What's up, boys? I'm excited for today's show, you know, a little bittersweet, but it should be a fun one. Okay.

Looking forward to. I mean, a Long Island, Luke, you know, I mean, we're going to probably do a lot of tributes today, but I have to say this to you, Long Island, Luke. Don't take this as disrespect, but you were, you were like another malchadong back in the day, right? You did good work on our show, but, like, you were another guy in the back room. of this new era of this post showtime sports CBS sports era the way that you have stepped up stepped in filled in gaps created your own voice elevated this program it's been an absolute pleasure to partner with you and I'm really proud of what you've added to this what you're doing on

your own and the role you'll play in MK moving forward so thank you brother I appreciate that I'm glad you guys don't think of me as just another Jay Aaron so there you go appreciate that yeah the microphones usually work when you're here that's the big difference yeah well people bitch about this microphone all the time so you know we'll see we'll see we'll see about that one right there all right so uh we're getting i think all the tech issues are figured out i mean it wouldn't be mk if we'm just chilling dude i'm not listen how do you feel about it that's that's a that's a fair throwback to you you know one man i've had i've had i don't know i i wonder what i was going to say today because i wasn't really sure you know i'm still not sure what i want to say because while this is good news

for my kids and my career and all this stuff. Like, I'm not going to lie, I got, I got feels, you know. Yeah, of course, no, it's, I will tell you, man, like, um, first thing I'm going to say is today is absolutely not a day that I'm prepared to feel bad, just not going to happen. I'm sorry. And that's in part because of the occasion and in part because there's been a lot of days where I've had some, you know, uh, since the death of showtime, a lot of

sleepless nights about what was going to happen. And, you know, the reality is, BC, some of my fears came true. But some of my hopes came true as well. There was a bit of a mix there. I mean, you have to say, this era, last two years, in its own way, it's been unique. It's been fun. I think we've done some things really well. Yeah.

No, it's, I couldn't have said it better than that. But I think it's the one thing I've kind of come around to at age 46. For me personally, everyone's got their own way of looking at it. But, dude, I mean, we live in a world where things end. Yeah. Things end. And they end sometimes when you least expect it. when you most sometimes when you're ready sometimes when you're not sometimes you're sucking

on chili dogs behind the tasty freeze you know what i'm saying no one really eats chili dogs that way it's a weird fucking way to describe eating chili just whoever's oh oh i've just said that's how we eat chili dogs but the whole point of that song is oh yeah life goes on i just i'm i'm trying to become i'm trying to live in a place bc and i think i honestly i really believe i'm here is to just understand things will end and how you Treat the end of things will define how you begin the next one. Wow, I love that. That is deep.

There's some wisdom there. So, it's profound. I like that. Also, you're just fucking weird, and I'm glad you're gone. How about that? Well, thank you to everybody that has watched while Luke was away on vacation. He's back safe from Colombia. The bonus episodes we filmed, looking back at the documentaries, that was a lot of fun.

Can I say those made me sad those days? Am I allowed to say that? It made me sad, too. The whole rest of the day, my wife was like, why are you in a fucking bad mood on vacation? And I'm like, well, I was looking at the weigh-ins that we hosted on Showtime. And I thought, that was nice. Well, I did, our opening segment today, I did build it around this idea of let's talk about what the show meant to us, what it meant to the industry. You know, we've done a lot of, I mean, dude, we came in pre-pandemic guns blazing.

And I think we were one of the real true leaders of the pandemic of hitting the road hard and transitioning to doing it from home and keeping trying to keep our paychecks and the sports. afloat while we were going through it. Let me say two things. One, this show punched above its weight and it kind of punched the industry in the mouth a little bit in ways I don't think anyone expected. And I'm pretty proud of that. I'm sure you are as well. What I would also say is we have to thank Brian

Daly. So just consider, I mean, I know you're obviously going on your own direction. Obviously, the whole reason for the season here, but when this was just a Showtime property, Brian Daley was behind it. When it was a Showtime CBS property, Brian Daley was behind it. When it was a non-

show time non-CBS now obviously the new company all the smoke property he was behind it and he capped in that transition which was not easy not easy to do at all and then and then now that you're going on to other things still believing in the show and still wanting to put it out there so we really have to take a moment and

just like quite literally this would not exist but for him and he believed in it and he still believes in it and Karen Portly at CBS Sports was a big part of that of course and there's been many big contributors yes so that CBS sports money we wouldn't have ever gone to the levels that we did Simply no question. Shouts to Kieran.

Who, by the way, every time I text him, this is true. He goes, who is this? You two both have Colombian wives. This is a true story. I was on the Magdalena River, which is one of the big rivers there. And he and I had had a conversation about he had sailed on it or something. He had been spent on it. I took a picture of it and I sent it to him, and he literally responded with, who is this.

And he was last when I told him who it was. New phone, who it is. Yeah, so we're going to have a lot of fun today. Thank you to everybody who. seen them but I've heard great things of the people who send in tribute videos. We'll close the show with that as well. We got your fan soaps like I mentioned. So we're going to have a good time. We're going to rock and roll a little bit. Don't take too long. I'm going to have to take a dump. That is true. We should probably get Long Island Luke warmed up in the bullpen. We should

probably take a shot of the tequila that invented tequila to close out our era. Are we doing that now? No, now at the end of the show, I would think. Okay. All right. Yeah, sure. Unless you're willing to just drink the whole show. I mean, you know, how many chemicals are you willing to put in your Listen, I'm a walking CVS and liquor store. Thank you. You know what I mean? So, yeah. All right, our first segment of the day, we had nothing to do, so we had to fill it today.

So I went back into the BC bag of tricks and created an oldie but goody. This is an MK themed version. Do we even have an intro here? Of fill in the blank. Just that bullshit-ass transition. Better than nothing. Better than nothing. Put some sound effects on that peasant.

Yes. All right, I've got 10 questions for Luke Thomas where he needs to fill in the blank. We're going to get honest about our history here of MK. We've accomplished what we didn't. Is this like the newlywed game or some shit? This is more of a This is Your MK Life, maybe? I don't know. Okay.

Question number one. Luke Thomas, here we go. And I'll answer two as well. The moment you first realized morning combat might be a success was blank. And to recap, we launched in July of 2019 on Showtime only, Mondays only. And then pandemic starts, but it was the springtime of the pandemic 2020 that you get added to CBS Sports. we suddenly go to three times a week and we go to that next level. When was the moment where you said to yourself, this experiment, it might have a future?

There were a few of them for sure. Obviously, when Kieran first called and offered the job at CBS, that was a big one. But if I'll be honest with you, dude, I mean, I believed in the concept from the word go. Because the summer of 2018, I made my debut on the MMA beat when you were hosting, Chuck Middinhall got me in the family. And basically for a year, I made sporadic appearances. And we built this chemistry, which became legend. Yeah.

What I would say is, to be honest with you, dude, I believed in the concept from day one when we took it to Brian Daly. Like, at the time, we were solving a very different problem. So at the time, there really wasn't robust Monday morning programming, which Monday was, obviously now with the stuff being live, going post-fied, and even Sundays, the earlier you can go the better.

Sure. But Monday still holds a relevant role as like a news window. And at the time, the problem we were solving was for that relevant morning Monday news cycle, there wasn't a kind of robust show that was doing a semi-PTI kind of thing. And people have to wake up and remember, this is just pre-Zoom. Now everybody can do their own show from home on Zoom. A different technological world. You could go live, but it didn't mean the same thing at that time.

And so the thought was we could solve that problem. And, you know, so building on, you know, making a kind of real produced almost studio show, for MMA, but for people who are not shitty at it, you know, at least in theory. And then, of course, Showtime was like, well, let's get in the boxing. And I thought, well, hell, we can just turn that into covering all the big fights. The point I'm trying to tell you is, dude, I had, honestly, the whole reason why I did this is because I was like, dude, I know this will work. I know this will work.

And I felt good about our partnership. You know what I mean? Even though in the beginning, the MMA world, which hadn't fully met me or welcomed me, we're like, what the hell are you doing? No, I didn't care about any of that And here's the reality, do you... Like, who the hell is this guy? You know, you over-delivered.

Thank you. You over-delivered. I mean, I wanted to motherfucking kill you when you played that David Hasselhoff video. It was a mountain-top moment. I wanted to, I wanted to reach that motherfucker-of-the-mouthed screen. Edgy, but well-timed, well-time, well-play, right? It was so good.

I was so fucking mad at you. However, however, did you fucking over-delivered? So, like, I mean, you're trying to point to, like, oh, there was this moment, and I realized, wow. If you didn't feel that way, I don't, It doesn't mean that I don't care at all. Like everyone, it's not like I doubt anything at this point. Sure.

But for me, I felt, I was like, dude, I can see what is missing. Let's do it. But now we live in a world where that whole, like the premise of that has kind of changed. And we're trying to have the show has to adapt along with it. So I never doubted the chemistry. Look, you know this from working in this industry, from doing a lot of podcast shows. When you can find true chemistry with somebody, you, you, you, you cling on to that.

I've had true chemistry with Rafe Barthol and then we got my great boxing podcast friend, a longtime great friend, Peter Rosenberg when we did a wrestling podcast together and Luke Thomas. I mean true chemistry, right? I've done good things with other people, but where you're just like, oh my God, I knew there was something this first second we did of him may beat together when this suddenly escalated into why don't we try to do a show together. I knew it could be entertaining, but there's a difference between being entertaining and being financially relevant where a company invest in you.

And then there's a difference between that and staying power where they're saying, like, you're bringing back enough revenue to make it worth it. So even in the beginning, when we're putting out edgy, fun, content, fresh content, I know it's great. I've also been a part of things that get canceled, right? It wasn't until I was in Vegas for Connor McGregor versus Cowboy Soroni, early 2020. I get the call from Karen Portly of CBS Sports.

Hey, what do you think? Should we hire this Luke Thomas guy? And I'm like, what? Is that how that one done? Should we hire this guy full-time on CBS Sports and take the show the next level? And I'm just, that's the moment where I'm like, oh, my God, this, you know, showtime we had the backing, but it's still one show week will it ever escalate, right? That was the moment where I thought, oh, wow, oh, wow. But then the pandemic hits, and I thought the pandemic killed it.

It wasn't until I get a second phone call from Karen later that spring when it's like, okay, we're going to do this now. Wow. So it's wild how that works out that way. It took a lot of believing along the way. but I never doubted that if we had the backing that this show couldn't be like well we'll get into that more as we go that's question number one question number two Luke

looking back on six and a half years of this show blank and there's a lot of we're self-jurking there's a master of course there's just blowing each other here blank is the biggest regret you have regarding it oh god Jesus fuck um wow can I can I jump in here because that's what I was going to say when I cut myself off the only regret I have

is that we never reached our true peak. We had runs with that showtime budget and CBS paying your salary where we were able to do almost whatever we wanted. But I always knew this could be a daily TV show. This could be a PTI around the horn, daily institution. Yeah, it's combat sports, but it's more than that.

We never quite got there. I used to make that line MK all day, nearly every day, because we were close. We were live three days a week and we had all the bonus stuff going around. With the right opportunity, we could have done it. That's my only lament. I want to be clear,

we've been given every opportunity that was available like we got treated super well I'm just saying in an ideal and we can only produce so many clicks I mean we've got a great audience we did a lot of great things but you can only do some I did five days a week on the serious XM I did 15 hours of radio a fucking week you know what I mean like it can be done

is your answer to this you regret showtime sports dying an early death that we didn't see coming that was devastating for me that ended up being very very devastating and you know what here's the truth man And I've had this conversation with you, part of the reason why I feel like, I mean, there's many reasons why I feel like BC and I worked out well, but a big one was, I, no, you

can speak for yourself, but for me, I just never ever had to work. I never had to question your commitment. I said this to you, I've never, there's not one day where I've ever been like, I don't know if he's committed to him kidding. Like, I just took it like, it was gravity. Like, it'll just be there when I walk outside, you know. And I think that. made it, that made it work. So it's like, for me, dude, I don't, you know, I don't feel like

I didn't try hard. Yeah. So my concerns are less about that kind of a thing. Honestly, like one of my biggest regrets is going to be dead serious with you. I really wanted to do more with High Court. I really want, and by the way, there is a world where that can still happen. It's not impossible. I wanted room service diaries, our interview version to be a weekly thing. Yeah, I know you did. I know you did. And that was actually ended up being just logistically too challenging but but um yes that is a thing that i think about i think high court and i still and i still think something either that or something like it can absolutely fucking kill i do believe that we never even scripted that or did any preparation that was literally just

just literally just dress us up like jerkoffs and uh let us go and chug figured out his role well question number three above all else blank is the biggest reason why mk resonated with fight uh above all else um is it is it the honesty we call people out i do i do think so i think that one of the reasons why at times i have wanted to bury a hatchet into your brain is because you have made me live on camera in ways that i wasn't prepared for you know um and in ways that to this day i'm not sure is great however i don't regret necessarily that's not what I'm saying um but I think along the way people if you're all if you're doing long enough people see you live your life and I think um that can humanize you a little bit over time and I think

I'm not saying that's the reason I don't know what the reason is but I think that played a big one for me if you feel different I mean no no I mean we were real we told the truth we showed our real selves for the most part we played up in a pro wrestling way our sort of default characters of, you know, goofy guy, serious guy, MMA guy, boxing guy. But we told the truth, and we had real chemistry, and it became apparent once we tried

the original room service diaries that, like, combat is our subject, but we can talk about anything. And that's rare that you can get two people together that can just talk about anything. I feel like, also, too, for a, again, for a produced show in Showtime Sportsback in CBS,

we were one of the first shows that I thought could, you know, at least when we did our homework anyway, could competently do MMA unboxing. Yeah. You see that a lot more commonly now. I always wanted to launch that idea and was told every single time that'll never work. It's not supposed to work.

