MORNING KOMBAT WITH LUKE THOMAS AND BRIAN CAMPBELL - Jorge Masvidal Speaks | Dana White Contender Series Recap | Quick hitters | EP 200

Episode Date: September 8, 2021

Somehow the MK boys have made it to 200 Episodes! The boys bring you a special episode starting off with Jorge Masvidal's comments about a potential Nick Diaz fight and fights with Jake and Logan Paul. Is this the right path for Jorge? Next up the guys recap Dana White's contender series. Which prospects stood out the most? Next up the guys do some quick hitters. Travis Browne had some words for complaining fighters. Timothy Bradley said he hopes Oscar Valdez gets KO'd in the fight he is calling. The guys close out the show with fan submissions, a list of their top MK moments and a music video. You won't want to miss episode 200. Morning Kombat’ is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Bullhorn and wherever else you listen to podcasts.    For more Combat Sports coverage subscribe here: youtube.com/MorningKombat   Follow our hosts on Twitter: @BCampbellCBS, @lthomasnews, @MorningKombat    For Morning Kombat gear visit: store.sho.com   Follow our hosts on Instagram: @BrianCampbell, @lukethomasnews, @MorningKombat  To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is Morning Combat I don't know if we've ever done back-to-back MKs on back-to-back days, but we're going to try right here on this 8th of September 2021. Hello, everyone. My name is Luke Thomas. I'm from CBS Sports and Showtime. The gentleman to the right of the screen, but to the left of me, he is my friend and yours. He is also from CBS Sports and Showtime.

He's the king of Connecticut. That's a true fact. It's Brian Campbell. What's up, BC? How you doing, boss? I'm doing great, Luke. Let's not forget, though, that just two weeks ago in Cleveland, we did back-to-back morning combat episodes on consecutive days.

But great to be here with you and your memory this deep into the process. Two years, two months into this MK experiment. Today, Luke, is episode 200. And Luke, I got a hankering. I got a feeling. I used to have an itchy rash right here on camera. I got a fever today and a feeling that this could be maybe our best episode of all time. Do you want to tell the people why, Luke?

Today is episode 200 of morning combat and bc has put together a best of list now how many how many uh numbers on that list bc luke i am prepared and ready with our trusty producers who grabbed all the content to count down the top 20 moments in morning combat history not just our trips to the bomb shelter and the massage parlor, but on the road, room service diaries, all kinds of wild stuff, Luke. The beauty of this is that you haven't seen it. Not because, well, really, Luke, because of you. You were like, well, I'm too busy for this shit.

I've got furniture to put together. You did a Luke, but I think it worked for the best. My wife had to go to the hospital last night if you'd like to continue mocking me. But yes, go ahead. Oh my gosh. Luke, is everything all right? I didn't, you buried that lead. Everything's okay now.

It wasn't okay yesterday. Okay. Okay. Well, Luke, I will tell you that this will make, this will cherry up as I know my role on this show, right? It's not serious fight takes. That's for all those 100 000 people that subscribe to you on youtube this is for uh this is for the fun of life luke

and we're going to get into that no it's not going to be negative stuff luke you won't see uh me attacking risen or dana white putting me up in the video it's going to be good times only brother can't wait to do it with you all right very good well we got some business to attend to we do have some MMA analysis and and whatnot we will get to plus we have fan submissions today plus of course as BC indicated we're going to go through the top 20 moments after 200 episodes here on MK and and by the way as BC kind of indicated just to remind you one more time this is a I know he cast a wide net and thought of all the different elements, me and him and all the people in the show, but it's a BC curated list. I am very curious to see what it looks like in the end.

I'm sure it is quite good because no one, I know what you're thinking. It's going to be all BC and the doc arting all over the place, but really it's not, it's not, you'll be very, in fact, look,

you, you own most of the top 10. You know, the more I did about nine hours of research on this yesterday i won't lie to you look i'm not kidding all right well i i believe that your research is thorough so i'm pretty excited about it all right so let's get the show started as always if you're watching no matter if you're subscribed or not hit the thumbs up we really appreciate that when you do by the way after the episode is over, leave a comment about which of your, of BC's list was your favorite. Which MK memory was your number one?

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things back up again but we crossed 97k your vacation luke kovid did and it also robbed us of our show's momentum but hopefully today we can bring it back yes i am confident we can do good things um all right so if you want to try showtime and you haven't done that yet you can showtime.com you can get a 30-day free trial if you like it you can keep it if not you can pound sand um we have merch and in fact bc well why don't you tell the folks the good news about the merch considering it's usually not good news about the merch yeah normally it's not good news but they sent a new merch guy to our pre-show meeting to uh pump us up with confidence and hey uh hey hey grundle maker i'm confident here i'm fired up i'm ready

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No, it's impossible. All right, well well not your dad but other dads okay there you go there you go wear our merch we love other dads would be able to do that kind of a thing uh i think that is all of our housekeeping so that leads us of course bc to something we announced yesterday the mk dk partnership that's right draft kings is now on board and presents morning combat and it's time everyone to fire up your tailgate the nfl is back get in on the action with draft kings sportsbook and official sports betting partner of the nfl and when the nfl returning draft kings is giving

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Let's do this thing. All right. With that in mind, we have a show to get to. We have the 20 best moments in the show's history a little bit later. First things first, just a few headlines. It's light on headlines today. For Friday's show, we will lean into all of the weekend's events as we normally do. But for today, we'll just sort of see what's out there. We'll start with Jorge Masvidal. He's

not been doing a ton of interviews, but I know he spoke to MMA Junkie and ESPN, and he's been sort of figuring out where to go since losing to Kamaru Usman. It was a rematch that no one really asked for exactly. There was some interest in it, but he lost badly in his home state. So it's not clear where he goes. So he was asked about Nick Diaz, Brian Campbell, and here's what he said. If Nick looks good and does his job, why not me and Nick?

I'd love to fight Nick. It's a classic fight. It's a fight that I always wanted to do since I was at Strikeforce at 155 pounds. I was like, man, that's a dude I would like to fight. Nothing personal, just because of his style. the way he leaves it all out there. If I get a fight with Nick, it'll be a blessing. BC, level of interest in Masvidal versus Diaz, but the Nick variety, not the Nate.

I got to be honest with you. My level of interest in Masvidal in general right now is low. And it's not a grudge against him but it's for those things you mentioned he got into a big fight that no one called for that he didn't deserve and you know I mean he got sent to hell and you know it's not that I hold that against him Luke but let's remember this guy was certainly not an accidental superstar but what he did in 2019 was something none of us would have ever seen coming and he was the superstar we needed at that moment he was fighter of the year he was you know must see in

every interview in every fight he was always going to be hard at his age he's 36 to build upon that to keep up with that and you know i think he got as high and as far as he could i mean he headlined a freaking pay-per-view for a fake belt against a Diaz brother, forcing Canelo Alvarez to sit down on a couch and wait. That's awesome. That's incredible. What he's done since then, you know, he hasn't been consistent. And look, the thing

that made that turnaround so special was the level of activity. It was all the things that led to it, right? The reality show, sitting in the woods, the realization that he's probably better than he's performed, that he needs to start baptizing people and not care anymore. All that stuff's great, right?

But it was the activity level, the consistency that kept him fresh and dangerous. He got to the point where we were putting him in the top 10 pound for pound at a time that we just didn't ever think that was possible. Since then, I mean, he just hasn't been active and he's lost in big moments. So I got to give him this credit. Calling out Nick Diaz, even though it's a little ahead of schedule because Nick hasn't returned yet soon, but hasn't returned yet and shown that he's still a thing from that long layoff.

This is the right lane for Jorge moving forward. But it's the right lane if you're in the same thought process that I am Luke that it's kind of all downhill from here for Jorge I don't think he's ever going to fight for a title again I don't think he's ever going to be in that spot I do think there's life left for his brand if he can revive it and this is the right way to revive it stay in

this BMF category get into trash talk wars getting to fights that are expected to be brawls against past their prime opponents, where he can dip a little bit back into that, whatever's left of that resurgent spirit and get some big wins that can keep him a celebrity fighter. He may be the most elite celebrity fighter for all we know, but I think he's in that lane, Luke.

And I don't think it's disrespectful to say that. I don't think it's disrespectful to say that either. Although, can you hear my neighbor mowing his lawn right outside my window? I'm pretty happy that he decided to mow the lawn right on the morning of MK, but okay. What are you going to do? Uh, in answering the point about this, I'm not nearly as down on the Masvidal experiment as you, I understand why folks might feel the way you do. I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong with that. But I've got to say, I still think he has a great ability to deliver on what made Masvidal such a star

in that run from the Askren fight on. There's a limit to who he can beat, but Nick Diaz... I mean, listen, it's not like Masvidal is saying, I'm going to get right back to that title and blah, blah, blah. You hear what he's saying. You don't even hear anything like that. He kind of realizes that window is probably closed, if not for now, maybe ever. But there's another window, which is what are some big-name fighters with some big-name fights that are action-oriented that would generate sales?