It's not supposed to work. And it's become almost mainstream now. And the truth is, I don't think the show succeeds because of that necessarily. I think it's an interesting feature about it. It's because the other stuff worked that it gave us permission to do some of the other things. Well, I think it's key that a. People are going to watch the show and be like, look at these two absolute ball lickers of each other. That's what we're doing.

Do I have a white belt MMA knowledge even to this day to some people for sure? but you gave me the room to speak. You didn't, you know what I mean? You challenged my takes, but you gave me the room to speak. And on the flip side, you stepped up in boxing. You know,

you had covered it through the years, but when it was time to go all in with our Showtime relationship, you went all in. That's a big regret for me, too. And you swam in the deep end, dude. Like you were... I have a big regret about that.

I definitely tried, but I feel like I have a lot more work to do to get good at that. And I wish I had a little more time to do that. That's a bit of a challenge. That's actually, it is easier. You stepped up, dude. Thanks, so it's easier to get you.

good at MMA knowledge only because the sports only been around since basically 93 and the first part of that even now is not a thing we discussed more more recently whereas boxing's history is so fucking significant and there's so many little nuances to it it is hard it is tough actually I have deep respect for people who can cover boxing competently it's not easy and finally why we resonated and this is why the showtime cited of it from the beginning is so important they never stopped us from being edgy in fact there were many times where we'd close the episode and I'd be like oh crap we probably went too far and they'd be like no not far enough keep doing that you know If we didn't have that backing, even through the CBS era, it was almost like, okay, you're a Showtime.

We somehow convinced the people who paid us to also believe that our mission was to never be told what to say, and they went along with it. Incredible. I cannot explain to you how incredibly rare, not just now, at any point in my, like, that just doesn't happen. Did we go too far at times? Obviously, of course. Yes, I got a few phone calls along the way. There were 9-11 fans, but we went to, so RIP Dale C. I'm looking for it to 9-11. There we go. Question number four. Now, not everybody knows this,

is that it started on Showtime. It almost started on MMAFiting.com where we were doing the MMA beat together. So if MK had launched on MMAAF in 2019 as originally planned, the show would have lasted blank amount of year. Three or less? It would have been MMA only. Three or less, something like that.

Okay. Um, which isn't to say it couldn't have, I mean, you know, I mean, maybe that's not true, right? I can't, I, I can't speak for, uh, MMA fighting or Vox Media's editorial priorities, you know, I don't know. I, I would say, though, that, um, you know, that's not fair. I kind of retract my, my answer there a little bit. Okay. There could have been a world where that could have gone on much longer, um, and looked very differently and been very differently.

I think that's kind of the first thing is just how different it would have been. Yeah. Um, you know, Again, maybe more of someone's cup of tea, but just different. And then 2BC, I think it's fair to say there was a certain kind of Showtime magic that I don't want to deny the people and the company who helped ignite that flame. The creativity, the willingness, a lot of things were there. And also the credit card was fucking nuts. All right, I'm going to pull back the curtain here.

Hope not too far for question number five. All right. Fans likely don't know this, but M.K. came blank close after Showtime Sports ended to becoming a TV show film. filmed in Washington, D.C. in 2024. I mean, extremely. Extremely.

That one... They were going to fly me every episode. Yeah, that one... That was close. That one broke my heart a little bit. That was, like, the one-yard line. That was pretty close.

Oh, man. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that one, the answer to that is, yes, that was really, really close. All right, all right. I'm very happy, by the way, how we rebounded from that and the end of...

Like I said, like I said, there's a million ways it could have gone and went the way it went, and I'm happy with it. All right, number six, I don't need a Luke Thomas answer. I need a real answer. The three donks who are most deserving of being first ballot M.K. Hall of Famers are. No, no, Luke Thomas. Give me the 10 best.

Give me the three who are most deserving in your eyes. Oh, that's tough. First ballot M.K. Hall of Fame. I feel like we've got to say Jay Piquette. The guy's passionate. I will say this. This is not three, two, one, one, two, three. Yep.

I'll give you three, but not in any order. Okay, okay. Jay Piquette for sure. Man. Who can, start naming some of your short list. Average Joe Romero. That's my guy. Fuck.

How could I exclude him? He went from fan to, you know, merch creator. Okay, so he has to be on that list. Yes. Man, the coveted number three. Here's the problem, right? There's people we kind of know in real life. And then there's people who are just digital to us,

but they're like. been there from start to finish. But they rally every fucking time. You know, I'm tempted to say people like, lazy bed. Like, I mean. Yeah. Like LNW? Like Telvin Kipapa, you know what I'm saying?

You know, I don't know. I'd probably be those three I'd go. I mean, shout out to WebScream too. Oh, WebSirm. You know, you know, Westron's, they frame the first dollar. You get mad at me for saying, you know, it has to be just three, but three is hard. You're right. It's not easy.

All right. Question number seven. If Showtime Sports hadn't died and CBS had never pulled the ripcourt on MK and the close of 23, M.K would be blank right now. Bribing. Thriving. Yeah. I mean, here's the reality that I think we all have to face, and I know there's some debate over this. Obviously, and I'm not in any way trying to have a combative answer. I'm trying to be

as truthful about how I see things. I don't think it is unfair to look around and say, certainly, TKO and the UFC are making incredible amounts of money. This new Paramount deal is beyond lucrative and so there's no question about at a bare minimum the financial health of that company but i do think that the mma industry has contracted a little bit relative to a peak maybe circa 2019 or so i mean you could even say maybe a little later depending on how you want to measure the pandemic but you get the idea uh and i think all shows would have had that same challenge and mk would have been no different but um i think we had i'll just i think we had a winning formula. Yeah, with that showtime

budget. That would have kept us maybe just enough to like the side of the company where we still could have pulled some truths without you never know, but hey, it went the way it went and that's the way it was supposed to go. We were there when we had an opportunity. I feel good about it. Let's go later on number eight. Blank was the hardest

Luke Thomas has ever left during the six and a half years of him. Has to be expired food. Or no, no, no, sorry, not expired. The Chewbacca, what? No, the Chewbacca. Oh, the Chewbac one. That's the same sit down, right? That was Vegas. So the Chewbacca one, and then the one where it's like, what's your favorite discontinued

food? Yes, that was, that was you're right. You know what? I wouldn't have come up with that for the first ten answers, but that might be the answer. That RSD to me is my favorite. It's the one I remember the most. That was when you had the lamest hotel room of all time at the New York, New York, where you opened the window and all you see are like the air

conditioners and a wall. Yep. That was great. Which is the exact same view I had in Cleveland. I opened at my window and I was literally like there was, I was down a level, like, in the ground. So I'm looking at, like, just pure cement with a fucking, you know, HVAC unit. And then up there was just the bus stop. And I was like, yeah, and you were sober for that RSD.

So that's, you know, that's, that's a choice. That's, uh, would you ever be sober in Cleveland? Uh, no, I'm talking about the RSD with the discontinued food. I mean, oh, yeah, oh, yes. That may have been the most non-sober you ever were. I mean, I was, yeah, I don't, that was, uh, I couldn't think of it, but there was one, fried. There was one specific pregame preview where you, uh,

You were not ready for prime time. We shot it in the studio, and we were... In the studio or like on the roof? No, in the studio. And we went for like the mic check and you couldn't form a sentence and you were supposed to host that day. Oh.

I was like, I had slept maybe like three hours or something. Yeah, I was like, we might have to walk this guy through this one. All right, let's go to number nine of this masturbation experiment. The best way to describe the impact M.K. has had on combat sports journalism is, like... I don't think it has. No impact at all your sentence. No. I think we're, I don't, I think it's silly to I make an assumption like that. I think, um, I think that what you can, to the extent that we are not, uh, here encumbered by the same kinds of conflicts of interest that limit useful discussion in the industry. Yeah, sure, we have a leg up, but that's it. Uh, we're not,

you don't think we're brought levity to it. You don't think we, I think we brought stuff to the show. You're talking about how we influenced other shows. I think we. transition the period between a more serious more traditional coverage of mixed martial arts to what it is now where every fighter has their own YouTube channel there's a lot of goofy content there's a lot of you know what I'm saying? I think I think that that kind of stuff would have happened

no matter what we might have been the people who ushered in that transition era whatever but that would have happened no matter what and I don't think that the show needs to be like however you feel about it it doesn't have to do everything like there's some things it doesn't do and I don't I'll tell you what it did though for us it paid a lot of money yeah I mean it's a lot of money we did all right the last we did all right finally Luke man's been waiting for this answer for years I think we're going to finally get it today this is me return opening the curtain don't get upset Luke just answer it straight up after you appeared on his podcast in 2019 and never

mentioned morning combat or my name once Joe Rogan after the microphones went off said blank to you. A million dollar question. Finally, finally we get the answer, I think. Or do we? Do I want this headache? You don't have to answer? No.

Did he ask you out? No, I need peace of my fucking life. No. Not right. I can't do this right now. Let me tell you something. Over the break, it was nice to have a break. I didn't know. I uploaded one video with the first Monday. I think I was there in Columbia after the, or maybe it was the Sunday after the Jake Paul fight. Yeah, but are you talking about, did he?

No, no, that was an interview I did with a music journalist. That's a different one. And that was pre-recorded long before that. I just put that out. Did he do it? He is certainly a bad guy. I don't know exactly what. What the fuck was I talking about?

You were talking about Rogan. Oh, yeah. No, I cannot do this. I said to myself... Didn't involve his height? No. No, it did not. Okay.

No, we'll leave it at that. The last thing I was going to say is I made a commitment to myself. on this on this vacation that uh oh i need to prioritize my health in a new year in a way i don't think i have let's go let's go so yeah you're allowed to heal you're allowed to be happy yeah yeah yeah i think it's important all right that was segment number one thank you for playing fill in the blank we did have an award show that we filmed in between our donkey memory look look back so i hope you saw that looking back at 25 kind of looking ahead to 26 we forgot one very very important award and it's to honor our loyalist of hardcore, day one, P1s, whatever you want to call them, Luke.

The people that are obviously in this, not for the takes, the MMA, they're in it to one-day harvest organs, right? Like the- They want us to eat their semen-filled sausage. All right. Your nominees for 2025 morning combat donk of the year are. future UFC Bannamweight Christian Degero. Espresso Cannabis, who was so nice to outfit today's episode, Luke. Holy shit.

Saul from Louisville, shout out. Telvin Kippa, fellow O'watton, Mahalo Daz, on that as. Back up on the ass, Giddy's motherfucker. It was a blast in the past. And shout out to England's finest lazy bed M.M.A. Is that, wait, that's England? No, no, the other guy's from England, but lazy bed's from the JBR crew, right? Yeah, there you go.

Lazy's from Ohio. Lazy's from Ohio. I'm thinking of Danger Mouse. But I was thinking of LazyBet. He got the nominee here. Shout out to the Sandine as well on the JBR crew. And your winner is.

Oh, Sahu. Look at this. There's no doubt. You got, you set us AI video of him rapping. Yes. Look at this reprobation. That was from my live chat where he phoned in live while he was cleaning gutters. Are you sick in the roof?

Yeah, it was a classic moment there. Luke, how would you describe a congratulations, Sawa. Well, you have been a day one guy with us. As you look back at the donk of the years, over the years, web scream in 2020. Wow, look at this. They say he's not incarcerated. They say he's still around in Stockton, California. 2022, who could forget the JP and Appie standoff that we didn't get to come?

Because the Showtime people wouldn't let me actually let them fight on. stage in London to see who was the real dunk of the year. I mean, I'm like, boxing gloves, let's get it. I forgot. Oh, why did they do that? I think they were afraid that Appie was going to, like, show his piece or something. I mean, to be fair, they had a right. Yeah. They had it right. Yeah. The fans last

the year before, thank you so much. Luke, how would you describe the passion that Saul A from Louisville brings to this program? He is a fan in a way, even I don't understand. I don't, he is a fan of us, and I don't know if I'm a fan of anything that much. Okay. Wow. Like, no, I mean, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. He, like, he

He has automatic fandom. He has a lot of our merch, and I really appreciate that. It's automatic. I am beyond impressed and frankly humbled by it. I mean, I'm being serious for a moment. There's been a lot of humbling moments. And I feel like when people like what you do like that, it's jarring at first, you know. I love that Saul takes us everywhere he goes.

He's great on fan subs because he's like, oh, yeah, I went out to a concert the other night, and I wore three pairs of MK clothing. Here it is. It's just part of his life. I love it. Like breathing. it's fucking incredible if we would have done another regret mk in your house we would have started off at his house oh that would

BC wanted to go on the fuck all the the wives I don't think that's really and it was at least not in print hammering the donks wives while they're at work anyway that was a big that was a fun thing we could be done but it would take a lot of insurance

it would take a lot of insurance yeah shout out Saul we appreciate you brother joining a long list if you could show that list one more time of the people that we have recognized. Now, not everybody is still watching the show. I do talk to WebScream every once in a while. Yeah, lives in Italy. So a lot of people don't watch MMA either, too.

That's true. It's kind of connected. You know how many people told me when I said I was leaving that they only watch, they only stay in MMA because of the show? I cannot tell you how many MK fans have been like, I don't really watch MMA anymore, but I do listen to MK, and that's kind of how I keep in touch with it. Yeah. I get that all the time. All right. Well, Luke, it's not just everybody waiting during the six week plus gap of mixed martial arts and the UFC as we get fired. it up for January 24th and the kickoff of the Paramount era with UFC 324.

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Go dogs, Jed. 264 and a half passing yards against that Carolina defense more or less L.T. I feel like I sleep on Matt Stafford and he overperforms. I'm going to go, I'll take the over on that. You know what? I'm going to give Matt Stafford the benefit of the doubt. Go dogs. Okay.

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Jordan Love and what do you know about 226 and a half passing yards against that Bears defense? We going more or are we going less? I don't know enough to comment intelligently, but I do know that he had been good early in the season and they've kind of fallen off, I believe, is my understanding. That's probably wrong. I don't really know.

I'll take the under though because I do believe that the Bears are they're having a not quite, sort of a commanders ish kind of season that we had last season. They're getting lucky and having these big moments that are like this year's. Unlike this year's. Although

the commanders beat the Eagles last night, I did watch that game. All right. Running back of the Bears, DeAndre Swift. We're talking about total touchdowns rushing or receiving 0.5, more or less at home against the Green Bay Pack. I'll take the over. I'll take more. I'll take more.

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terms at pick6.draftkings.com slash promos limited time offer. Well said right there. Luke, when you got off the train, by this is the earliest you've ever gotten here, and I appreciate you doing that in my last night. I always send my wife and I, on Monday mornings, I always send her a note telling her I love her and then I hope she has a great day

because she doesn't have to get Tewks ready and take her to school by herself. And I sent that note and I looked at the timestamp. So I'm in the train sitting in my seat, sending my wife a note, right? I'm already settled. It was 447. Yo. I couldn't even take the,

I couldn't even take the DC Metro. It doesn't open until 5 a.m. And I was like, well, I'm not going to bike there because it's going to be cold as shit. Yes. So I had to get a fucking $40 Uber this morning. Wow. That's dedication for our sendoff here.

And the first thing you said to me, speaking of Draft Kings and the Crown being yours, is when you walked in, you're like, sorry, BC, before I talk to you, I got to go drop a juice. So were you crowning like the King of England? That was the second one of the day. I took one on the train earlier. Oh, my God.

It's so disgusting. All right. Thank you very much right there. Shout out to our sponsors. Our next segment, what are you going to do? Fire me. Our next segment here, normally we do it on Fridays, but since this past Friday,

we had an MK documentary director's cut look back. Check that out, please check it out. But every Friday, Tidger additionally, we give you morning combat at gmail.com to reach out with either your dead wrongs or this other segment where, yes, the fans with their artwork on our fridge, they show pictures of Saul's wife and our gear.

For the final time in the BC era, at least, this is fan, the mission. You've got mail. Viewers. Yeah, we've got a lot of them right there. This is so good, so you ask why did MK work? Partly stuff like this. Okay. Where we clown ourselves for having mostly male viewers, for being old and piece, you know, shitty.

Even though in the beginning you were like, I'm not sure I want these fans in my life at all. I don't care if they live or die. I didn't understand, dude, being honest, like I'd, you learn. over time how to have the kind of relationship with the people you don't know, but know you, you know, and so it's a weird thing at first. It is, it is. You have to kind of learn how to manage that, and I haven't

gotten it right sometimes, but I feel like I'm in a better place these days. Yeah, oh, definitely, and the fans have over-delivered over the years, especially in fan subs to just completely make us laugh, and sometimes it becomes merch. Didn't didn't, uh, Danger Mouse create the morning hub shirt and never got paid for that? He did, yeah. Yeah, shout out to Danger Mouse over there. Yeah, there's been a lot of people

who've been contributed really important things. Yeah, and didn't get paid anything but free great content. Our first one here is from A. He says, hi, or she, you'd have no idea. Or they. Hi, I created this poster inspired by the masterpiece BC has been finger painting for years on morning combat. Gracius BC for all the entertainment. Holy shit.

This is awesome right here. That is pretty incredible. So what does it say? Can you read the, right? From our holes to yours twice a week. Now, I cannot read the disclaimer language. Long Island, Luke, have you read through that? No, but I'm seeing, like, all the smoke productions.

Oh, that's, dude, CBS Sports. Can I print this out? Because I can't read that from here, and I'm hoping it's not filled with racial slurs and... If this passes the Korean censors, can I put this on the wall? Can we print this out? Can we print this out? This is fantastic. Yeah, that's pretty cool. Hey, we appreciate you all the way right there.

I want to say one more time. I cannot read the fine print, so if there's anti-Semitism on there, blame Brian. Did I see the Rothschild family on there? I'm like, I don't need that. Pump the brakes here, pal. All right. Our second one is from Brenham, who says morning wash donks as a day one viewer who has watched every single episode. I've sat quietly on the sidelines, pondering my fan subs for quite some time now.

I was going to put together a pound-for-pound run for donk of the year in 26. However, with BC's departure, I thought I better get these in before he leaves us for the corporate world. I decided to make one for each of you with some references to earlier episodes. First up, we have El Cacadero. El Cacadero? After BC mispronounces this, oh, thanks, Brenham, and is corrected by Luke, he can explain to you that El Cogadero means the shitter. Yes.

Fitting as Luke is easily, pound for pound, the most explosive person riding the Amtrak, who also has a bone air the size of Menelcop's nipples for the one and only La Leenda. Wow, Luke, your thoughts on Brenham's art. El Cagadero. I learned that word the first time because... Wait, put that back up. Look at the toilet ball on the title.

That is great. Oh, I missed that detail. That is great. Also, that's the New Jersey Transit train. I don't take that train, but if you're asking what train station is this, this is Newark. That's where the Bulls ran down there. This is the Newark train station. If you're asking, oh, it doesn't look too, too bad.

This is as good as it gets. It's downhill from there. I learned that word because my wife and I were at the park, and she saw a dog that was really cute. He was like, oh, you know, blah, blah, blah. And then it started taking a dump, and she called him cagoancito. like little shitter and I was like what's cagone and she was like well

and she walked me through it so there you go by the way Brenham I've talked to over DMs recently the guy who sent this in he lives on a a cow farm in Montana on like 200 acres and he said he used to be like a dog musher and would listen to us and his headphones

did a rod yeah and while like the northern lights were playing in the sky and he's riding like across Alaska or some shit and he's like listening to us like that always blows me away Is that dog abuse? No, no, it's not. No, it's not. Next up, Brennan says,

we may not forget Brian Luganis, diving his way into the Twin Towers. Real quick, this didn't make a pass. Oh, this didn't get past. Let's go to the next time. Could I at least read the description? He says, diving his way into the Twin Towers

with gas station hot dogs in hand and UFC straw weights on his mind. All of us stonks will deeply miss you. Somebody sent in. Wow. they're making a sexually transmitted disease joke from the 80s 90s about 9-11

and your love of hot dogs and we're laughing because that didn't how was that ever going to make it past the sensor wow okay brendham continues can you email that to my laptop so I can see it please uh yeah i got you brendon's also i just finished my first tattoo so luke rate that tat

uh let me what's the pierce holy shit that looks pretty clean actually. Ooh, those colors pop on the forearm area? Yeah, that actually looks really clean. I don't know if I want to see him underneath that towel. This is Japanese style.

You can see the feathers, you know, flow with the body geometry here. Man, I give that one a solid nine. That's just really, really clean. And by the way, on a Japanese tattoo, you definitely want the color saturated, but it's not supposed to pop.

I mean, you can do whatever you want, obviously, but if you're doing a traditional style, the colors are supposed to be saturated, but not be like, you know, like hot, you know, like hot pink. It's not supposed to be like that. It's supposed to be a little, slightly more muted than that. Dude, it looks a little like Sean Brady's style, right? Sean Brady has Japanese tattooing.

This is all Japanese tattooing. Or old school Japanese tattooing. Brennam says I also have a bonus submission. I am sure this one will not make it through the North Korean censor. So, donks, I will post it on the Reddit page. Oh, God. Here is an original episode of Room Service Dyer. Oh, that one did make it through.

All right. You know what? My favorite part about this is the Photoshop. and how good that is. Wow. Brenham closes. I texted you the other meme if you want to look at it.

Brenham closes with thank you, Luke and BC for everything you do. It's been a pleasure being along for the ride, wishing you both and your family's the best. Thank you, Brenham. We appreciate you. Yeah, please don't show that on there. Send that to me, though.

Long Island, if you could text that to me as well. Thank you. All right. Do you know how warped you have to come up with something like this? And it's not AI. It's photoshopped. So it's hilarious. But we can't show that.

Submission comes from Namanah. Nemanah? Hi, Dongs. Niemongja from Macedonia here. Excuse me if I mispronounce that. Nima, Namaja from Macedonia here. As a day one fan, I am truly sad to see the co-host of M.K. leave the show to mark the end of an era. Here's a little visual of the initial private conversation between L.T. and B.C.

Wow. I'm sure that in 26, Luke and other washed dirtbags will continue to deliver banger episodes into Brian. Best of luck on your new job. Don't forget to bring your art and make you. Make it an all-out balls bonanza. I love that. We were lucky to have you, and you will be missed.

Happy holidays from Namanja, one of the two. Luke, this is the breakup with, what, Jennifer Aniston and somebody else? I have no fucking idea who's in this movie. Yeah, pick aside, right? Vince Vaughn. Vince Vaughn, thank you very much, Long Island. That is coming January 5th, today we're breaking up. Well done.

Thank you so much. Let's go to Hawaii Zone Telvin Big Papa, Key Papa, a finalist for 25 Donk of the year. He says, Aloha Donks, this is your favorite. Hawaiian here, Big Papa, I wanted to send a meme that best describes BC's next chapter in his life with none other than Governor Penn. I'm not sure I understand this. I'm beat up. So BC on MK, I'm beat up.

Oh, I see. You know, and then. Oh, you're going to be double champ when you're over at Paramount? Yeah. He says, uh, I guess, okay, I know all of you, all the other donks want to give you shit for stepping away from MK. I guess I'll be the only don't to say good luck and I'm happy for you, BC. I hope to see you Caged side at UFC events, interviewing fighters.

Why would anyone want you to do poorly? Getting inside, maybe I sold out to them. Maybe I, you know, maybe I broke their heart. And it's, you know, you got to do what you got to do sometimes, you know. He also says maybe getting in the fighters' locker rooms, especially the women's 115 fighters and finally get that. Okay, this is starting to turn a little. I was having a good time.

What are we doing? Finally get that 60-minute interview with Juana Champion. Also, if BC gets an event in Hawaii. P.S. Can you just end up right now and jack off? Can you do that? Also, if B.C. goes to Hawaii for the UFC, I hope to see you at the Lava Shack near me. And Diaz can finally point down and scrap for all your entertainment for MK promotions. Oh, him and Dads. Sorry, him and Dads will finally scrap. I know MK will be fine. I'm pretty sure they'll replace you with Angela White.

Hey-oh. Anyways, best dishes, best wishes, mella Kaliki, Maka and Aloha. That's Hawaii's way to say. Merry Christmas, right? to you. Yeah, it's great song. Let's hear from Nathan. He said, thank you so much, by the way, Telvin. Here's Nathan. He says, sup aloha donks. For all the times Luke was legitimately annoyed or even a little pissed, Brian eventually showed him that it's

okay to be silly sometimes. It only took eight years. Skits and bits never die. That'll do skits and bits. That'll do. Yeah. It's about time, Luke. Get on board with the cats. To beat you to death with that cane. And we have one from Genghis Bong, who says,

Merry Christmas, M.K. This is how toilets react every time Luke walks into a bath. God, that's so good. That's so good. That picture is especially good over my stupid face. Oh, my gosh. All right. We are also going to hear from Josh to close out this batch of fan

subs who says, I hope a few of these make it in. There's also a short video for Brian. So that's Wayne Newton with a lightsaber? A paint. Well, oh, sorry, that's, that's me dressed up as Obi-Wan with a paint brush. Yes, and that's Wayne Newton in the back.

What is Wayne Newton doing? I don't know, but I'm at Penn Station. Oh, you know, I always say homeless people, uh, clean, shower in the, in the sink. I have seen a homeless man cutting his pubic hair. I guess you're dying your hair. I'm dying my hair. That's it, Luke. Oh.

I don't know the Wayne Newton part of it. Well, he, like, I think I've compared you to Wayne Newton before. That's right with the shoe polish. When you had, like, the shitty hair job? Remember that shoe polish job? Yes. Remember I dyed it like, like, 10 minutes before we came down to set for that.

So this meme started a little weak and ended up actually quite strong. It actually is pretty awesome right there. Oh, look at this. Dude, that is great. Oh, my God. Wow, insurrection day. Look at that. Jan 6th in the house.

I look a little weird. Garbage, Lukito, Margarita. Love it. Oh, my God. Love it? 34th Street Penn Station. Oh, I'm flexing after taking a dump. Oh, that's this.

Oh, look at that. Hasmat guy, yeah. If you're wondering what that sash I'm wearing, that's what they give you when you go to the Andres de Carne de Rees restaurant. Okay. Oh, my God. I mean, I don't know who leaked the new co-host of Morning Combat, but... You're going to save that announcement.

This was not the way I expected the news to get out. Oh, I'm just looking at that, Brian Luganis. That's all of them. One from Brenham right now. I'm just looking at it. The Luganus one? Dude, is that the funniest fucking thing you've ever seen in your life? Oh, Morning Combat.

at gmail.com. A quick question from me as a fan now moving forward. Will you still have these segments? Yes, things like that. I mean, I think one thing I would say is there, I mean, obviously everyone's going to expect some changes, right? Yeah. It can't be what it was. In both

good ways and bad. But you know, part of the show's DNA is this kind of thing. Okay. So if we didn't, it would be a pretty tragic mistake. So we're going to do our best to, you know, to keep that where it can go. Hey, let long Long Island Luke cook.

Let him cook. I'm about to just hand over the keys to the, to the kitchen and that makes no sense. But, you know, whatever. You get the idea. We going hungry tonight. In all seriousness, I'm telling you, I'm going to let him do his thing. House taste. Yeah, yeah, indeed right there.