And to what extent can I still participate in that? And obviously, I think he's still very much a big player in that one. I got to say, I think the Nick Diaz one, obviously he has business with Robbie Lawler, so he'll attend to that. But if Nick wins that one, I've got to tell you, I actually really like that idea. Listen, neither Diaz brother,

I think I checked this morning, neither Diaz brother, obviously Nick wouldn't be, but even Nate is not ranked. I believe this is right. I've got to double check there. They might dead wrong me. But I'm looking at lightweight. I don't see Nate Diaz. I'm looking at, um, uh, welterweight. I don't see Nate Diaz. They're not ranked. It's not like if Jorge took that fight, he's taking up anyone else's space or he's trying to get back in the line and other fighters who haven't had a chance can't break through yet. He's completely stepping away from that, not completely, but he's not

getting in the way and creating a bottleneck at the top of welterweight. So I actually feel like it's a great call. Now, the one that gets a little bit weird, BC, is he was asked about the Paul brothers. Quote, I'm going to beat up the Pauls, Masvidal told ESPN. If they put money in my pocket, that Logan dude, Jake Paul, whoever Paul dudes, if they put money in my pocket, that Logan dude, Jake Paul, whoever, Paul dudes, if they put money in my pocket, of course I'd like to break some Disney characters' faces. I've been fighting men who have been training since seven or eight years old to do the same thing as me and what I want to do to them. Fighting guys like the Pauls is a bonus. UFC would have to sign off, but nothing is impossible.

Dana doesn't like those guys, and Dana knows I'll go in there and put a hurting on those kids. Maybe he does send in the fucking assassin. BC, what is the chance that they make a Masvidal versus, let's say, Jake Paul fight? Because that seems a little bit more doable. Under the condition that Dana is doing it because he wants Jorge to go fuck those guys up. Oh, that is low. I said it before, I mean it. For UFC and Dana to get involved in a co-promotional setup,

specifically Jake Paul, because we both believe he's the more serious brother of the two. I mean, look, he'd have to go on a spree of knockouts. He would have had to have knocked out Tyron Woodley and then go on a spree of escalating knockouts in which his pay-per-view sales are rapidly rising as he's kind of burying, you know, Randy Orton legends tour WWE style one big name after another until Dana's like, F it, let's get our most marketable

guy, we'll end it. That's a dream scenario. So, I like these comments. Not the Paul Brothers comment. I don't like that from Jorge. To me, that's a little bit of a yawn. But I like the comments about seeking big fights against big names better than the comments from Jorge. To me, that's a little bit of a yawn. But I like the comments about seeking big fights against big names better than the comments from Jorge a couple weeks ago of any fight that

gets me back into the title picture. And it's rare. I understand that it's weird, Luke. It's weird for me to be damning a guy for potentially saying I want to do the right thing and get in line. And, you know, I just don't think that's the right lane for him anymore, as I said. Is the Paul brother a right lane for him? I think he's going to have a choice to make, Luke. I don't think that's the right lane for him anymore. As I said, is the Paul brother a right lane for him?

I think he's going to have a choice to make, Luke. I don't know the exact setup of his contract at the moment. We rarely ever do. But I think he's got to look. What is his big super fight left? Super, super fight left. If it's Conor McGregor, then the Paul brothers are not a thing. And what he needs to do is stay in the UFC and stay active winning big fights

in sort of the BMF brawler category. And to your point before about not stealing anyone's place, he's not. There's always been a category unofficially in UFC for attraction-based fighters who are outside. It's rare that we get somebody that fills that role, but it's always been there. Unless he's putting all his money in the basket of a Paul

fight to cash out with and waiting for his contract to be over and looking to stay as active as possible to get that contract to be over, I still think his big money fight is an aging Wash Connor, Luke, and I think that's the ultimate BMF fight you can make in sort of this category, and if he goes in that direction, I think that's the best way to get people like me who are kind of in this, you know, ho-hum Jorge mode out of that. Because, Luke, it didn't bother me as much, but a lot of people did turn against Jorge

when, you know, for his surprising political lean and very aggressive nature in that regard. And then, you know, he got into outside-the-cage stuff, like promoting this promotion. And it's like, it's okay, it's cool, but, like, we kind of have a lot of those promotions going on that people care about at varying levels. into outside the cage stuff like promoting this promotion it's like it's okay it's cool but like we kind of have a lot of those promotions going on that people care about at varying levels i want to see a dialed in jorge who still wants to make big fun fights and big fun press conference moments

and big fun all that if he's going to stay in that lane that's great i don't think the paul brothers are going to get into that with him luke unless that's his specific stated goal, like a Tyron Woodley to be cashing out at the end. That's fair. I would say that, you know, I just, I don't know what the UFC wants to do and they don't have any need to be in the Jake Paul business, but if you wanted to be co-opting them would be obviously the strongest move, which they don't appear to be interested in. I will tell you that the Conor and Diaz, excuse excuse me connor masvidal fight don't like that fight for connor i think masvidal would do terrible things to him uh if i was in his team i would strongly caution against but isn't that his money fight luke for isn't that jorge's money

fight and soon connor could be out of options for the type of super fight where he has a b-side who will talk with him and can make us really really care after his level of ability has vanished now he's not there yet you and i both believe connor can still we both you and i true let's let's be honest here you and i luke thomas and bc both believe that connor has one more big win left in him that will semi revive again i compared it to chuck liddell in the midst of that losing streak beating vonderlei in that war and we're like oh man chuck still got it like there's one more of those for connor correct for sure okay so we're not there yet we're not gonna be there yet until we see you know we're close but we're not there yet when we're there i you know look

connor also has the Diaz trilogy as a lottery ticket to cash out as well. I think he's going to cash that out sooner than later, but I think Jorge's still that big, or Conor's still that big fight for Jorge, and even though I agree with you that as their abilities stand now, and maybe forever, but we don't know,

yeah, that's a Masvidal win written all over it, but Conor may get desperate enough, Luke, where that's the type of fight he just needs to still get himself amped up to want to keep doing this at this level. Let me ask you a question. It's not on the rundown, but it's just something I've been thinking of. Yeah, I love when you order off the menu. Let's do it, Luke.

Well, here's what I mean. I've been thinking of, I don't know, because I'm not there enough to really get a sense of things, but could the pandemic reshape Florida as a fight fight hub home for folks who don't know like the ufc was for a long time pretty reluctant to go to florida after i think ufc 40 or so which was in the miami area uh because the crowds have just never been good they've historically not been good fight fans but if you think about what's happened since the pandemic obviously the major camps in mma have always been there. And, you know, New York is

kind of reopening in the sense that you've got this Teofimo fight taking place here and not too long from now, obviously UFC is going to go back there. It appears from what I understand. Um, so, you know, New York is due an overdue for a long time. And I think we'll always be a bit of a fight hub home. It's too, it's too big not to have something, but dude, Florida is where all the action is for the most part. It's where just a ton of something. But, dude, Florida is where all the action is for the most part. It's where just a ton of boxing is taking place, tons of MMA, big shows, large and small. The commission is for better or for worse and often worse, pretty lenient about what kind of thing it's going to allow. And I just wonder, is this going to reshape that territory and

reorganize where big fights are located as the fans get more educated and exposed to, you know, the consistent drumbeat of fights being held in their towns and locales. Do you think there's anything to the pandemic resorting Florida as a fight home, not for big camps just per se, but for the entire experience? It could be. It could be. And we have heard Dana say, you know know if this pandemic keeps going in the wrong direction don't worry i've got sort of my circuit set up which is the apex in vegas florida and also abu dhabi so if times get dire it does come kind of down to that trifecta obviously you can add texas in there which is really want you know houston really

wanting to be in the ufc business that's why we had to have an interim heavyweight title by the way all the dots connect but yeah i mean look look at how quickly luke uh triller move that shit down there um it's a lax commission very tax friendly to big name fighters uh you know they were they were they were that covid's not a real thing there luke except for in the hospitals where when are taking L's, unfortunately, in very hard ways. And, you know, Jacksonville went above and the governor went above and beyond to get UFC back on track

after the Tai Chi Palace disaster and the, hey, let's put BC as the star of a four-minute video and then pull it down out of nowhere and act like it never happened. But, yeah, I mean, that's what... Hey, Luke, by the way... Well, I guess my question is

more is can this reshape it as a place where florida now has good fight fans and again i'm not besmirching people who are in florida who are actual fight fans and have been this whole time but historically it's always been a they're a bit dicey when it comes to that could that be reshaped by just the influx of constant shows happening where folks begin to see, wow, this is sort of a regular thing here. We've become accustomed to it. It would be in Southern California. The answer is yes, and I think it plays hand in hand

with the emergence of the super camps in Florida and the fact that there's so many close in proximity and South Florida is almost becoming a a like fighter hub lifestyle and that that's where it wasn't in boxing and mma to your earlier point for a long time big time boxing almost never comes to florida in fact these recent pandemic cards where promoters are just looking to escape to florida you know it's been rare they never why because it's typically a, you know, a weird mixture of retirees and transplants and crazy localers who just aren't huge fight fans. And yes, to your question, I think it can be rebranded. But I also think, as UFC fans have shown, as long as they can get on a plane or get in a car illegally, they're going to travel for these shows, Luke. I mean, UFC still, for all the sins and issues at times, it's still a brand that sells itself

with or without stars that show up to a pay-per-view and you'll be entertained. Not like it was in 2010, 2012 when, you know, it was less watered down and, you know, they almost sniffed a million at a couple of those pay-per-views without really strong main events at times, Luke, because that was just like they were so red hot. We're not there anymore. But, yeah, I think your overall question has a little bit of a point, Luke. It'll be interesting to see what happens going forward. All right, for point number two, we –

a smaller one. We don't have to spend a ton of time on this, BC, but it's the Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series. Last night it was an interesting trio. It was Dan Helley, who was originally from this area, I think now with NFL Network and some other places, Laura Senko, and Daniel Cormier. An interesting combination, interesting trio there.

It was great. A couple things here. We should sort of be at the point now, due to the state of the show and the state of regional MMA, where if you win on this show, it's almost a guarantee now you're going to get a contract. It did not used to be that way, but it sort of is at this point um bc i don't want to go through all of these there were some guys before you do luke can we talk just quickly generically about this show sure uh you know i had our our buddy former uh nfl coach probably getting a job soon phil mckagan jumping in just being like

hey man in general quality of this show is just getting better left and right in terms of the fighters. And I think that's true, Luke. I want to watch this show so much more than I want to watch Tough, even if at its very bare bones it's not that much different. And I think the reason why is the way this thing is presented, the way the format is to bring out the most

hungry fighters possible going for a finish. But Luke, I'll be honest with you. You and I admit we don't watch tough really at all. I really, since Dana White's Contender Series has launched, haven't been a consistent watcher, meaning I'll tune in to watch five, ten minutes here. If someone says, man, you got to see this one fighter, I'll go back and watch it.

Last night's show was the first time, after kind of seriously checking in the week before to see Laura Sanko and get in line in that regard, this week was the first time I kind of watched start to finish. Look, I was thoroughly entertained. Now I know why this is up against morning combat for MMA programming of the year. I thought the chemistry, first of all, between Sanko and DC

was top-notch in terms of their calling of the actual technical stuff and the technique. Look, for as good of a story Laura Senko was last week, being the first woman since UFC 1 to be in that chair, I thought she doubled her performance this time around. I mean, that was a great listen. But video packages to explain the hunger of the fighters into how quickly that broadcast is paced,

the only thing I might critique is I don't think Laura Senko should be doing the announcing. I just think it's not, like, she's got enough jobs out there, and it's a specific skill set. You know, doing the, you know, the winner. Outside of that, Luke, that's a top-notch show, and it's no wonder that it's producing

sort of UFC-ready fighters time and time again, because it is so freaking set up to find the hungriest guy in the lot or or or you know or gal or whatever i mean you saw the opening fight the guy was at a wedding and got 72 hours of notice to to drop everything and turn around and uh sorry it was the opening story of the night was the main event uh you know and and he did and he made weight i mean this vehicle luke works and i was thoroughly entertained to the point where i don't think I'm going to watch it anymore for this show or journalistically.

I'm going to watch it as a fan. And I'm not doing this to try to suck up to anybody. I just really enjoyed that shit. Am I right? Well, the premise is really interesting, right? Because they're not offering you LFA. They're not offering you regional MMA. What they're offering you is we're going to stage fights

as the in-between. We're going to stage the portion of regional MMA that's interesting to most MMA fans, right? We're going to give you the guys who are all seemingly UFC ready. Even the guys who lose are sometimes UFC ready, but certainly the winners at this point appear to be, for the most part, UFC ready. That's not exactly the case when you watch a full LFA car which is as good as it can be it that will only be reserved for like the main event or maybe another fight on there and you've got you know 10 12 13 fights you have to deal with a lot of people who are still in their four to five fight range who aren't quite UFC ready contender series gets rid of a lot of that I mean I was going to say in fact the guy who I found most impressive last night and this was really surprise, was Chidi Njikawane.

I remember when Anthony Njikawane, his brother, fought Chris Horodeski in WEC and sent him to the land of wind and ghosts. And Chidi, you know, he's been up and down. Like, he lost, like, the good fighters in Bellator, like Koreshkov. He lost Assaultor and some other ones. He's been a little bit inconsistent in terms of the amount of competition. I think he only fought once in each of the last three years, something like that. But he looked good yesterday.

He looked really good. I did not know that he got his black belt. He's obviously always been a great striker. And the guys had, you know, almost 30 fights before getting into the contender series. They could have signed him outright. Like, they knew he was UFC ready. But they put him on the show probably for a specific reason to to to bolster the show's appeal like look at the kind of fighters that come through here before they can get into the UFC you know again a little bit

extra it didn't need to happen and he got fouled a bunch of times which sucked but vicious ground and pound in the end dramatic improvement on the ground in terms of his wrestling and his balance and the scrambles. To me, Chidi Njikawane was far and away the best fighter on that show. Anyone else stand out for you? I know you used Chidi, I'm sorry, to kind of make your point, but you didn't give me a pure answer, Luke. I feel like I've been missing this show all along, and when I finally took the journey and sat down and buckled in

it's different enough from from traditional UFC which is I know their goal and everything they do production wise that I really love it it's like this own niche product here that has a huge goal and you know and it's effective at turning out these these hammers and in short notice but uh I'm thoroughly entertained Luke are you as high on it as i am uh i am i mean there's been inconsistent levels of entertainment week to week which is to be expected you can't engineer everything in that way um but yes i feel like while the winners have just sort of at this point you know they've all gotten contracts because there's just a need for turnover and obviously and cheap fighters cheaper talent there's a need for cheap talent look believe that yeah yeah cheap that's fine that's fine but the point being is um i i do feel like you're seeing some really really respectable talent guys who

are clearly in many cases well beyond the regional scene that they're kind of stuck in and they need this sort of graduating experience um it's proof of concept. And, you know, yes, I don't quite enjoy it in the same way you do because I watch a lot of other regional MMA and I do a lot of tape studies. And you also watch with the volume off. Most of the time you watch with the volume off for non-main cards and you do a lot of weird stuff like that, Luke, where you don't take in the full.

The problem is I just don't get that much out of commentary anymore. But, okay, a different question for a different day. Still, Chidi Njikawane was the big winner for me. If you look at some of the other winners here from the show, the other one that stood out to me was I was actually on a phone call when I was watching it, Josh Quinlan defeating Logan Urban at 47 seconds of round one. That dude came in looking like he was in phenomenal shape.

That's the guy from the wedding, Luke. 72 hours notice and turned it around he was in good he looked to be in tremendous condition and his timing over the top of i think it was the jab of urban absolutely brilliant were those the top two performers for you no i thought the best performer of the night was the flyweight carlos vergara who had the 41 second knockout of bruno correa it was a uh knee to the body in fact, Bruno tapped out after the knee. Luke, I loved the way that video package ahead of time sort of set you up to get ready for this guy as

okay, you know, there might be some defensive holes, but this guy's a banger. I love the little picture in picture of Mick Maynard giving a breakdown of why he had his eyes on these two guys for this matchup, and then to see the cockiness of Vergara to come out, throw bombs, land everything heavy,

finish him kind of brutally. I mean, he made this look like he was fighting an amateur. It was that dominant of a win. But look again, production wise of why I'm kind of getting into this series in the same way, let's say like the original boxing, the contender, which is very tough, like, you know, shows you the inside story of the family. They had the camera following this guy after the win, walking back to the locker room as he's got his son on speakerphone, you know, shows you the inside story of the family. They had the camera following this guy after the win, walking back to the locker room as he's got his son on speakerphone, you know, being like, yeah, daddy got the big win. When I come back, we're going to the Spirit Halloween store.

I'll buy you everything you want. I just think that whole package, Luke, it won me over. And I think this guy, while obviously it's early where you're not going to know, you know, do we have a future title contender here? We have a future wanter of all the smoke. And I'm not talking about Matt Barnes or his co-host, not Stackhouse, but Stack5 himself. It's Captain Jack. This guy used this platform, Luke, I think, to kind of win the show last night.