All right, that is your fan subs. Now we go to another filler segment here, Luke. I've done this a couple times. People have liked it. So for the final time here, is a little one I like. to call orange a t'clock oh with these

bum ass fucking transition so luke i've got eight different combinations of three things and you have to rank them typically from best to worst okay you ready for this rank things best to worse okay potential

Connor McGregor white house opponents Michael Chandler Nate Diaz max holloway give me a best to worse arrange those three So I'm going to answer it as follows.

Best to worst. You as a fan. Your biggest interest in seeing. Can I register up front? I will answer the question. But my real answer is none of them. I don't want to see. Would you want to see Porier or not?

I don't care about seeing Connor ever. Oh, okay. Even though the Trump family just invested 20-something million in his, did they? Into Conner's company, that MMA thing. That's fun. All right. However, answering the question about like what would produce the most compelling

fun. Yeah. And make people excited all that, yeah. You have to go McGregor Diaz three. As number one. As number one. Okay. You just, I mean, I don't know what else, how you do that.

Now, someone's going to say, well, isn't of these three, isn't Max Holloway, right now the most difficult fight? And the answer is yes. However, for that, we've seen Connor lose. You know, not that I don't, I don't have a burning desire per se to see that necessarily. Like, oh, we got to make sure you lose. I don't care about that. You know, in that way. So also I would rather see Max fight other people

So I'm gonna put him last So by virtue of that, Chandler would go second So it would go Diaz, Chandler, Holloway Chandler has become the least of these three that I want to see I'm kind of so over that matchup I know Chandler's washed I think Holloway wins that one walking away Long Island Luke are you with me

We're like even though it's probably competitive Like Chandler's kind of irrelevant right? Yeah, I'm with you and also like You seen with Bert Chrysler on New Year's Eve? I did see that on CBS Carremore Yeah, Burnt Chrysler I'd actually rather see Max the most just because Max finishing Connor

in like two rounds would be pretty fun to watch. That would be pretty, that would be something. It'd be morbid, but that'd be something. Yeah, I mean, yeah, it'd be a spectacle probably for different reasons for all three. What about Porriere four? Since three didn't really tell us much beyond Conner's dislike for Porre's wife.

Again, I think the only one where I feel like is Nate. Yeah, that's just the only one that really makes a lot of sense. The battle of each other, it has almost a thriller in Manila vibe. right where it's so let's not all right let's not go that far number two luke timeless mk1 liners from best to worst let's bang toie i'm feeling these margaritas brian campbell and real talk like mend this is an easy one for me okay again best to worst i'm probably going to put it in the

exact order you have it ooh the let's bang toy one to me was fucking hilarious the throwaway comment from greg hardy hardy calling out tie to evis bang. He offered to like, let's, let's bang each other. But yet not as, not as iconic as let's bang each outer. Let's bang each outer really is the home run hitter in that particular department. However, among these three... Come on, I'm feeling these margaritas is like arguably the most iconic line in this show's history. It's possible you can say that, however, I have less

warm feelings about them. And also, I hate real talk like Mendo, and I've always hated it and I still fucking hate it. I wish you would employ it once in a while, all right? Shut! Says the guy going to Paramount. Shut your master. Shut your whore mouth. All right, let's go to number three. Rock albums released in 1991. The black album is self-titled Metallica by Metallica.

Nevermind the second album from Nirvana or the debut from Pearl Jam 10. We're calling Metallica by Metallica with the black album. Right. Jesus. Now, what are you asking me here? Personally? Personally, best to worst. So how do I answer that?

How I feel about it now or how I felt about it in 19. Combined. It's kind of combined. It's kind of like, okay, then I guess more now. I guess more now. I have not a single bad thing to say about Nirvana. And in fact, as I've gotten older, I've actually liked them more and more. But during my teens, for whatever reason, my friends and I, they were into Nirvana, but not heavy. And I was more into Metallica. But you can recognize that, never mind is start to finish out just a one. One of the most defining songs of the 1990s, if not the most like that. Rolling Stone rated it the number one album of the 90s. Do you remember the first place you heard when you heard it? Seeing this smells like teen spirit video on MTV, but the first time I heard the record, I don't remember. I was in a van with, I actually went to church at the time,

and I was in a church basketball team. It's a tanic tree? No, no, church, don't get me started. No, a real church. Well, I guess a Christian church. And we were all in the bus on the way to the game, and it came on the radio, and the other kids had already heard it. And I was like, what is this?

and then they explained it to me and i was like holy shit no it was great but for me metallic by metallica was like the first time i was 11 years old and i was the first time i was actually really fully exposed to anything even called heavy metal everyone around me didn't listen to it okay but that album became so culturally significant that it was impossible to miss right um obviously the enter sandman was a gigantic song it was and nothing else matters and by the way and remember this came right after there was some controversy because they cut their hair a little bit and everything. No, not for this one.

Not for this one. No, they didn't cut their hair, but they commercialized their sound. This came after And Justice for All. So, you know, you went from one on Injustice for All to nothing else matters. It was a bit of a... Anyway, but it was a big one. And then as a kid... Was it Bob Rock that produced Metallica?

I think that's... I think that's right. Or the guy who was part of some kind of monster. I forget his name. Anyway, 10, when I was a kid, would I say play a more significant role than Nevermind by Nirvana? Yeah. 10 was Jeremy was huge. Every song, literally every song

start to finish as an absolute 10 out of 10 banger. Yeah, I mean, that album was everywhere. I think it's my fourth favorite album of all time. At this time in my life, I wasn't exactly listening to hardcore metal. I've gotten increasingly more into it over time. I go CBA, that's just personal interest. But by the way, these were all released in a relatively

like the same period in terms of weeks. So was, use your illusion one and two by Guns N' Roses. It's just remarkable. Long Island, Luke, I'm going to guess you're going to go 10 first. What do you feel about the other two? CBA, same order is here. Okay, I appreciate that. Thank you very much.

Let's go to number four. Better Historical Resumet slash Legacy, Jose Aldo, Daniel Cormier, and our guest today at noon, Randy Couture. Can't wait to talk to Randy. Who, if I asked you, give me a goat list of the top 20, like, in order of these guys, where do these guys fall? Not what number, but like in order.

So this is going to be a controversial one, because obviously what you're doing. dealing with, in the case of Cormier and Couture, you are dealing with people who are champions in multiple weight classes, and Jose Ildo is not. And for that reason, I think a lot of people are going to be tempted to rank them more highly. However, I think the hardest thing to do in MMA is stand to post in a weight class and maintain its guardianship over time. The longer you do that, the harder it becomes. And I also think, just in terms of pure skill level, Jose Aldo is the most skillful of all three of them.

So I would go... He was the first truly great fighter of the smaller weight classes. Faber was the first star, but Aldo was the first truly... It depends how you want to start it, but certainly in North America, first, you know, like, widely regarded pound for poundish kind of guy. Didn't need to even play into when the UFC title went from WEC champion to U.S. after beating the shed of your eye favor, too. I have not looked at Couture's resume recently.

I'd have to think about this one a little bit. It was a different era, but dude, he was the comebacks, the age that he was doing these things at. One thing that I think current fans really are going to miss, I can't remember the last, I mean, dude, when Coutor, I've said, I bring us up all the time, when Couture came back against Sylvia. When he dropped him around one, that, what was that Columbus, Ohio they were? Yes, he inside leg kick and then just came over with it. And I mean, every house party in America that was watching that got on their feet. Because UFC was trying to, like, send him into retirement. So once again, UFC was trying to use Randy's name to put somebody else over and send him off into retirement.

Again, he had the last time you had seen him, he had been iced by Chuck Liddell, even quicker than the time before he got iced by Chuck Liddell. And you thought he was dunzo. And then he goes and beats fucking beats the shit out of Tim Sylvia. Does he not get the credit he? Well, first of all, he doesn't get the credit he deserves because he's been at odds with UFC so they don't honor his history. But does he not get the credit he deserves for evolving the game, dirty boxing, putting the whole game together at a time where they're... And I also think some of those guys, the Rico Chipparelli Raw guys,

like Frank Trigg and Dan Henderson and Matt Linlin, these guys obviously brought a high-level wrestling overall. The guys who were Greco put a lot of Greco thought into it. I also think Randy has a lot of like half-guard, ground-and-pound stuff that he kind of set the tone with. The games evolved past them, obviously. They've been out for a while. But also just, again, you know, you had Matt Lin-Linlan, and silver medalist, you know,

Henderson, Olympian, Couture, Olympic alternate. These guys are all wrestled at a high-level NCAA. Sure, if you was Ed Herman? He didn't wrestle like that. Oh, he was part of that team, though. He was part of that team, but that was Team Quest. I don't think he was a Chipperelli Raw guy.

He was a ginger, too. He was a ginger. Anyway, they brought, I might, I'd have to review the resumes. Dude, Corby is criminally underrated. Yes, he is. I might go, I might go, I might go ABC, but you could go ACB, potentially.

I'd like to argue Cormier's first. People get mad at me when I say that. But I think after Cormier beat Stepe, he was like as close to the goat conversation as possible without having beaten John Jones. I mean, I think that people really sleep on you. By the way, something happened that we were out. You see Y'L. Romero against Pat Downey at Raw Wrestling.

Just a fucking marvel of genetics. Yeah. But I bring it up to say Couture, sorry, on Cormier's case. I mean, this is really his second athletic career. Yeah. His first one, he had a full life of that. And then he's on bonus time here. And even with that, look at all the stint things that he did.

He was a real, dude, Daniel Cormier was a, he got in trouble because he was like, if I was around today, I'd be champion. There's no wrestlers. I think he was talking about light heavyweight. And people were like, oh, of course he would say that. Dude, Daniel Cormier would be fucking dumping. His boxing was great. Daniel Cormier would be dumping these motherfuckers on their heads.

Head kicks, too. Like he had the incomplete game. Don't get it twisted at all. All right. Let's go to number five. For you personally, a worse, this is from worst to best, okay? A worst depression or anxiety trigger for you. you, Amtrak, DT 4547, or Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond?

If I'm being dead fucking honest, if I'm being dead fucking honest, dude, it's Amtrak. Oh, wow. You know how many times that you will text me when we, so usually after the show, you and I both go to the Amtrak business lounge where we get like free food and we just chill until our trains are called. There are so many times where you will text me a half hour later and be like, you'll have left the building this shit is actually killing me this shit is sending me to an early grave i'm telling you it's sending me to an early grave i i'm telling you it's sending me to an early grave

i have dude i moved to new york city in october of 2003 but i was not done with my military obligation until the end of 2004 essentially all of it and uh during that time i had to go back to richmond my unit was uh uh uh hotel battery 314 or 314 4th more dip and since that time all the way up to now almost on a monthly basis and remember there was a time where a year I did it two times a week for an entire year I've been taking the train and I just have to tell everyone

everyone's like oh but aren't you in the Acela corridor which I am the Acela corridor is anything from Washington DC to Boston yeah it goes to Philly Delaware New York hold on here and that's the most high functioning and I can tell you that's a relative fucking description I don't want to beat up on rail anymore than I already do because we need more rail in this country. But, dude, especially in our young males, right?

Yeah. We need more rail yards then, you know what I'm saying? But it is not a good service, and it has absolutely grounded me into fucking... The irony is that, like, you were so against trains in the Marines, but now, like, you know, that is just... Well, I pay for the ticket on this one. Okay.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah. This is a different one. So, obviously, then after that, I would go, the worst... Yeah. This would be, like, the least then. Sweet Carolina. line is annoying but I could just hit mute

you know okay I thought you were going to go BAC you're going to A B C so I mean there's existential stuff but if I'm being honest like day to day like how the fuck am I going to get through the day honestly A kills me more than D all right let's go to number six higher ranking best to worst on the NBA

goat list LeBron James Bobby Bryant Tchaile O'Neill I am poorly equipped to make this argument okay but I want to hear you argue just the same I'll say this I've never seen a more physically dominant player than Shaquille O'Neal in my life. Yes.

And I saw... Just won an MVP award. I understand. I saw Akeem Olajuwon. I saw a little bit of that career. I saw... Who was the admiral? David Robinson.

Yeah. He was fucking great. Tim Duncan, criminally underrated Tim Duncan. There was a guy named Jordan who was pretty good. Well, I'm talking about Bigman. Yeah, Bigman. Patrick Ewanso Morning.

Yes. You know, all the Georgetown guys. I saw all them, too. I saw a lot of that kind of thing. And none of them had what Shaq had. he also won four championship yes Kobe won five

and LeBron's up to five right LeBron's up to four I believe how many does LeBron have four I think he's made the finals 11 times and he's won four Yeah but wait why do I feel like you're wrong With Kobe and Shaq Didn't they three peat and then repeat and then

No they three peated Shack got one and 06 with the heat Kobe got 09 and 010 With Powell Oh okay Right with Powell Yeah 09 and 010

I just said right there I would probably go Shaq LeBron's the all-time leading scorer. He's also got longevity in ways that's unusual. But that's not the same as like... He also has like a Buley Luciferian tattoo on his chest, but that's like another topic for another podcast. I think you need to talk to somebody.

I think you need to talk to somebody. You're scaring me a little. I'll go, I'll go Shaq LeBron, Kobe. I mean, I don't know if that's right. I don't know if that's right. This is just your opinion. I appreciate that. Best movie trilogies, best to worst.

Star Wars episode 4 through 6, the original three, right? Okay. The Matrix, or back to the future. This is an easy one. Okay. Star Wars episodes 4 through 6 is clearly the right answer. The Matrix 1 might genuinely be the best of any of the movies you see there. That is true.