And as you mentioned, five bouts, all winners got contracts. A little different than the past when a Brendan Locken and can slip through the cracks. But, you know, look, I admit when I take L's on this show, Luke, I was wrong about the PFL because they turned it around. And I think I've been wrong about this show, or maybe they just turned it around now that I'm getting ready to slide in. But I'll be there on Tuesday nights, whether you're coming with me or not. I'll be there. I nights, whether you're coming with me or not. I'll be there.

I'll just be watching on mute. Okay. So that takes us to our quick hitter segment, BC. Just some fast in and outs on these. Travis Brown, who apparently has a podcast. I did not know about that. It's called Tough Business Podcast. He had Dana White on, and he called fighters who want more money,

whiny bitches quote you guys i think he's talking to dana about ufc you guys always paid me what you said you were gonna pay me yeah it's the law and most of the time it was it was actually more so all these people who are complaining about it talking shit about it at the end of the day i'm the one who signed that effing contract and then i'm gonna turn around and bitch about it, or I'm going to bitch about it to an effing reporter. That doesn't make sense to me as a man. I signed that contract. If I wanted to get paid more, and you guys have always been up front about it, hey, when you're a free agent, go find a better deal. Well, Travis Brown, noted economist, what do you think, BC? Well, look, I don't want to steal the joke from you.

When I sent that to you over text, as we often do to each other a day out from the show to kind of get a feel of which stories we like for the rundown, you were sort of like, oh, that's rich from the guy who, you know, dropped everything and marry a millionaire and just walked off of the stage of his MMA career. Yeah, it comes off very little tone-deaf and there were further comments in which he said he had big-time offers after his UFC run ended, which really ended due to injury, right? And that he turned down those offers because he didn't want to be seen as a second-rate

fighter. Well, he also had a nice financial backdrop, and as much as sometimes we can rag on some of the quotes or decision-making by Ronda Rousey, it appears Luke, she's very still financially smart in the project she's going after and obviously made a ton of money with WWE. So it's interesting, Luke. I think this is obviously tied into fighter pay.

Did you happen to see, not in the rundown here, but the comments Dana made last night after the Contender Series, the press conference. Which was a long rant about how now. With so many people. In the pandemic. Not wanting to work. And so many people being extra scared about COVID. And not moving forward business wise. That this is the best time ever. To have dreams and be an entrepreneur.

Because he'll run over people. And he's like I don't think we've ever had a time in history like this. I got to tip the cap to John S. Nash. You know that guy, Luke, used to be a huge fan of Hey Not The Face until him and I had a little dust up there over, you know, private tax bonuses and all that. But, you know, he had a pretty heady retweet, you know, which basically ripped. It's like, yeah, imagine if you're a fighter trying to do that trying to capitalize on the moment and be entrepreneurial um luke do you feel like comments like that from dana come off as tone deaf when we're in the midst of the fighter pay era in terms of uh criticism um yes i don't think the fans will hold him to account for it like i don't i don't there's there's really no downside if you're a

fighter or a manager or a coach or anybody else who's not media to just blame media for the problem that whatever they're encountering it's a very easy scapegoat because the media might push back but it doesn't ever really result in anything meaningfully bad happen to the person who blames the media so like um i don't know that it's the best look per se but it's not there's no there's no chance it backfires so why not just blame well nash had tweeted what if my dream is to make a lot of money off people risking brain damage or worse while making sure they only get a very small slice of the pie uh you know that's a snarky perfect sort of response there not snarky ginger level. Shout out to her on Twitter.

Big hater of the BC. But Luke, it's just interesting because Dana White's going so hard on the country is a mess right now. You know, what's his exact quote? You know, if you it's not time to sit back and collect checks or whatever. It's a time to get out there and go after it. I wonder if the fighters hear that and decide, you know what, Dana, you're right. We're going to band together and we're going gonna go after it right now in this climate he's gonna he's gonna get what he doesn't want luke uh well listen the only thing that matters in the end is not dana versus the media

or whatever it's just the lawsuit really at this point to see whether it goes forward and in what shape and that's still very much to be seen which which is kind of funny, right? Because it's like, here's what Dana wrote. Every media member that talk or said rather, every media member that talks about fighter pay is a scumbag who is basically just out there to get attention because they literally know nothing about the business or how, or the pay or how any of this S works. It's all part of the game. It's funny, I mean, what does that say about Hal Singer, the noted economist and professor who was the expert witness for the plaintiffs? He seems to know how this works, and he was quite adamant that the fighters are underpaid. Now, we'll see whether the judge agrees or disagrees with

some of the analysis that was presented as part of the larger case, but plenty of smart people who know a lot more about this than either he or I seem to think that there's a very strong case they're under. I mean, listen, this is the funny part about this. This is the last throes of a dying argument, right? You'll note that there's nothing in here that actually addresses the argument. This is what always happens with Dana, which I always try to explain to people. Not always. Sometimes he gets to the meat of the situation when he really has a good point. But in a losing argument, which this really there's, the fighter pay argument

is over. It's over. We saw what the documents had to say. They get 20% or less per year and it's baked in that way structurally to keep it at that level. That's what it is. At that point point you begin to realize they're not getting enough of the slice of the pie. Now what that should be is a complicated

question, but certainly what they're getting is not sufficient. Um, and the business model is to blame for it. So the argument about it is over. And if you can't win on the merits, what can you win on? I know media demonization, right? This is what I always say to folks. The argument about whether fighter pay is true or false is not made true or false by who says it. By me or by Dana or by anybody else. It is true on the merits of the case. And the merits of the case are so overwhelming at this point that the only thing that can be resorted to, which is what happens here, either Dana

insulting the media or Travis Brown insulting the fighters who go after it. It is pure rile insults and then management back slapping. That's all that's left. You actually can't look at the numbers and make the case that the fighters have been given a sufficient amount of money relative to the larger pie in terms of how it is distributed. You can't. It's not possible. So what you can do is everything else besides that it is such a revelation when they do this that shows that the arguments for keeping pay of what it is they're completely bankrupt

so let's just be insulting to the folks who put the case forward um and and that's why we're in the state that we're in well said luke well. Well said. That's how four-minute videos get made, putting me at the forefront. But I'm not even insulting Dana. I'm not saying bad things about Dana in terms of personal insults. I'm not insulting Travis Brown about personal insults. I'm just saying if someone asks you

to make the case for something, and your argument is that people are bad people and they're scumbags and they're shitty and they're whiny, dude, you've not made an argument. You've actually not presented an argument and of course there are there the the ufc has paid lawyers and economists as part of this case to make that and that's a complicated question which judge bulware will have to adjudicate that's fine but whenever you see these conversations being made in a more general way among laymen even they don't seem to have a grasp or at least willing to put forward one of

any way of, of an idea about what pay should be. They rather just resort to character insults. I don't resort to character insults to make my argument because I don't have to do the numbers are so overwhelming. I don't even have to go to that territory. Oh, wow.

Wow. Shut up. You had me at adjudicate. Thank you. Look. All right. All right. But there's more here,

more here from More here. From Timothy Bradley on Oscar Valdez. So this is Oscar Valdez, the guy who popped for Phentermine. Yeah, so frame that the right way. Oscar Valdez is still fighting Friday night against Robson Cancasa despite the positive test. And Timothy Bradley Jr. will be on the call, Luke, for ESPN on Friday night. Right. So here's what Timothy Bradley said about

Oscar Valdez quote I hope he gets knocked out he goes uh pronounce his name for me can say so is that he pronounce it yes yeah I wish can say so knocks Valdez the hell out that's what I hope I hope for a miracle if this fight goes on if nothing changes I hope he gets knocked out seriously and I'm a fan of Oscar Valdez. I am. But I'm hurt by this. I'm really hurt by this. I went on national TV, on live TV, and I said that this guy is now my hero after he defeated

Burchelt, the fight you were referring to yesterday. I'm sick to my stomach about this situation. I think that whether it's from tea or not or whatever, it is nobody, excuse me, nobody cares about that. You tested positive. Everybody can think whatever the heck they want to think, and I'm thinking that you are dirty, my friend. That's just it.

I'm done. BC, Tim Bradley, keeping it 100. Look, Bradley's a future Hall of Famer, and that's true. I mean, look it up. Look up what he's done in his career. For him to take that stance while he's still calling this fight on front i mean this is this is big luke i i respect that because look uh i'm i said it many times i am beaten down to the point where i'm i'm almost accepting your full accepting your full beliefs

on on peds here where it's like okay this was handled completely shitty that just means why are we even doing vada testing when you're not going to respect the results of their tests. It's a shit show, right? But I'm so jaded that I'm just sort of like, yeah, who cares? I'm sure all my heroes are using anyway, including, as you always say, what about Tom Brady and LeBron and Shaq and all that? I'm sure everybody,

Luke, Sammy, so-so, all them guys were. Yet I do have to say I respect in the aftermath of this the guys who have who have been there in the ring and have had high level success not just Tim Bradley Andre Ward Carl Frampton Ishe Smith a lot of you know former world champions with great degree of respect have come out on Twitter negatively against this maybe they didn't go to the level of Tim Bradley saying like hey by the way I'm on the call for this. I hope this guy gets knocked the hell out.

But when it comes from them and that sort of shows you that maybe my, you know, jaded ignorance on this that everybody's using certainly isn't always true that we have had and still have, you know, clean heroes who are going after it the right way. Full respect to that. I've always loved Timothy Bradley because he's been a man of character, a man who has always been willing to leave it in the ring. Good God, revisit his 2013 fight with Ruslan Provodnikov if you want any indication of what's under the hood

for that man. These are heavy words, Luke. Do I feel for Oscar Valdez after seeing him say, this didn't happen, I didn't do it on purpose? I don't know what to believe, Luke. But this is a pretty kick-ass of a reaction. I didn't expect this.

You would think a guy might protect his stance in the broadcasting chair, but no, he came after it. Let me ask you a question. We did the show last week or so when this news came out, and then after it, I think I tweeted you a link from Dan Raphael. He had posted a letter from the Association of Boxing Commissions defending Oscar Valdez because what they had noted was that the Fentermine won. He got retested days later and was not in his system, although it doesn't last your system very long.

He got retested 17 days later, just so we know. 17 days later. Okay, still. I mean, it doesn't last you. That to me is 17 days later just so we know 17 days later okay still i mean it doesn't last you that to me is very little but whatever it's part of the story but the bigger story was that this is a it's a function of in versus out of competition uh testing and that his window where he tested positive was not in the in competition window and so therefore it's just not really valid and they actually defended valdez pretty hardcore what do you make of that well you know i'm taking this from some of the people on twitter who really educatedly have a have a have some feels in this and the general response on the people that are still like no this is bullshit is it's still banned under performance

which is fight night so how can you say which valdez's team has tried to say and now the abc backing them up, that taking this isn't performance enhancing? If it's performance enhancing the night of the fight, how is it not performance enhancing during training camp when we know from the experts what this drug does, which is helps your lungs recover and allows you to train harder and perform at a higher level,

which a lot of these PEDs, we think, Luke, all the time of PEDs and the 80 cents of pro wrestling and American gladiators and NFL linemen of it's just there to jack your frame up. No, obviously, it's more used for recovery in a lot of cases than anything, especially as athletes get older. So to try to act like, I mean, come on. I mean, in the in- window is 1159 the night before. There's so many elements to this story that are just bunk that I was surprised that the ABC went to that level.

But, Luke, to act like we don't know that business as you know, the show must go on isn't the operating standard for all of combat sports at all times. It's entertainment and a business first we always know that it's it sucks though for those still trying to cling to some level of safety and and rule sets that the rules in many cases just don't matter luke or they're just looked over to begin with yeah i think one of the other issues here is that lastly um there's just too many confused systems. And well, there's always this one orientation. And the orientation is there needs to be some kind of control of this process. And obviously, there does need to be some kind of control. But there's clearly a bunch of people who don't want to go along with that.

And so you have this clashing of this orientation where everything has to be about at various levels anyway anti-doping prohibition and control of these and it just can't work because there's too many competing interests rather than having a sort of a system where it's like uh if you're gonna if you're i'll say this if you're going to do the vada system you need to adhere to the vada requirements it seems to me quite obvious that that's the case. I mean, the V and VADA is voluntary. The fighters signed up for this.

Come on. That to me, and this is what I've always said for UFC folks. Oh, you're going to get rid of USADA. Well, what I would say is you should make fighters do the Pepsi challenge, right? If you really want anti-doping, if it actually means that much to you, you should make it a requirement that you and your opponent have to do it for any of your future bouts or whatever the case may be. Like, find a way, you know, walk the path that you talk. And I wonder what that would look like.

But at a bare minimum, you would have the fighters buying into the system. They would be electing. They'd be choosing that rather than it being compulsory. Dude, Valdez chose this shit. He chose it. And whatever else the scientific explanations may be, if you ran afoul of the rules, we've said this before,

the rules don't count unless they're enforceable. And if they're not enforceable, then what the fuck are we doing this for? So that's sort of where I come down on the whole thing. I like it. All right. Brandon Figueroa was supposed to fight, to me, one of the top prospects, more than that,

one of the top future stars, let's say. Champions, yes. Yeah, yeah. Future stars. What I mean to say is he hasn't fully developed into the bigger name I think he's going to be. And Stephen Fulton Jr., a cool boy Steph, that was supposed to be this Saturday on Showtime.

Remember that when you did the job for Jim Gray? Next Saturday, September 18th. Next Saturday, 18th. I'm sorry. I got my dates confused. But I remember it was supposed to be September 11th originally, right? Because I remember you did the Jim Gray thing, and you were like, I'm looking forward to September 11th,

and everyone sort of killed you on the internet for it. But okay. Regretfully so. Either way. Can't wait for September 11th. It's going to be fireworks. Oh, God. What a great day.

Yeah. Either way, the problem is Figueroa got COVID-19. BC, what's the latest on the rescheduling of this bout? Nothing as of yet. Dan Rayfield was the first to report this and was sort of saying that Showtime's looking at October, November.

Obviously, Showtime has since confirmed that this is, in fact, off. We did have a tweet from Coolboy Steph. Prayers out to Brandon. Hope he recovers. I did everything great on my end. Testing, sparring partners and coaches, even isolating myself from my family and friends for months. Of course I'm upset, but I've been here

before. I'll be even stronger come October. Never make me mad. Now obviously Fulton Luke, remember he had the, he had COVID himself, which pulled him out of that original title fight. Then Angela Leo won the belt. Then, you know, Fulton had to go back and win it from LA. So look, of that original title fight. Then Angelo Leo won the belt. Then, you know, Fulton had to go back and win it from LL. So, look, this is a big fight. It's unification

at 122. Figueroa could not be any hotter coming off that body shot knockout of Luis Neri. So, as long as we can still get this fight and still get it soon provided Figueroa recovers, all's good. The only sort of kick in the bag, Luke, is that next Saturday,

not this one, September 18th, we were supposed to get that cool doubleheader of combat on Showtime as we're going to have a Bellator card that night featuring the Bellator debut of Yoel Romero against Phil Davis, among other matchups, the same night. Now that'll be scrapped, of course, but all good as long as Figueroa's okay, Luke. All right, and I'm sure he will be. And then last but not least, I got to say, this is the Triller-est call of all things Triller.

Dude, seriously, if I would have asked you, Luke, and by the way, I wrote a piece before this news broke out. You can read it on CBSSports.com of the five biggest storylines entering Holyfield Belfort this Saturday. And Luke, it was one of the most bizarre stories i've ever written because there's so much bizarre shit to this card and we broke down why yesterday if i would have said to you luke i've got new trailer news about this card and i gave you like four options including like the aliens have come or like you know uh the menendez brothers have been named referees for the night i mean would you have picked this luke this bit of news as the most likely

no in some ways it actually makes all the sense in the world and then in some ways you're like what the fuck okay so triller is going to have an alternate no-holds-barred commentary feed. I don't think it's going to be the one that the normal audience hears with Jim Lampley and whoever else. But if you're interested, former president Donald Trump and his son, Donald Trump Jr., will have an alternate feed. Now this will be like what Uriah Faber and Snoop Dogg did for the first season of Contender Series. You're going to see the tweet here from Mike Coppinger of ESPN. He's going to be having a game cast, and it'll be him and his son. Both Trumps will be in person in Hollywood, Florida.

I will say this, BC. It's a triller call. You know why? Because it's perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect for rubbernecking, right? It's perfect for all of the crazy-ass soundbites that are going to happen. He's going to say something, you know, it's going to either make one audience super happy, another one super pissed off, all of it's going to get shared. But here's the thing. Here's why it's super triller.

Because while it will be good for rubbernecking, and it will be good for shareable content afterwards, it probably costs a lot of money, number one. And number two, it doesn't really fix their fucked up business model whatsoever. They're just throwing money at something in a way to create headlines that never actually fixes the core business model. It's the most triller thing ever like i'm not gonna say i'm not gonna sit here and say it's the worst idea ever because triller's already alternate fighting it's already a uh you know circus fighting that's unapologetic i mean we've we've all remember our good buddy al bernstein having uh snoop dog and and snl comedians try to push weed on him so i, it's already a shit show.

But, Luke, I wonder if this is just to take attention away from the fact that, like, should 58-year-old Evander Holyfield be in there against a TRT'd Vitor Belfort? No, he shouldn't. I mean, this is as weird of a night as you could possibly imagine. Luke, we didn't even talk about it yesterday. Jim Lampley, as you mentioned, 72-year-old, the voice of boxing, the greatest play-by-play man in boxing history.