That is true. But that is the trilogy. The second one gets kind of off the rails, although it has some interesting moments. And then the third one is Rise of Skywalker. Godfather's three. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's the worst thing you've ever seen. I couldn't put Godfather in here because that would be number one.

Yeah. The strength of one and two were great. I thought three fell off a little bit for me. It's still pretty damn good. It holds up more than you think. Because I actually rewatched it over the holidays, but it's still one and two were much, much better. Okay. And they were very clever.

So you're going. So I'd go A, C, B. I think that's the answer. Even if the first matrix is the best of any. Now, Jay Aaron, who has a documentary about Back to the Future. There are people in my life. I tried to watch it, and it wasn't available anywhere that I had to pay. and I was like, yeah.

Oh, yeah. A lot of people I know say the back of the future is a perfect movie and the best movie. I showed it to Tuky. It is pretty much a perfect movie. Yeah, she didn't, she fell asleep. Okay. She's sick. Finally, Luke, you're on a, this is best to worst.

A car passenger next to you, sitting next to you in a car. I'm driving. Yep, for a 3,000 mile road trip. Oh, God. Mike Coppinger, Versace Reno, or H.E. Oh, my God. I'm gonna Thelma and Louise that motherfucker at the first cliff I see This is this is difficult look this is dead you're on 3,000 miles

So that's like at least three days right maybe even more right like if you drove it straight through And you alternate driving you could probably do it in two and a half but we're talking about four to five days probably Right Once again I'm not making it to the finish line on this This is gonna be like storming the beach at Normandy we're not all gonna be here at the end you know I got a feeling um fuck me probably reno one

okay because i can laugh at his clothing okay but at least will get me through the first thousand miles um turkey's got to go last just can't do it

just can't do it can't walk on eggshells you know what i'm saying yeah i gotta be free i hear you so then i'll just put mike in the pulp or the uh the the the the pastoral there uh that was aran Thank you very much for playing Luke Thomas As we continue this fun in games

You know, I did create this segment That really is, you know, arguably the most electrifying piece of content each week in combat sports And podcasting Beyond Luke Where I scour the globe Eyes of low is the good, the bad, the ugly The in between, you know, in the world of combat sports and beyond For the final time between you and I

I have shitteth, we will picketh You will grateeth. Have you seen my shit? What's the secret to M.K. Toilet humor. Luke, this is a little bit of a supersized one because, you know, you got to go hard or go home at the end here. I do feel like this segment was,

I don't know if you're going to continue or not. No problem if you do. But I feel like I was running out of juice. Juice. Our ideas. Like, we've seen everything, right? We've seen so many. but I tried my best to put it together.

Let's do it. Let's see what you got for the last installment as this kind of thing. All right. Merry Christmas, you filthy animals here. Let's look in on the holidays. I cannot hear. Oh, come on. I cannot hear.

Oh, he farts on that. Yeah, he didn't. It was just, it was Long Island, Luke, what are we doing here? Can I tell you? There's no audio on that clip. All right. Hold on. I, by the way, off to just an amazing star.

Great job here on the exit. Yeah. Way to stick. the landing. I was going to say, I didn't realize, I texted you this. I didn't realize this. So I went to Columbia for Christmas. Bro, they don't fuck with Santa at all down there. Yeah, they love JC and I love that. He is, you'll see him in like advertising. He's a fucking long prop. Yep. Like, you know who gives you gifts on Christmas in these, not mom and dad? El Niño Dios. That's what I'm talking about. So I, my wife was like, so my, naturally my daughter is like,

well, wait a second. Is Santa going to leave gifts for me in D.C. while El Nino Dios gives me gifts down there and I was like you need to ask your mom about how you navigate this shit because I don't know I don't know that video would have popped you Santa comes up to a bunch of chicks and it's like hey you want your Christmas presents earlier like yeah just just just like you're walking through first class that's how I met my wife uh Luke check out do we have sound on the next one long on look please we're gonna find out all right check out the enthusiate I love this show here's young Luke Thomas opening up his Christmas gift yeah zippy fucking sound all he wanted was

What are we doing here? What are we doing here? Oh, hell yeah, bro. Dude, the kids fired up, but we can't hear it. We got motherfucking tacos. Do we have audio? Okay, please don't tell me that we don't have sound on all of these. That would be bad.

That's going to kill the second. Let's do it. I want to see it. There's no way for me to see until we play them, but I have a feeling since the first two we're supposed to and they don't. And by the way, that would be really bad. Can you, is there any way that we can pause and you can check that? Yeah, can we do that?

Is that a yes or no? I don't know. That was a, that is that we're working on it. Okay. They're talking to us. Can you, can you double check though? You can't play them in, and to just to yourself? Fuck it, let's roll.

Well, let me, let me look at the, at the rundown here. Can't play that one. All right, let's go to 1C here. Luke, who had a better Christmas than this man? Wow. Congrats to the happy couple. All right. Let's talk about this, shall we?

Yes. I saw this, and the first thing I thought of was not, oh, wow, how interesting. It was, motherfucking B.C. is going to text me this. The first instant he sees it. And sure enough, who populated the group chat with this picture? Do you see the videos of them working out at Glover's Gym? I did see that, yeah.

Yeah. How do they communicate? Portniel? I don't know. There was a video that they both posted on a plane overnight where she was like, hey, Alex, she woke him up sleeping. She was like, will we get married one day? And he was just like, Chama. Charma.

They probably just communicate with Chama and kissing and stuff. But like, you know, that's cool. No, so she speaks Spanish, which is how close to Spanish and Portuguese? So there's an in between what they call Portugnual in Brazil, which is its own kind of, I don't know if it's a language. I don't know if it's a language exactly, but it's some kind of in-between space, between Spanish and Portuguese, where they can kind of understand each other. Yes. So they're pretty close. All right.

We do also, it was not just the Christmas holiday, it was a Happy New Year. So we have audio here. Let's go to SportsCenter's Scott Van Pell. Yeah. Yeah, live makeouts on SportsCenter. Get into it. Oh, what have we got. We got.

the air and makeup. Wow, he... Kick save and a beauty right there or what? I'm telling you, he nearly threw away his fucking career and then rescued it. You know, he had, listen, he had both feet in bounds. He did, he had both feet in bounds. Just the tip, though.

Just the tip, yeah, exactly. I mean, it was a toe drag on the way out, but he got it. He got it. We have a gender reveal that I think you're going to love, Luke. Normally you hate these, but this combines... DC legend, Scott Van Gogh. Very much so. Maryland, flame. Let's go over to this gender reveal with sound. Three, two.

Two, one. Chewbacal will come and lay pipe on your wife. Look, you remember those 80s commercials that would try to dissuade us from drugs? They were wild, right? It's always wild to watch them better. Like, this is your brain. Is your brain on drugs?

Any questions? Let's watch one. Just a... This is your brain. And this is your brain on drugs. And these are pubs. I don't know if I've seen that one This is not off to an auspicious beginning

Look we know nothing more dangerous in life Than playing football Or taking your family to an NFL game, right? Let's go into Remember fan man crashed in Bo Holyfield too? Yeah, the 90s were fucking insane Check out the new fan man here at the football Oh, he got caught in that wire with the camera

That the XFL created Dude, that's a long drop man You're not going to die, but I don't know he's walking around today. Wow. All right. Let's go to the kick of the week from the Oklahoma,

the OU Sooners here. Check out this kick, Luke. Oh, direct hit, right? Dude, not only that, the guy's running into it. Yeah.

Is that, seriously, is that worst case scenario how to be kicked? That guy is kicking with maximum force and you're running at it with maximum speed.

With cleats, good Lord. Your scorpion of the week comes from Texas's Longhorns Bijon Robinson, who by the way, continued playing this game despite the fact that he looked like he would never live

again, Luke? You look at this. This was my 2003 and this was my 2024. Dude, oh my God. Yeah, the body's not supposed to do that. How do you recover from that? How do you get up and walk away and play? Yeah, I don't know. Geez. Bonus

Scorpion of the week takes us to the gym, Luke. You got to watch out for donks in the gym, right? Yes. Oh. Oh, and he's doing the the, what they call it, fencing? Yeah. The Tua Tungo Viloa thing. Speaking of football, look, did you catch the abs on 59-year-old Michael Irvin

when he celebrated this Miami victory? He's got main character-saint-old, doesn't he? Yeah, I mean, this is fun. I mean, I lived through his career. This motherfucker could play. Oh, he also could party. Well, I mean, hotel rooms. Cocainea, yes, indeed.

But look, did you see those abs? Holy crap, dude? Yeah. You think he's on gear? You think that's just genetically? Both. Yeah, right. I mean, he's got to be, right?

Yeah, yeah, all right. Let's hope we have audio for the next one. Did you hear what RFK Jr. said, look? Something stupid. Did you guys hear what RFK Jr. just said? No, what? Okay, we're coming back. We're making a comeback.

Look, this next one brings new meaning to the term killer crossover. Watch this guy's moves. All right, big fella, pull your pants up there a little bit. Oh, he's just, oh, he's just... Oh! Oh! Oh, there's a pipeboard down. Wow.

You ever seen a fight at like a regular, like LA Fitness or like a YMCA? And I've seen it too, bro. Yeah, it gets nasty. People get competitive down there. I stay out of that shit. I like to bring people to the point of throwing a punch, but not going over the line. But it's a little shaky, you know. Yeah.

Sometimes you got to use everything doing. This is a true story. I one time saw it in Equinox in Georgetown. Well, not quite, but just outside Georgetown. I saw that. Luke Tyson Fury has come out of his latest retirement. He's back in training camp. Look at the gut on big gypsy right here.

Boy, I got to tell you. Good Lord. You know, I can't body shame after, you know, watching myself on the docks, but I didn't know he had a litter of puppies. Oh, my God, that's disgusting to watch. Lucas, time for everybody's favorite sub-segment. M&A fighters in the wild. Let's go to UFC Bannonway champion, Pioter Jan. Look at this guy.

It's like, Jan, I'm funny. I don't think you got to do all this. Is that just winters in Siberia? Listen, built different. Built different, indeed. That seems a little excessive. You know, Marab loves to do reckless shit, Luke. Like, try to win the defendant title four times in the year.

Let's check out what he does with this crawfish. I heard about this. He's a live croft. He's trying to eat a live croft. What the hell is going on here? It's like, dude, just can you kill that thing? Okay, turn the shit on. Oh, wow.

Oh, wow. Dude, just kill the animal Would you say to quote Joe Rogan That this guy needs a handler Yeah, I mean Guys, it's not I mean, okay, I realize it's a fucking crayfish But just, you know, do the humane thing

And let this motherfucker Die for it. Steem it to death, will you? Yeah, please. Do you know who else needs a handler, Luke? Bryce Mitchell. Are we gonna If you don't let Jake Paul win He's gonna kill you nine days later Or just kill your two best friends

But somebody's gonna die If he don't let him win that's not he's not trying to be funny yeah he's guys we don't have to do this thing where we treat mental illness as content wow wow i'm not it's not an insult no it's it was a wild comment it really was uh luke real recognizing by the way that was fucking terrible that was a terrible tragedy and that's a terrible comment at first when he got in their accident they pulled him out i was like okay maybe it's not too bad yeah and then it was like his two friends died and then you see the car completely fucking mangled give MVP and jake paul credit for the they did a very

in the next tribute of the card on Saturday. Real recognized reel over New Year's in Japan at Risen, Luke, Crocop and Minotaro with Sakki Kabar. You've never seen that fight? Sakaki Kabar. If you've never seen that fight, it is absolutely fucking epic.

One of Nogara's most legendary wins and a reason why he was, you know, to that generation of heavyweights, a menace and then a grill for the fans. One of the most outstanding chins of all time. Just a... Prime... Minotaro just had an unreal.

Rimeon and Taro had the best chin I've ever seen. And then Crocop looks good. Looks good at this age. You know what? I think he's getting a little pharmaceutical help, but I ain't mad at it. I am mad at him. I am mad at him. I'm not mad.

Also, Luke, remember when Yuri Peratsko won that fight? And he's like, I'm going to take my boys. We're going to go to the hotel room. And then he had to clarify that we're not going to bang each other. I don't know what this ritual is with Yuri and the boys, but this looks intense. Oh, oh, oh, oh, my love. Is that like an air meeting? They're all out of sync.

Yeah, I don't know what's going on there. And they're about to start rowing on the floor. Like the Viking metal fan. And Luke, this is not, we're not clowning him, but in Ecuador, New Year's Eve, this is a tradition for Michael Morales. Yeah, I don't know what, do we know what the tradition is? So the lady that cuts my hair is from Ecuador, I told you, and she says it's to honor, like, the widows. You dress up as women to honor the late. People have speculated about his sexuality.

I'll say this. Nothing would be better for M.A. than for him to be what all the rumors about him sometimes are. know if the rumors are real. I think like she said, I'm not suggesting that they are. She told me that this is a full on everybody does. Yeah, yeah. I'm not suggesting that they are. I'm suggesting to the extent that they are, nothing would make me happier about the state of M.A. Yes. And to watch that dude beat up everyone's favorite fighter and then twerk like a Taylor Swift fan. Indeed. I guess they don't torque, you know, but whatever. Look, you know what today represents for me for a while?

My last New York City subway visit. For a while, I mean, who knows? I could be back in New York for any reason for work. But you know that the New York City subway is remarkable. That's right. I had a guy on the train today he looked like he hadn't showered in a while and I'm not trying to clown him but he had a jacket on BC that said Wikipedia editor that's a true story. That's great. I've never seen that before. Let's listen to this guy's experience. A lot of people like to talk shit about

the New York subway but it's actually pretty remarkable. One minute you're getting on in Brooklyn and then magically 10 minutes later, you're HIV positive. Not bad. Not bad. All right. Menu please on the next one.