And I have so much respect. But, Luke, Jim Lampley is about as straight-laced and emotional and, like, you know, boxing proper as there's ever been. He's going to be paired with Sean Porter on the actual broadcast and that's a shit show to begin with because jim said he was only coming back to triller and he got permission from hbo for that teofimo fight originally before it got canceled because he wanted to come back and only call the best fights he could look he's not calling the best fights he's could he's calling a fight card filled with mma guys i mean to be really honest and like you know is snoop gonna show up on the lampley card is there gonna be weed that's weird to begin with.

And now you're dropping Trump and Trump Jr. on this. Like, it's just, you're right. It is the most Triller move you can possibly do. I saw Dan Canobio tweet. I'm sure Team Lampley wanted to put this out, that Lampley and the Trumps will not appear on camera together at any point. And you can, as you mentioned order either one you can order the straight laced one or you can order the trump version of this

pay-per-view but it is uh it's it's a it's freaking bizarre and as you said it can't be cheap it can't even remotely be cheap luke this is this is weird this is really i was talking to my wife about this because she for her job job, has to coordinate many different things. She's a corporate event planner, so one of them is often speakers, right? Guest speakers of various acclaim and whatnot. Dude, have you ever looked at what an absolute zero, like a college professor you've never heard of, gets for speaking fees? They start at the Speakers Bureau, which is the big organization in D.C.

that features many of these people. They start at like $50,000 for like 45 minutes of work. Okay, $50,000. Can you imagine what you have to pay? Because, by the way, Don Jr. is, you know, he is who he is. But he's got a huge following on social media. You're not going to get that guy cheap for starters. To say nothing of the fucking former president of the United States.

Dude, that has to be. I'm not kidding. Bare minimum, I bet that costs half a million dollars together, if not much more than that. It might be cheaper to resurrect James Buchanan and get him as the color commentator for this fight than to bring in Donald Trump Sr. for this. I mean, this is ridiculous, Luke. But again, it's not the worst idea to bring somebody from so far out in left field when you're already a carnival shitshow, but this is a pretty polarizing move at a time when there's already negative headlines surrounding the card. Maybe they're geniuses at getting eyeballs, Luke.

I just feel like they're going to be billions in debt. Forget millions, right? Yeah, they're burning through money like, well, I don't know, like the Joker in Batman Returns or whatever, Dark Knight, or whatever the fuck it was, in the boat. Okay, with that, BC, before we get to fan subs and the top 20 moments, we've got to let folks know about, well, if they're the dudes in the audience, about their testicles, baby, please.

BC, you ever have had that moment where you were trying to, you know, shave that disgusting satchel? Yeah, well, Luke, I'll be honest with you, because we've been very grossly honest in this show's history. I've been a day one-ish guy to the idea of a shorn scrotum. It's quite breathtaking, really. And, you know, before you had the options of manscape with the with the razor guard to protect your your family jewels i've had to use to be honest a lot

of different contraptions luke and you know you get cut you get nicked it ain't a good time at the office luke it's not fun no it's not fun at all i just want to point out our producers put this here i'm going to go through the whole thing because i'm a good soldier they misspelled combat in morning combat and then here's what they wrote to get this started insert personal story about a time when either host has hurt his balls while trimming the thing is though luke is it's a true story and it happened many times i have since received my performance package if you will from, from Manscaped. And I gotta say, Luke, it is very high quality. It has a setup to protect your jewels so you cannot get cut. And it's easy

to charge, easy to travel, comes with some great lotions and such, some spray to keep you clean down below. Luke, I gotta say, the fourth generation trimmer, which has the cutting edge ceramic blades to reduce the grooming accidents, it actually works. This ain't BC here just trying to say buy our shit accidents it actually works the same pc here

just trying to say buy our shit it actually works so if you're into that like i am luke and your your lady prefers that luke i don't know much about you and your ladies besides you know lbbs um it's a good it's a it's it's good i'm i'm awkward enough i'm it's so i'm with you i've actually you know i like to joke about it because it's funny but uh the the process anyway but the products that we're talking about here i actually have used them and they're good and they work so the 4.0 lawnmower comes with a 4000k led spotlight to get a better view of those hard to reach places it is very effective as a result it's waterproof by the way so whether you're in the shower or out of the shower the whole joint works another one of my favorite items comes in the new manscape performance

package 4.0 is the crop preserver bc anyone who's ever had some sweaty sticky testicles baby please understands when we say there's nothing better than a little bit of deodorizing elements to the things down there. You know what I'm saying? I do. So the package comes with the weed whack for ear and nose trimming, which, you know, two guys under 40s have to be very aware about, and the crop reviver toner for after you all cleaned up.

Let me tell you something. I have purchased in the past, or I've purchased razors in the past, where it comes with a nose trimmer. The reason why I never did it that way is because it hurts. This Manscaped, it's painless, Luke. Get that up there. It's true. If you don't take care of the inner nose or the inner ear,

you're going to look like a gross piece of shit. So luckily, Manscaped's got the technology to protect you. So, Luke, can you read the promo code? We've got to get out of this before it gets more awkward, okay? Just want to point out that if you get the uh if you get the entire package you get performance boxer briefs and the shed travel bag to carry everything in your trips out of town it fits nicely and whatever kind of bag you want to have either for carry-on or for luggage so here's how this goes 20 off plus free shipping by going to www obviously dot manscaped right you got to conjugate that verb ped.com and use the code combat at

checkout same combat we spelling and everything else for some of other promos so free shipping manscape.com use the code combat plus 20 off make your balls a priority this fall and get your manscape performance package 4.0 now i'd'd like if Manscaped started putting the PED in Manscaped. That'd be nice. I'd like if they can spin off a little bit. Maybe we can get some Manscaped blue pills to go along with my lawnmower there, Luke. Keep the things going. How about the blue tie sex pills or whatever has that silver hat?

Yeah, please. There's a room for that. There's a market for that. MorningCombat at gmail.com is the trusty email address for your Wednesday fan submissions, your Friday dead wrongs. So before we get into all things looking back on 200 great episodes of MK, let's get into it today. You have your weekly dose of fan submissions.

We've got mail. You've got mail. All right. This comes from a fella who's pronounced dermid even though it's looks way different than that well lads over here in island even three month old babies appreciate art love the show it's got me through many a night feed a day one listener but now just glad i have a wee buddy to watch it with as my wife does not appreciate luke's hostility towards art. Sustain the flame, lads. And remember, if you're going to come, come correct.

Shout out to this guy, Luke Dermid, watching Doc No. 4 right there. That baby's giving you harsh looks. You know, here's the thing, Luke. You know, a lot of us at certain times of exhaustion have used the TV as a babysitter. MK can watch your kids for you, okay? Just put that shit on it on repeat you know what i'm saying your kids will come out mentally disturbed but other than that yes shout out to the iris there in dermid let's keep it rolling here this is from at heavy riff magnet greetings esteemed combatants no doubt you've asked yourself what would the unholy spawn of morning combat and the dying fetus logo look like well now you've got an answer if this makes the show i'll do a

90s band version of bc's crx driving okay soda drinking ass keep up the good work you brilliant donks luke tell me why this is awesome please uh well it's a riff on the sort of the iconography the the the style of essentially well the handwriting really of um the artwork that all metal names have this kind of tortured way of writing in different ways and they can be very hard to read but this is how it's pretty close to how dying fetus writes their name and they wrote morning combat that way it's pretty fucking cool hey luke you remember one of our favorite fans from France, he's the French Bill Cosby, David Appleton, he bangs his students, remember him?

Yes. He says, hey guys, just wanted to spice up the race to 100k being a washed fatty liver dad I've been trying to lose weight recently and it turns out that I lost roughly a kilo for every thousand subscribers you get my aim is to get down to 70 kilos.

I'm shorter than Joe Rogan, so that's still pretty fat. And I'm currently at 74. You guys are at 96,000 subscribers, so that's my four kilos up against your 4,000K. Game on. Here I am using MK to keep me motivated on the exercise bike and sporting my triple chin after a session. Onwards and upwards, guys. I actually created a few

email addresses for you five times in the MMA awards. Yes! I love that. If anyone's going to cheat the system for us, Luke, I want French Bill Cosby to do it. Do you think he trims his satchel or he just lets it go like a billy goat? Depends on what his students prefer, Luke.

Let's be honest, okay? Actually, what are we talking about? There are... Let me stop. No one likes a roofie joke, Luke. These are bad times, bad situations. But hey, David Appleton. We finally have sponsors.

Don't chase them away. You creepy French bastard. You all right? From now on, we're going to call him pepe lepew yes yes i love the uh joe rogan crack too guys not tall i'm sorry you know god god blessed us in different ways all right this one's from saul a in april we plan to elope in new orleans unfortunately due to the hurricane we had to evacuate still i got to enjoy new orleans for two days and get ripped shit in front of strangers and throw up in a hotel bathroom for hours good times i had mk merch 1.0 all day even while on vacation shout

out to this guy luke we've we've seen this guy before right and he got the beignets at cafe du monde which is uh sort of one of the things you have to do when you go to new orleans dude i thought that was overrated is that like sacrilege to say that? I thought it was a little overrated. They're fine. Dude, what is it? The Court of Three Sisters has a much better, I think that's what it's called, has a much better breakfast.

But, you know, Cafe Du Monde is like a thing. You got to go see it. I was hung over as shit. It was WrestleMania weekend. Yeah, whatever. But, hey, how about this guy Saul, Luke? I love the hair. He's very Masvidalian. Aalian a little bit little bit he's got that vibe i agree all right all right and by the way shouts everyone in new orleans who has power back

which it's been a while so you think saul has a personal life akin to uncle pepe no pepe is marching to the beat of his own drum you know what i'm saying hey if we decided to create some pepe merch would you would your family approve it no that would be a major fucking problem no okay okay i'll have to do it on my own channel then okay this one's from clinton what's up guys i went to the fight sunday and had great seats near the entrance and who do i see before the conwell fight but the MK crew. You seem like great guys. Never met you though. Got a pick with the man

behind it all, Steven Espinoza, who couldn't have been nicer. And P.S. O'Malley had the biggest pop of any fighter who came to watch the fight. MK all day, nearly every day. Much love from Indiana. It's Clinton. Yeah! He, yep, he was there. I don't have much to say. love from Indiana. It's Clinton. Yeah. He

was there. I don't have much to say. First of all, shout out to the boss wearing the V-neck there. Normally Steven wears the bedazzled t-shirts to fights, but there he is, Luke. He took pictures of our ass. So how about that? Yeah, he took pictures of our

giant rear ends and our stupid bags. Well, mine's not stupid. Mine looks Native American tough, Luke. Yours looks like someone at the Goodwill place was like, yeah, no one seems to buy this one for a dollar. You can have it. I don't know if tribal areas have factories, Luke, but I would be from that one if I was, okay?

Yeah, but you can't really tell, but the audience there highly resembled the gathering of the juggalos so also something to keep in mind all right andrew m nothing fancy here but i was watching the first bonus vacation mailbag and felt like it deserved some appropriate album playlist art i definitely laughed when you guys made the remark on rsd so shouts to self-awareness always enjoy the content even the phoned in wash dad bonus stuff thanks for churning it out donks i'm a burnout former sometimes pro wrestling fan but holy shit bc nobody fucking cares luke's uncontrollable bowels were never more missed

much love from texas it's andrew m look at this luke that should be the new logo of all the docs i love that logo i love the shit out of that look at that luke that should be the new logo of all the docs i love that logo i love the shit out of that look at that luke that's badass that's like comic strip badass right that's saint anger is it you don't realize that's saint anger look at the fist with the tit with the tin can drums the uh the pots and pans that's that's the saint anger riff essentially is what he's oh so that's the joke yeah sorry so luke i tried to act like that album never happened all right i listened to it the other day it's fucking terrible yeah yeah it is i'll i'll reload all day rather than listen to that shit okay uh this one's from josh i started this beef rib project on my primo ceramic cooker

this morning before today's show now they are getting close to temp and about ready to pull and wrap i figured it was beer 30 and had to break out my trusty pine glass to have a cold october fest your boy josh that looks good i'm so hungry that looks so good oh yeah look at that meat luke it used to be what's for dinner but then my liver got 10 times as large uh doug says hey luke in bc i'm from the swamps of Jersey, but the military has brought me to the Pacific Northwest, and I'm out here repping the best damn show in the game on the Skyline Trail at Mount Rainier National Park. Big fan of the show, MK, nature, and BBLs to cure the existential dread.

All day, nearly every day, it's Doug. Luke, that t-shirt is one of our new ones on morningcombat.store, and looking pretty good. I think Doug's been to the gym. Yeah, and he's hiking in a place that is beautiful that I will never go to. All right.

Why, because of the low oxygen levels at high altitude? Also, just, I don't know. I like the outdoors, but not this version of it kind of thing. Okay, all right. Two more for you, Luke, then we get to the thing that's going to get us over 100K, right? This beautiful creation I've put together. This one's from Andrew.

On Friday's show, BC was making one of his 90s references with the I would like some more comment from the Sandlot, and that's when it hit me. BC looks like a grown-up Scotty Smalls, much more than Arliss Howard, the actor who portrayed him at the end of the film. So BC for all of us who grew up on that great movie and love your constant callbacks to the eighties and nineties, just to see if it works. Could you give us the jet stole home, the jet stole home,

the jet stole home, maybe spin around in your office chair. I don't know. Love the show, guys. Been listening to you since day one. Keep up the good work. And much love from Georgia, even if Luke still hates all of us down here. I don't hate all of them. Luke, do I have some Scotty Smalls vibes from the Sandlot?

No, but I haven't seen that movie in a while, so I'm going to have to defer. From the Sandlot? No. But I haven't seen that movie in a while. You should show it to your daughter when she's ready, Luke. When she's ready. Nah, she won't like it. She likes basketball. She likes Coco in Moana. She does like Coco.

But nah, the new one is Frozen and Frozen 2. Those are the big ones. That's going to be a dark rabbit hole for you. Alright, good luck to you. Final one from Alan W. The first slide is Morning Combat, Beavis, and Butthead. Pretty good. Pretty good. I like how I got Butthead.

Don't we look like action figures right there? Like toys? We just look like two pieces of shit. And the second one is Brokeback Mountain. This should be good they broke back mountain they can't they can't uh what does that say quit each other yeah well that's true luke i can't quit you yeah okay all right hey lu real quick, we got a tweet during the show from at Huck Flip who said, MK would probably be over the 200,000 sub mark on Twitter if their passive-aggressive fans that are purposely not subscribing

would just do it already. Luke, it sounds like somebody making a stand against people not wearing masks. Do you think that we could be much higher in the subscription category if our people just stopped eating free? Yes, but also the bigger issue is that we don't have dissected. If we had that, we'd be well on our way. Well, you know, you can fight for it, but I got to keep, you know, making art to carry my end of the bargain here. So here it is, Luke.

Two years, two days into this incredible MK journey. Today is the 200th episode of Morning Combat. So I tasked myself. Luke has not seen this list. He will be surprised in the moment along you counting down the top 20 moments in Morning Combat history. Luke, do you have any comments before we get into this incredible countdown? I am nervous but cautiously optimistic. All right, we start at the beginning.

Moment number 20 from episode 1, July 8th, 2019. Here is a new hope. All right, it is Monday, July 8th, 2019. Welcome to the first episode of Morning Combat. My name is Luke Thomas. I am the host of this program, along with my trusty steed in Padawan. This is Brian Campbell. I'm about Padawan, but you know, I like to start off on an equal plane here. You can be like Anakin Skywalker. You can be on the Jedi Council, but you don't get the title of Master.

And I will turn on you just like him. Alright, here we go. And we are in a van down by the river, if you can judge by the set here. So we appreciate you guys tuning in. What is Morning Combat? Well, we are going to be starting off your week the right way. This is going to be your water cooler moment. This is going to be two experienced media pros, albeit two jabronis.

Nevertheless, we're going to get you guys a perspective that I don't think it's going to come with digestion after all the weekend's fights. It's going to come with a little bit of, obviously, media savvy from having years of cover this. It's going to be your first moment to start your week off the right way talking about things in a candid, truthful way, which, by the way, a lot of people in MMA media don't want to do. We will do that.

And by the way, not just- DAN HEMPELMANN, JR.: We'll bring truth. No holds barred, too, by the way. All right? DAN HEMPELMANN, JR.: By the way, not just media. We'll talk about some boxing stuff as well. If you're just if you're just joining us, I just put out the announcement 30 nanoseconds ago on Twitter. I haven't gotten to all the details yet, so I'll just say this very quickly. Yes, I am now.

All right. I'm in the show. There it is. I'm very excited about it. A little bit nervous about it, especially since they kidnapped us and put us in some kind of a dungeon. Luke, the first 30 seconds to a minute there of MK history. Look how weird it looks, right? Two years, two months into this, it looks like we're in a... Also, could my explanation have been worse? Jesus Christ, that was terrible. This is your water coolant moment for digestion of the foundation of the two dogs who are about to give this.

Luke, we look younger, skinnier, healthier, at least I do, before I got fat and happy with this job. But look at that set they gave us for day one. Now, they did turn it around in record time, Luke, and they have upgraded twice, so we give them that credit. But it's jarring to look at those old silver. It looks like Ice World Hoth, right? Yeah, I remember when we first did it, I was like, well, that was a bit of a gamble.