Hi, can I help you? I got a question about the menu. you please? The men I please is none of your business. Oh, Luke, it wouldn't be the kernels in my Shiite if we didn't represent here, France's finest. For the final time, here's the cake ladies Celine, Luke. I look forward to this bitch.

Look at the facial expressions. Yeah, of course, you can only eat the things that are the most revolve- Oh, God. Eat the rich. She's just eating dirty-ass dollar bills. Thank you, Celine, for all the last. You know what? Here's my question.

What won't she eat? That's kidding. What won't she? Now I got some questions. What won't she put her mouth on? It's time for your license plates of the week here. Let's go up to Maine, Luke. How is that legal?

For the audio listeners, it's the main license plate, and it just says penetrate with eight at the number at the end. Yeah, let's keep it. it going here. They get down heavy in a lot of states, Luke. Let's see what the next state is offering. Kansas. But stuff. Okay, with 1F. That's well, that's pretty nice. Let's keep it going here.

Let's go back to Maine. It gets wild up there, Luke. But fucker. I mean, what else is there to do in Maine? And let's have a little bit more fun with this one from Texas. Is that Isn't that like, we used to call

it the turkey, but isn't that what the Shaka? I thought the Shaka was like this. Oh, we used to call this the Shaka. No, that's the Shaka. Oh, the shocker. Okay, like this one, right? Oh, no. Wow, you pulled the ok-n-doch on me.

Never forget, right? Let's keep it going here. Okay, this is, you have turned up. Okay, all right, all right. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.

Okay. Oh, you fans. Hold on. I just want to say, I just want to say, on your last show, you showed George W. Bush as Salt Bay Salting the Twin Towers. I'm sorry. It was for the fans. The people wanted it. I'm sorry. I can just say I'm sorry.

I just want to say one more time for the people who maybe, you know, you never know people watching the show for the first time. Or the last time. Oh, the last. I had never even understood that 9-11 humor was like an industry until Brian Campbell introduced it to me. Luke, new segment. Is this art? You just have to tell me. Yes or no. Is this art?

Trivia. What? was he reading to the class? It had something to do with planes, seriously. No. What was it? My pet goat. My pet goat.

That's what he was reading at this moment. Would you put this throw blanket? I don't know if I'd put this in my house. Okay. Let's go to the next one, Luke. This is a cold-cut stadium. Is this art? Yes or no.

That's art. That is a motherfucking art. That is skillful and delicious. All right, let's listen to this next one. I need to know, is this new invention art or not? Brod new box. So great. Isn't really all Janic?

It's a new one. It's a new and they've been touched. All right, but this, I'm a bit. Another right, oh, dear. Boying, co-price. It's a genius at best, right? Yeah, I mean, eating,

eating chef boyardee on an upside-down shitter lid is just a level of ingenuity I can't even fathom. Okay, Luke, let's go to your family feud, sound bite of the week. I'm something or someone. You should stop sleeping

with as an adult. Alana. Your boss. Your boss. John? That's it? Wow, you cut the joke off. The next guy said children.

I'm sorry, Luke. It did happen. He said children? He did. That was a real sound bite. Oh, they cut that off? They did cut that. That was the end of the clip.

I'll play it again if you want. That was the end. No, it was a name something or someone. You can take it off. You should. It didn't exist. It didn't exist. look let's go to uh you ever play gta so much that what you get in your car you start driving

you start driving like a maniac you know what i mean let's watch this watch this red car they threw a ball at it and it just i don't uh oh uh oh uh oh oh get the fuck oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh they live they live look that is wild right that is so wild uh no funeral's necessary for this one but let's go to a real funeral watch the door dash flower delivery guy there with the backpack this is uh these guys i'm gonna guess this is latin america Oh, my God. These guys are everywhere. Would they have the backpacks like that?

Yeah, you got to watch where you're going. They buried him right after that. Luke, it's time for some dream cars. Yo, what up, bro? What up, bro? Just throwing in the floorboard. Is this what your Subaru is like? That's my dream.

The next one is all about driving solo or maybe hope solo. Dude, you're out of control. You're doing 9-11 humor and the fapening humor. Am I supposed to go hard here in the painter? No, all right. Don't get me fucking fired Sorry, sorry Luke, it is time to rate

That tat I'll see this tat at the top Give me a 1 to 10 score Luke I'm afraid This is a solid 5 It's not bad right I mean the guy There are parts of it that are not bad

But it's not It's got some problems Like the body like his body Is it downgrade? The proportions are off No does his flab downgrade the tat To be honest Not necessarily

Because the surface is covered pretty well but you know his i mean it's yeah this is not my favorite okay all right let's keep it ufc themed and go to the goat himself john bones jones on the chest tattoo on titty uh it's not a bad tattoo uh actually it's a pretty good tattoo the problem is and it will lighten over time but it's got some legibility issues by virtue of how he's done the coloring on this a little bit so it's not a bad tattoo the teeth for example are great um and the ears are great there's a lot of The sweat quality you can see is also pretty great. It's not a bad tattoo.

It's just legibility issues there. So what do you rate it? I'll give that a 7 or 8. All right, let's keep it going with the UFC theme here. Here's two-time champion Alexander Volcanovsky on the thigh. Got some weird ass titties on this one. Look at the face, too. That ain't an old man, Volk.

That's like a warlock. Do you know he looks like? Do you remember the movie, the black and white movie, semi-black and white movie, Sin City with Bruce Willis? Yes. And remember the evil guy who was the control of the girl? He was yellow. and I think they cut his balls or his pecker off or something.

Do you remember that? Tyrone Woodley? What? No, no, no, no. Do you remember that? Have you seen Sin City? Anyone seen Sin City back there? They know what I'm talking about.

Yeah, he looks kind of like that in this picture. It's a cool moment, but... Dude. The North Korean censors look unsettled right now. They look a little unsettled. Here's the thing I'm going to say, dude, if you're going to get real-life portrait tattoos... Yes. Here's my feeling.

You need to make sure you're paying top dollars. I think that's a shitty tattoo, but it's not a horrible tattoo, but it's not a good one. Here's the problem. getting good I would say this dude photo realistic tattoos it's either good or it's like there's no like oh it's a semi

decent photo realist no you need to get like the pay for the highest level or just don't get it at all like there's no middle ground all right let's go to the next tat here's Senator Palpatine oh that's a great tattoo even though it makes him look a little bit goofy the colors are great it's the style of

it's the style of tattooing this is like what you would call like an American traditional style obviously now this particular case you're remixing format and colors and everything. This is a 9 out of 10. That's a great tattoo. All right. Let's see what you rank our final one on a holiday themed tat.

Okay, this is a negative 8 billion out of 8 billion. Oh, God. He said Merry Christmas, bitches. What's wrong here, Luke? Fucking gross. The audio didn't play as creative, though, right? You give that like a 3 maybe. Randy Couture likes that kind.

Randy Cotor likes grass on the field. I've seen his Twitter account. All right, we got one more video to close it out. For years, we've been talking about Aaron Pico's horse, right? And what he brings to the table. You ever see Aaron Pico's donkey before? No. So I thought we were coming out here to see one specific donkey.

Holy. Holy, oh my. Avery. Wow. Sit down. Why? Dude, that motherfucker has a nightstick between his legs. Like, you can, you can, you can, you can deny, you can

beat back protesters with that kind of thing. So, Luke, that's, uh, that's, uh, the shit i hope you saw it okay i hope that's a solid a minus wow all right i'll take that that started off like you were going to fail the class and then you ended up actually thank you long out luke for rescuing that uh thank you as always to the great mike for putting that shit together um long out look you save that thank you i didn't save anything first two clips had no audio the rest was good i don't know what you saved the entertainment factor for the family here and i appreciate that all right uh let's keep the fun going here um

i think i deleted my rundown what's next our final segment here what are we doing here what's next long Alan. Fan goodbye videos. All right. Let's see these. We put the call out to you to say goodbye to me in your own way, either through a audio video, a text in. We've got a bunch of submissions here. I'm very thankful already for everybody who's at the time to wish me well, including in DMs and all that stuff. Our first one comes from Josh. Let's watch. Hey, Brian. I think it's safe to say we're all going to really miss you. You're good dude and you've helped a lot. so best of luck uh i hope this is the fourth and final turn of your career take care wow was that a dale senior joke too motherfucker was that a dale senior joke with the fourth of final joke he's like now we'll come to a close he's like uh brian's not even 50 yet yeah thank you josh i do appreciate that well done right there our second one comes from another josh known as cubby's fan 80 big time music fan in the windy city uh he's set in an audio file let's look what's up luke and bc i want to say thank you guys

is a day one P1 dunk for all the great shows all the great laughs all the great information the entertainment you guys I hope you guys are very proud of yourselves in the shows that you did and the franchise that you built you guys should be proud of yourselves and you deserve it Luke going forward I'm not going anywhere I'll be there watching the show with you still BC you're gonna be sorely sorely missed on the show I'm sad to see you leave but I'm happy for you for your family. You'd be able to better provide for your family. I know that means a lot to you and I know you're going to do great things, but I want to leave you with some part and words

from the drive-by truckers on your way out. Don't let them take who you are, boy. Don't try to be who you ain't. And don't let me catch in Ken Dale with a bucket of wealthy man's paint. Yes. Don't call what you're wearing an outfit. That's what I'm talking about right there. All right. Thank you so much, Josh. Well done. Let's go to Alexander for our next one. What's up, MK? Former BC hater. I like you at first name, the MMA beat, but, you know, after that over time, just really obnoxious. I got why Luke, he got pissed so much. Of course, it makes sense.

So, to me, like, Luke is always going to be the whole kitchen. You're going to be the spicy sauce that we're kind of like sometimes. Mikey, he's going to be happy that he's not going to get any more deepics because of you. And finally, Shab is NK's daddy. Where's my sex, though? dude what the fuck thank you for showing us your chest hair Alexander I appreciate that that was a 10 out of 10 that was fantastic here's

Michael I didn't even get the shop jerk an absurd short story all right dude people leave comments like this and then they're like they get mad when you're like I can tell you don't fuck chicks I can just it's very obvious like you know what I mean like let me ask a question before we please please do it when will farting stop being funny to us never if it does that then we cancel the show instantly uh look finally you always say i ship five times yesterday that's true all right don't miss it don't forget my final time in the studio meadowlark in manhattan uh what do we have plan for that i don't think we'll have fights to

cap, right? We're just going to fart on each other and have a good time on Friday. Let's get flatulent here. Buddy, I've been doing that all show. Check out this crochet. Tomlottori's about to find out. Fart as loud as your anus will allow. Believe me, these are words I live by. It's a nice art and craft piece.

The difference is, the difference is one person trolling versus me being absurdist. LT, it's time to say goodbye. Time to suck my ball. oh yeah oh yeah for l t this is bc and uh the l i'll take care of yourselves we love you peace and uh yeah that's it we're gone thank you thank you very well michael that was beautiful that's great that's quick one before we show the video here how about chef cass i love this guy right yeah the chef says hope you're doing well i wanted to reach out regarding my tribute video for the final show thank you for the opportunity to contribute i'm adam cast winer cast chef cass

of course. He's been a dedicated listener of MK for about five years. Came for Luke, stayed for BC, the humor, the goofiness, the self-awareness, the dumb movie references, the great music, and the reminder not to take ourselves too seriously. The show's been a highlight of his weeks, especially on his late night drives home,

Luke from teaching Capoeira there in Vegas and making it to jujitsu class. It's been a ritual, especially during the long nights. Cass also talking about some favorite M.K. Memories, including the In Your House episode where I had the honor of feeding

Luke in BC a gourmet meal followed shortly by Luke allegedly upper decking my guest commode a true MK moment, the Billy Madison references, et cetera, et cetera. Let's hear from Chef Katz. What's up, BC, and LT,

it's Chef Kass coming to you to say thank you for all of your great work, all of your entertainment, all the fun, the highs and the lows, and the glowing balls that we all shared together and D.C., super excited to see

what's next for you in your continued universe expansion Washdad Takeover and LT, I'll still be watching Day 1, Donk here. I'll still be watching your washed ass but... Routing for you guys.

And thanks for all the great work over the years. We'll see you in Vegas. What? Caz out. Shout out to Caz. There's Caz Jr. there, one of his children. Very genuine.

Thank you, Cass. No, we appreciate Cas a lot. And I love that he plays on with that. Remember he came to our three margarita show with that? He's got a lot of glimbs. He went on to say a lot of really nice things about us, and I really appreciate that so much. Thank you, Caz.

Let's go on to our next one. Long Island, look, do I pronounce this guy the next one? Zelko? Zeljko? That sounds better than I would have. All right. Let's hear from this bell. B.C., you traitor, piece of shit.

If this was pickup basketball, I would elbow the fuck out of your face just for doing this to us. But, you know, as a substitute, I'll just say thank you for all the memories. Thank you for doing this the last six, seven years with that fat piece of shit, Luke. And good luck in all your future endeavors, man. It's been a great journey. Much love to you. Wow, that guy brought it, fancied style. Wow, he just came and sprayed the block, didn't he?

All right. has a photo he says i was watching the show while eating breakfast the other day and when bc broke the news my heart sank to the floor i've been a fan since 2020 and even though my interest in the ufc has recently waned due to a lack of meritocracy and uninspired matchmaking mk's been a staple of my life and losing the iconic duo is truly heartbreaking his favorite moment was luke reading the favorite discontinued foods question on ogrsd here's a picture of bc and okay so this is uh jason sent this in but this is me with Jason's dad at our live show in Vegas. He said,

I begged my parents to stop by because I couldn't be there myself. Oh, that's awesome. Best of luck to the Kings of Connecticut and if UFC goes to Japan for Tyra Horgouchi, try to avoid another rise in debacle, MK for life. So this dude couldn't make it to our live show. So he sent his parents in his place and his dad waited in line and took a picture with me.

Can you imagine? That's pretty awesome. Can you imagine what my dad would have said if I'd ask me something like that? Oh, my God. You've been like, here, son. Here's a Roy Rogers coupon. Don't ever talk to me.

Yeah, yeah, that would... Wow, I really appreciate that he sent his dad, and his dad, you know, waited in line. It's incredible. All right, the next submission is from... Oh, by the way, Chef Kaz, so many times has offered us to come over his house. He'd make us dinner.

Really nice guy. I appreciate that. And then you'll wake up in his time. Yeah, I may have removed our organs, but, you know, I love that guy. Here's the next one from Chris. BC, my brother, this is C.L. Way over in Los Angeles bidding you a tearful,

but also fine, fair, well from my favorite combat sports anything morning combat no matter how many times luke called you stupid or ugly or whatever we knew he was right but we also knew we loved you godspeed sir campbell king of the donks may you be unlike the absolute failures that are the jedi who time and time again could have stopped the sith but didn't because they're pussies thank this is c lp saying adios May all of your gains be loyal. Listen, that's a correct take right there. Well done, Chris.

That's a correct take. Our next one comes from 2022 co-dunk of the year. France's finest. Do you think he's Appy as in Paris because he got run out of the UK? Probably, right? Interpol's looking for him. Yes. Your favorite divorce-washed dad, it's David Appleton.

Hey, BC, last acting for the Appie M.K. underpants before the French police confiscate them. And on my last M.K. merch order, I mistakenly swore. to the small meant for the mk condom order and the large for the t-shirt with disastrous consequences anyway bc more seriously you're a legend you're great at everything you do from boxing commentary to dick jokes and mildly racist gestures about japanese mama organizations but above all i'm genuinely moved by the fact that you are the only person to ever fully understand my art yes that may be a bad reflection on you as a person i don't know anyway mate no more door

dash you've made it bc is coming on three words we out uh by the way remember when appie made that song with the guitar like he's been pretty brilliant i'm fancum you gotta give me he's done some things he's remember he had his students at his house like doing skits and stuff and then he slept with him it was wild right no comment all right the other half of the two thousand twenty two uh co-dunk of the year uh representing nova scotia and mountain unike but this is not jay this is his wife first don the boss lady She wanted to send her own BC farewell video with a special message. Here we go.

Hey, BC, Boss Lady here, First Lady of MK. Huge congratulations. Wish you all the best. We have made lifelong friendships because of this show, because of you. But there's one final connection that I'm hoping to make before you leave. Appie, if you're watching this from your French prison. Oh. Yep.

Oh my God. That was great. Thank you, Dawn. By the way, Don, talk about a... That was a 10 out of 10. Talk about a wonderful wife. She was willing to fly from Canada to London for our live show with her husband. That was... That was a 10 out of 10. That was brilliant. The reveal at the end was wealth. Great timing, boss lady. Appreciate you. We also, of course, have one from J.P. himself, the great J. Piquette. Listen. Still broken up. Still broken up. J.P. here from Matt Yonike, Donk Nation, and more importantly, our living legend, end of an era, BC. Thank you for everything you've done for us, always including us in the culture of the show.

You are phenomenal. You're such a talent. Best in the biz, as I always say. Thank you for spending personal and some private time with us at the live show in London. Truly a highlight of everything. Thank you so much, BC. We'll be following your career. Love you so much, brother. we hope great stuff very nice very heartfelt very much appreciate that uh you know our boy jo the uh former ex-marate which one's not former former former from pennsylvania rundem cheeks in the house let's hear from hey bc it's joe and han of rundum cheeks fame just wanted to thank you for everything you've done with mk and fair winds and following sees to you in your future and thanks for

have you seen this yet by the way joe wore the bomber jacket remember when they climbed that Mountain? That was it, Mount Fuji or something? Yeah. It was, that was fantastic. Thank you, Joe and Hannah. The next one is from Micah. He wrote a note to us. He said, I wanted to put a stamp on the whole sauce segment. BC is the sauce. I'll explain why. A sauce

elevates a dish. Luke is the dish. Chicken is good on its own, but chicken can be much better with a rich, buttery sauce. The sauce brings out the potential of the chicken. Do I want to drink the sauce on its own? No. No. But that sauce can make the dish five times better. You two had the perfect

chemistry the yin and the yang all the best to bc in the next chapter and i'm looking forward to see what the next evolution of mk looks like happy new year wow thank you micha that was well said well done right there uh luke a great friend of our show average jo are jo ramero california fame uh dog fame we love this guy he sent in a note to us he says hi guys i wanted to take a second to write something out for bc's final full-time show and share what mk has meant to me over the years we i've told both of you personally that my mom passed away suddenly in late 2019, it was a real bad time for me, real bad. Nothing made sense anymore, and the world just felt dark.

Watching an episode in MK in 2020 was the first time I remember laughing after that. I don't remember what it was, but I remember an interaction between you two that made me laugh. From there, I sort of grew to accept that it was okay to laugh and enjoy things again. It was a healing moment when I needed it the most. When our beloved dogs, Brutus and Bagel passed away, you both took time out on the show each time to mention them in other words of kindness and comfort it's something I will never forget for me MK has always felt like two friends

that offer comfort when times are good, bad or in between when the rest of the world didn't make sense BC and LT were there to offer levity in an escape within a two hour show BC we love you brother I'm sorry to see you go but I'm excited to watch your next chapter Luke the show couldn't be in more capable hands

and I'm really excited to see what you LIL and the rest of the crew have in store we're rooting for you forever a fan MK for Life average Joe Bada as well said right there. The fact that we could somehow be trusted to fill that hole when people, lives are going, you know, we all have seasons of

heck, your life can go to heck. And if we became that for people, whether it was the pandemic or whether it was after loss of a loved one, good Lord, look, that means. That's, that's an important job, and I appreciate that. We also had some ex-staffers send in some videos here. I want to see who didn't send one in. Well, I don't think we need to shame them, but I just

want to say, I want to congratulate and thank them. I appreciated, you know, everyone from Showtime. CBS sports, Malka, everyone who sent in, but everyone who worked on our show. Most surprising person who reached out. I don't even have an answer. Oh, I told you, John Gooden from UFC. That's awesome of them.

I mean, it's just been so much love outpouring, and I really just think we were hard on our staff. Like, we expected a lot of them. We shook those Malka guys up. Yeah, be sober, and that was very tough. Yeah, but I mean, you know, I mean, like, how about a guy like Mikey more a mile from? CBS sports. You know what I mean? Like just was the

rock of our show at Keytime Security somebody who put in the fucking hard yards. Who just, you know, whether it was keeping us together and happy and moving forward or just doing the hard work behind the scenes. You know, Matt Snyder of Showtime, Courtney Mag. How about all the great people from Malca like Ashley,

Corey Manich, all those guys? That's a Courtney for getting engaged, by the way. Yeah, shout out to Courtney Mag. We appreciate that. She made that Instagram official. So many people that I want to mention. A couple of these people sent in the videos. Our first one coming at us, I believe it was from our boy, What do you think about Corey Manich?

Just one of the better. Just, just excellence. All right, let's go. What's up, B.C. and the MK. fan. First of all, congrats on the new gig. Sounds great and definitely fully deserved. Excited to see what you build over there with CBS with the new UFC format. Man, there's definitely been a lot of changes to MK

over the past couple of years, but it was definitely sad and emotional here. that it's over in the way that we knew it. So thank you for all the good times, all the laughs. I miss all those studio days, all the days on the road. One story that quickly comes to mind is when you dipped out on us on dinner because you were too deep into the Delta 8th and sat down for dinner. in Vegas at, I think it was a diner in New York, New York. Sat down with, I think it was me, Mikey, and Jake, von Amsterdam.

You sat down, you looked the menu, and you said, I got to go to bed. You went to bed, and then we walked through the casino maybe an hour later and saw you grabbing a pizza. Very good times, man. Too many good times to name. Love the doc rewatchalongs. I've watched them through a couple of times recently, too, and just reminisce. And, yeah, we really had a good thing going, man.

So I'm happy for you. I'll still be tuned into MK. I'll, of course, still be tuned into Main Car Minute, and I'll be tuned into everything you got cooking over there with CBS and UFC with the new venture. So happy for you, and looking forward to it. Peace. Thank you, Manisha. I love that guy.

That was at the Italian restaurant at New York, New York, and I, Lithuanian exited, and I'm like, I got to go to sleep. And I did go to sleep, but then I woke up, and I'm like, yo, I could crush some. This is what BC does. I'd be like, B.C., you want to go get dinner? He's like, no, dude, I got to go take a nap. And then I'll be like, the next day, be like, what did you do for dinner?

He's like, oh, I met up with everybody. No, that's not true. That is not true. That is not true. Thank you, Manich. Didn't we go to Gonzalez-Eganz? Is that what the name of that place is? Yeah, yeah, we went there a lot.

It was called Gonzales-E Gonzalez-E Gonzalez, right? We went there. I was like, well, I was there for that. Not that time. That was, that was Aure, Dustin, too. Yes. Right? Yes. Yes.

Our next one's from Randy Cooter? No. And I didn't see it until I didn't see the levels moving. And that's when it was the, how am I supposed to, you know what I mean? Like, I don't know what to do with you. You know, obviously it's not a lifestyle issue. It's a genetic issue. that was the long lost Randy Couture interview that we never got to air

I didn't joke didn't land I'm glad we did it anyway I appreciate the effort just the same all right our next one comes from I mean if you had to you know say something about Tristan what's Tristan's last name wait we're skipping one before this we got it might not be on the list but Brendan Lynch oh Brendan Lynch poor man's Gordon Ryan I love that guy our old social guy from from Malka West let's listen to the poor man's Gordon Ryan B.C. Thanks for making Morning Combat, one of the best combat sports shows ever made, as well as one of the most fun shows I've ever worked on. I'm so proud. Congratulations, and you're going to kill it at CBS. Oh, that was really nice with that guy. He was a very good. He always had good ideas. He was really friendly. He watched the show. He liked one of the other, like, because listen, work on these shows, these production people at Showtime. Let's be honest, some of these motherfuckers couldn't be bothered to, like, look at five seconds of this. But then Brendan Lynch was like, into the show. Yeah, he ran our Twitter account

and he very much had the voice of the show. Oh, my God, I miss those days. And he's also jacked as shit. That guy must tear it up on the weekends. Yeah, he probably gets a lot of fun. He's recently engaged, I believe. Maybe he's no more tearing to them. Maybe he's no more plowing around.

I was going to mention our boy Tristan, who, you know, I always felt like if shit was going to go down and we needed somebody to, like, kill a mother effort, like Tristan would just step in. I mean, he had like animals tattoo, rabbit animals. There's no way he hasn't killed animals. Yeah, with his bare hands before. Tristan G, right?

That's our guy. Let's hear from Tristan the man. Oh. How's it going, B.C., former M.K. cameraman Tristan here, you know, with the rabid animal tattoos, wanting to wish you the best of luck on your continued endeavors with CBS Sports and wanting to let you know that you will forever live on in the MK Montiverse. Best of luck. Well done, Tristan.

If you ever cross me, I'll wear your skin on it as a help to kill you. and wear your skin and come back as like BC like Vincent DeNofrio and uh as like the bug man and men of black. By the way that's the most words dude what the fuck is that? That's the most words we've ever shared. Look at all that he has those box cutters table full of box cutters

oh my god. Luke that's the most I wanted to say that's the most amount of words we've ever exchanged but I did hang with him once in uh Minneapolis when I was out there calling showtime boxing it's actually a really good hang so shout out to you were that guy in the movie Stripes I don't want You know, the guy was like, any of you, H words, touch my stuff.

Yeah, yeah. I'll kill you. I'll kill you. That's Tristan. Our next one comes from, I mean, what can we really say about Jake von Amsterdam? What is Jake's real-ass name? Roseman. Jake Roseman.

Fuck face, McGee. Jake Roseman started off as our weird camera guy and just somehow evolved into a playable character and the genius behind the docks. Now, Matt Snyder was a genius behind the docs as well, but it was Jake that edited, put it together and really executed the plans. Also, a Jets fan. Yeah, and one of the nicest and weirdest and nicest people I've ever met. You know what I mean? I agree

with both those things. All right and nice. Let's hear from Jake. Hey, B.C., Jake von Amsterdam here. Thank you for everything you've given us through the MK universe. Thank you for your artwork. Thank you for blessing us with your fart jokes. And good luck on your next endeavor. In return for all you've given us, I want to give you 30 seconds of me sparring Muayai. And let me know if I

won this round. How are you 15 when you have that hair away? Look at him rep and M.K. I remember when he first started training. He made some progress. He was a roadman. That's my guy. The medal's a big strong.

You're not going to be straight. I don't know. Okay. I mean, we don't need that. I got that. I could... How much more than this is this going? Unless you get...

Thank you. Uh-huh. All right. I was hoping to get knocked out. This is the most masturbatory episode we've ever done. This is the worst show we've ever done. I will say, though. Jake, those docs were our...

He actually entered them into a, like, local film festival in New Jersey. The reality is. I'm not sure how much people like... This is the funny part about it. Like, it wasn't like we told him, you know, he just, like, do whatever you want. This was like... He just kind of did it. We created his storylines, and he just took it.

He just did it. He just did it. And by the way, he also, when he stepped into character that time on that episode on the karaoke episode, I mean, just one of the greatest moments. We also want to hear from Stephanie J.P. Real quick, B.C., because you skipped it a couple times out. We got Drew. Oh, well, it's not an, I did skip it twice.

Yeah, let's go to Drew Miller. You remember that, dude? No. I love that guy. What's going on, you see? I heard it's your last day at MK. Just wanted to say congrats and that you're going to do awesome at CBS Sports. my second day at malco was the tank roly way in where you fell off the stage at barclay center

and have kind of been a fan ever since and listened i did i shot mk following monday did a bunch of you know social edits and helped with you know youtube cuts and all that stuff so just wanted to say good luck man you're going to do awesome and thanks for all the last year at the years good luck man appreciate you true that was very nice there's good dude he was a big metal fan. Yes, he worked on a lot of our rooftop pre-game pre-games back in the day right there. All right, now we have one Gaffney, J. Pierre, representing

his, represent Haiti. Love that guy. Love that guy. What is he? Here we go. BC. Congratulations on the next chapter, brother. I wish you all the success in the world. Look at that shirt. Man, it's crazy to see you go. It's been a long, long journey and

it's been a fun ride, hasn't it? So, your sense of humor is going to be missed. enjoy everything and I'm going to miss you big beige peace one love out to Gap by the way that was our I forgot we had that shirt that grand GTIS shirt

I'm telling you I've completely lost track of the merch we've done I don't think I ever own that shirt which is crazy but Gaff by the way got a more I know Damien the Dong did it too Gaff got a morning combat tattoo that is true and I just damn Gaff okay and he's still doing great shit on the main card minute

and what's his what's his solo channel one more round one more round there we go Gaff is a legend right there. Long Island Luke, you made one too? Yeah, so I made a 30-second day in the life of Brian Campbell. Okay. Just masturbating for 30 seconds?

Thank you for everything. I'm not a bad day at work. Yeah. You're the same. Thank you for everything, brother. It's been a pleasure working with you the past few years. Never a bad day at work. You're the man.

You're giving me more advice than you probably realize. Wishing you nothing but the best. But just remember, M.K. will never die. Okay. M.K. is not just you and Luke. It's a lifestyle. It's a mindset, all right? MK for life, B.C. Never fucking forget it.

And we'll see you soon, brother. Be good. Look, Alan, Luke, that was so good. 10 out of 10. Was that a Hannah Goldie IG run you had out there? I think it was all Paige Van Zand. Oh, wow. Did your girlfriend film that? Yes, we filmed it yesterday.

Shout out to her. She is great. Legend. Yeah, it's just to her legend. All right, I'm told that there's a special surprise here. Can you tee that up, Long Island? God help us. Yeah, so Jake Van Amsterdam, not only did he film that video with the sparring,

he put together it is four minutes and eight seconds. worth of uh well let's just play it okay oh my god it's london oh this is february of to can they hear us i was like you didn't want to be the yeah they can hear no no no we've done that good you want to come in and see my flat welcome to london just good this is good this is where we do the the room service diaries you know put a couple scotsmen here maybe an epswicher One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Where are we right now in London? What did we do yesterday?

Uphoric reset? This is Thursday morning, and this is still, I'm awake, but this is still the euphoric hangover of possibility, of success, of a happy ending. Timing in this life is everything. Oh, yeah, we're packed in, we're holding, we're smiling, we're living, we're golden. You stumbled into the greatest combat sports show they ever thought about putting together, you know what I'm saying? It doesn't matter who you are, where you're from, how you got here, for the most part, what your police record is, right? if you can clear customs, you know, you can be part of what we're doing.

I can get down with this vibe right here. My name is Brian Campbell at BBC with that BDE, the American Alpha, the beige bastard who just absolutely brings it. It's just water. It's probably not water, though, to be honest with you, it's probably not. We do this because we love it, all right? Thank you. And because they pay pretty well. I can barely stand to you or you're my best friend. What gray art is, at its core, is it is unscripted.

I don't know what's going to come out, but I do know that the world needs to hear it. Do you foger's work? That's big bread, yeah. Good Lord, that weed is good. So they call it the rugby team the Three Lions? Let's do the cheese triple, okay? Let's get into it. Triple?

Feel better? Are we doing a video or a picture? It's going to be the best nights of our lives, professionally and hopefully personally too. We work all those years for moments exactly like this, all right? I'm actually very surprised at the quality of that Jagging. This is like the fan Super Bowl of this event. This is so cool. All right?

Every morning, I haven't seen this video. I haven't seen this video. MK all day, I'm a bit drunk. Every morning combat fans got a favorite. Some people came here for LT. for l t and some people will stay here for l t but i think a few people here along the way have realized that they love l t as i do a lot of dudes they also love them so marr touching hands by reaching out touching me touching looo

Good times never been so good, so good, so good, so good, these toes of mine. Oh, oh, nicely done. Oh my God, that was great. They cut out the part where I made fun of you eating that Trapel sandwich and whatever was called, and I said it was like dog food. Yeah, Jake, fun, Amsterdam, if that's the closest thing we get to documentary ate with all that lost footage, that's pretty great. brilliant yeah that's pretty great um wow wow luke wow yeah man

i mean that was the highest moment it really was that was my favorite we won the award but when we sold out that that podcast festival the piquettes flew across the atlantic people came out from you know we we never been in londie i had never been that was your first time yeah it had been it had been a while it's been 19 years since i'd been there we sold out 500 seats that's wild we headlined the festival that that is a by the way shouts to dan hardy who was there What else was there? Dan's wife? Veronica.

Also, Saul? No, Saul from... I met up with him in D.C. a few months ago. From, what's the name? Jason Stadis was there as well. And by the way, he came with Gives. He sure did. He sure did.

He showed up like marijuana, Santa Claus. Wow, dude. Wow, Matt Snyder showing up in that as well. Matt Snyder, he can speak on the microphone if he wants to say anything. Matt, do you want to say anything on the air? No, he's done. I mean, he had tight pants on London.

Let's let him know that. But I want to say... I'm not sure he's shower this morning. Matt Snyder, I used to call Matt Snyder like five times a day because I just wanted this show to work and last and survive. And I said one day, one day, Matt, this show will consume 90% of not just your work week for your life. And I don't know if we ever got to that point, but Matt, I appreciate the understanding of this weird art and the allowance of the Showtime budget to execute. a lot of that. And Jake, you are a weird, evil genius, and I

appreciate, not evil, loving genius and I appreciate you so much. And LT well, first of all, shout out, you know, like we said, like, we already shouted up BD, Port, Mikey Moremile, Courtney Mag, you know, the Malco crew, Ashley Hooper, all those guys you saw there. All those guys you saw there.

Jason Aaron, who is sometimes a punchline and a gag for us, but also was a key part in us getting through the pandemic and taking that show remotely through I mean, all the people, you remember Sally? You remember Bianca? I do.

Carly. I mean, I'm talking about, like, so many people through the years that have worked on this show. I appreciate you all. Definitely, definitely. But LT, I appreciate you the most. I do want to say, like, you're the best in the world at what you do.

And I mean that. And that's ultimately, as much as this sauce bit was fun, is the reason why the show ever worked. You brought the audience. You brought the world-class, knowledge and you know your ability to to break things down is is the reason why you have built the following you have that is that is spoilproof it's it's disaster proof you know what I'm saying and I think a lot of it and I think that's a credit to the to you know chipping away with the axe

and knocking down the tree and your willingness to take a chance at least from an MMA standpoint on on somebody like me who was just a wild card and I was coming into a point when we first hooked up where I was I turned 40 I finally kind of got my mental health together for the first time and was just like fuck it I was going to go for it it's going to go for it and you could have taken some of the things

I said the wrong way but instead you you gambled and you're ultimately you don't get the credit you deserve for your comedic timing your understanding of the character you played on the show which is probably a reflection of the dark soul that you sometimes employed

but just your like my my corny dad jokes don't work unless you're playing the spoiler on the other side so your ability to sell my bullshit is ultimately what allowed me to be the sauce and play the role I played on it but at the end of the day you built this house you built this audience we built the show together but we don't even have this show if you don't take a chance with me so I appreciate that I love what we've done I love becoming your friend um and you know we're going to work together again you know this is this is goodbye for now all right thank god this was something this was something truly truly special and to all the fans like your willingness to let us into your lives to let us be ourselves and to keep coming back and to somehow credit us with allowing you to pause the realities of life and and and make you laugh or encourage you like i i don't know if i even ever told you this but i you know i went for a hike one time in 2014 my career was kind of a stand still and i couldn't get over the hump i just had a vision i just had like i was praying and i just had a vision of like a daily show that in theories about combat

but it's not really it's about life that's where a lot of those catchphrase those corny catchphrases i created you know it's the it's the documentation of of the growth of men and all that and i thought i found that show a couple times along the way but i didn't what i but when it when it when when we started mk i knew that was what i had been waiting for and uh the fact that the corny ass shit that we created mattered to people i've never ever ever took that for granted this became a destination for people's lives not just for their hunger for combat sports that's a responsibility that that meant the world to me and yeah i got really bad jokes and mma white belt takes and you know a few other things going against me but

the combination as you said eloquently in docs one and two us together we brought out the best in each other and i appreciate you yeah i appreciate you very much thank you very much i don't want to have the last word but i'll have my last word on this one since it's your episode but um yeah man i thought a lot again i thought so much about what to say at a moment like this i think in general i've kind of said it all for the most part i think what i would settle on like do we finally have to bang that that's what the people now the time comes for fucking You know, here's the ditty part. Each hour.

All right. They should have brought in each other. That would be great. That would be great. But in all seriousness, I mean, there's the truth, man. I don't know if I can pay you a higher compliment. I've already said that, you know, CBS is lucky to have you. And the reason I know this, because we were lucky to have you.

And, you know, again, it was just a, it was such a relief. I never had to question anyone else's commitment to a project, you know. It was like, I've worked in other projects, and that's just, I mean, you know how they go, bro. Yeah. It's, it's hard to get that. But what I will say, too, is. Again, it's just a personal perspective. I don't mind working alone, which, as you will know,

and I can do a lot of it, and I'm happy with it. But if I ever said to myself, if I'm, you know, it would be able to, I would be like, I remember like, you know, the peak of like doing a lot of like live chats and then 15 hours of live radio, you know, you just kind of a lot of yourself talking. I thought to myself, man, I really would like to be able to bounce this off someone. But, you know, it can't just be anybody. I don't even know who the fuck it would be. And then your goofy ass comes along.

And I'm like, I can't. believe it's going to be this guy but it's going to be this guy and it completely dude you delivered you delivered you completely as a partner as a friend as a um architect you know as a campaigner an advocate you you delivered you did it you do you fucking did it man and um you know you you got you brought me to a place that i had never been and uh i'm not sure ever want to go again but uh in all seriousness um you know I don't know if I could pay someone to hire a compliment, then I'd rather

be alone unless it's Brian Campbell. Wow. Wow. Thank you. And now that I've had plenty of Brian Campbell, I'd like to go back to being alone. Well, I'm very happy that. So anyway, so last thing I'll say, last thing I'm going to say is dude, job well done. Thank you. Job well done. And I thank you so much

as a friend and a partner. I mean, I grew a lot knowing you. I honor and respect the father, the husband that you are, and that has always like, I will always judge someone on that at the end of the day. You know what I mean? Could you get a little? little surly. Yeah, you can get a lot of surly, but you know,

but you also had to tolerate me pressing your buttons for the sake of the show, for the sake of the art. And I've tried to balance being a real friend with being an asshole the best I could too, as you have done a great job balancing being an asshole and a great friend the best you could too. And at the end of the day, I'm proud. And I just say thank you to you, to everybody. Thank you. Boy, we really just, this was just full on.

Thank you for the form. Thank you for the platform. And MK's not dead. Long Island, Luke is right it's a mindset it's a lifestyle i hope to announcements this week i hope to guest in the future i hope to reunite one day i hope a lot of things in the words of motel six we'll keep the light on but even though you can play the dark soul guy once in a while don't stop believing you haven't hit your peak yet you haven't even hit what you're going to be capable of doing all right you you have what what you can't teach nurture it keep letting it grow let the world see it one day just let it's the world just see the whole thing just see the whole thing just see the whole thing

All right. Thank you. I won't pander any much more. Long Island, Luke, thank you as well. Again, great stuff. Thank you, B.C. been a pleasure, brother. All right. And finally, for the last time for now, two words that we say with love. You can follow us, but first of all, like, subscribe, continue watching the show. Thank you to everybody in the extended universe from Chuck Mendenhall, Rashad Evans, Jen Meshu, Aaron Bronstetter, Shaquille Majore. We've had so many great contributors over the years. Thank you to everybody there. If you want to profit off my exit, now would be a great time. Morning Combat.com. 50% off the sale goes through what tonight? When does that end?

Yeah. So I have it to end at 5 p.m. Eastern time. Okay. Three and a half hours. Shout out to everybody. Thank you. You can purchase it. Mix and match the colors.

All proceeds go to the three of us for the end. Average Jor, thank you again for being a huge part of what we do here. All the donks of the year, Saul, everybody else. For the final time, we are out of here. Would you dance if I asked you to dance? Would you cover Jake Paul, Ben Ask Cren, just give it a chance? Would you confess you're wrong on dead wrong? Would you preserve my job tonight?

Would you tremble if we went tip to tip? Would you laugh at all my dick jokes? Tell me this. Now would you watch Holloway and Volcanovsky a total of 149 fucking times? I can be your co-host, baby. I could kiss away your pain I will stand by you forever

they can't take my sauce away MK all day every day Would you swear that you'll always be mine? Would you give me a producer credit and give me some shine? Because after all, I've got a large fan base, the heart of a lion from a factory town. Have you seen this shit? you answer

Bob Let me source on your face tonight I can be your co-host baby I can kiss away your pain I will stand by you forever

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