We'll see how this pays off. But you know what? It paid off. So that was the first taste we gave you. Obviously, we had the early days at the old MMA beat to appetize you. But let's carry on. Number 19 on the top 20 moments. This one's taking one for the team from episode 24,

December 30th, 2019. All everybody talked about where the dueling fire fest documentary is one on Netflix, one on Hulu. And for two days, it was viral as ish because of one man, put it on the big screen,

Jay, Because of one man. Put it on the big screen, Jay. The great Andy King, who was willing to take one for the team. He was willing to suck dick. Wow. Wow. Wow. So you think I put it on here because, oh, Campbell's the dong guy, all this stuff. No, Luke. Yes.

It's very on brand. Yes, we had fun with these memes like crazy. But you know what? Shout out to Andy King. Shout out to the ideas of brotherhood, teamwork, loyalty, family. This man was willing

to risk it all. When I look around this room, people don't realize that behind these cameras, there's a staff of 12 hungry ass people out there making it work for us. There's ladies in there. I get a lot of like 12 hungry ass people out there making it work for us. All right. No, there's there's there's ladies in there. I get a lot of gross looks after I make jokes in the camera. But what I'm saying is I love these people.

I like to believe that we got nothing but Andy Kings out here. All right. I'm not not in the. What are they doing to you? Not in the literal sense necessarily. I mean, more like they would metaphorically go to suck the guy's dick to get the water to go to the surprise festival. It sounds awful when you put it into those words.

Yeah, it's an awful thing. But our guy Jake right here who doesn't know 90s music, that guy's the best. Andy King. You are Andy King. Damn right. So shout out to Andy King for teaching us this year about teamwork, about loyalty.

Andy King, just there, he'll do it. Look at Jake. This guy's the best right there. I love it. All right. My number three moment of the year. Luke, look at young Jake right there. No beard, no long red flowing hair. For the people that haven't picked up yet, less than Jake. Our former cameraman is now our documentarian Luke, but yes, he liked the rest of this great staff.

When we used to hit the old bomb shelter, Luke, a bunch of Andy King's looking to get us over the hump and get us out to the masses. I cannot believe how much the pandemic has kicked my ass. I, I, wow,

man, I didn't realize, you know, not that i was some prized pig before but now i look back at two years ago and i'm like dude you got hit with a fucking sledgehammer in the last two years unbelievable yeah that of course was from our drinking show uh new year's eve to end 2019 as you can see our set had those weird amanda nunes and dionte wilder and gervante looking artwork pieces around Luke as we evolved. That was a great episode. You'll see more of that as the countdown continues.

Luke, number 18 from episode 5, August 5th, 2019. This is 40 years to freedom. Hey, we can't close this show. We can't bury the lead any longer. What? To talk about what today really is. What is today? This guy's a man.

Come after him. he's you gotta be kidding luke thomas 40 ounces to freedom today you gotta be here bring this in are you shipping me oh my god look at this from the team here with my face on from the team here at uh morning combat below the belt showtime oh Oh, look at that. Do you have 40 wishes to give? I'm going to be like DC and throw my back out trying to blow these candles out. Look at that handsome guy. That's at least five years ago.

Oh, my God. Wow. I don't even know what to say. I'm speechless. Well, thanks, everybody. This is really sweet. I was not, I was not. Dude, my dad's not even going to call me today.

Like, this is amazing. Did they get a good shot at that kind of lick? Hold the cake up. Don't spill it like you will. Help me support this here. Look at this. And you can see, there you go. I look like a Turkish dictator on this thing. That is fantastic.

I want to get Enos Kanter for this. That is great. Can you make a wish, Luke? Yeah, all right. You know what I wish? I wish that, in all seriousness, I have so much fun doing this show. I'm going to miss Cantor for this. That is great. Can you make a wish, Luke? Yeah. All right. You know what I wish? I wish that I have so much fun doing this show. It's really maybe the funnest thing I think I've ever done in all my years.

And too many more of these, man. This is awesome. Thank you guys so much. Wow. I am blown away. Happy birthday, sir. Welcome to the Wash Club. Let's see if I throw my back out.

No, I didn't get it. There it is. All right. Woo. if I throw my back out. No, I didn't get it! There it is! All right! Woo! Thank you. Thank you, everybody.

I really appreciate it. Yes, I'm old. I blew COVID all over that bitch. Luke, how wholesome is that shit? I mean, that made me want to not one day cross you and turn on you and divorce you in the show, Luke. That really was nice. That was nice.

I know. Coming from my last job before this one where my boss would go on vacation and not even tell me and just leave me to run everything, to now going to this one where they made me a cake, it's a big change. That was a very good moment, Shatak. Our indispensable Courtney from Showtime who brought out the cake there. Love our team, team Luke even love you that was back when you turned 40

now you're even old and sandbag year but let's keep it rolling number 17 in our countdown from episode 24 December 30th 2019 the drinking show this one's called dating tips what are your tips for a first date I haven't had many first dates that have gone all the way to

tip you tips for a first date? I haven't had many first dates that have gone all the way to the tip, you. You're the worst. You're worse than Osama bin Laden. I just want you to know that. You're worse than Osama bin Laden. Do you not have any tips for the incels who watch the show uh you know you may come as a shock I wasn't a great dater you know I wouldn't be a great dater with that Timothy McVeigh haircut Luke but that's one of your

greatest yeah what's up with the uh I mean I'm a Cobb County policeman who's been accused of uh uh beating people in cuffs several times haircut. That's when I would go to the barber and be like, I want the low fade, not the military cup. And they're like, yeah, no problem. Then they go, but Luke, a hell of a no-sell there on our drinking show. Fantastic

work there. Keep the countdown going. Number 16, this is from Room Service Diaries, September 27th, 2020 from the Mohegan Sun. This is called Daddy Dearest. Let me get that iPad, please. Where's your damn iPad? I don't live here.

What do you want me to do? Jesus, fuck. Can you bring the stand that it's on, bro? Here, hold the iPad. Jesus Christ almighty. You want me to unplug it, too? Yeah, unplug it. It's fine.

It should be charged by now. Is this how you talk to your children? No, I'm like, Oh, little one. Feel it. That's how you talk. That was so weird. I hope somebody makes that a gift.

That was really weird. All right. I talk to my daughter like she's a fucking princess because she is. I do. Having touched on... That's such a deep cut. I forgot that thing ever happened.

Do whatever the hell you want. Dude, look at that pandemic haircut too. My wife must have had a fucking blindfold on when she cut my stupid hair. Oh, little one. Oh, little one. Do you want to know what I call my daughter for her nickname? What? I call her Tookie.

Tookie. Oh, yeah. I know that. I got on the road with you. I hear a lot of Tookie into the phone. But right after that song got cut off, you were like, I treat my daughter like the princess that she is. And I was just like, yeah.

That's right. That's right, goddammit. Biatch. All right, number 15. We hit the road to Las Vegas, July 9, 2021. This comes from MK177. Are you Team Luke or Team BC? We've been all over the Morning Combat YouTube channel.

To the dogs in the audience here, who here is Team Connor? Let me hear it. Okay, who here is Team Poirier? Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, okay, okay. I got it. The hot sauce is good. I agree. I got to tell you, I thought it would be the reverse.

Team Poirier, a lot more in the house than Team Connor. Interesting. You know, a little bit more interesting is if you put your balls on the line and said, who here is Team Luke? Okay. But who here is Team CEO of the BBC with the BBE? That's what I'm talking about. Okay, a little bit of that.

How do you like the taste of that hot sauce, you old bitch? All right, hey, we got a great show for you today. Luke, the people have spoken. Even the guy with the armpit stain, Luke, that guy spoke too, all right? The people have spoken. That was a good bit. That was a good live dunk. I'll give you credit.

It was nice. All right, number 14 in the 20 greatest moments in morning combat history. We go back to the RSD. Day two of the Charlo pay-per-view from Bellator, September 24, 2020. Or not Bellator. You get what I'm saying here. It's called Taking a Stand. Consider me heartless.

So, yes, flesh be running a ho check. Better check your Rolex. Your time now for giving up respect oh my god that is one of my favorites that is a that's a 90s banger i would have if i could have you know what i'm saying all right very good yeah uh dad jokes here we go i want to hear from the people okay let? Let's do rapid fire. Here we go. From Melon Man. I said his last name. From Melon Man.

What's your stance on gun control? That's a fair question. Luke, where do you stand? Because you are an ex-Marine. I'm going to guess that you... No such thing as an ex-Marine. I'm going to guess that you... It came out both ends.

And it smelled like a Connecticut factory town. I'm going to guess that you own a firearm, Luke. My wife has been very adamant that I not, so I do not. Are you looking to disarm the world, Luke? I don't think... Well, the world, I don't know. It's just not possible in America anymore. There's a gun for every man, woman, and child in the United States floating in circulation.

I think gun buyback is simply not possible. I'm not against, but I'm not for personally. You do this bullshit like, I'm not going to upset this group, and I'm not going to upset that group. It's not about upsetting, Luke. Take a fucking stand. It's about I live my life on a certain course. I take many stands. No, you don't.

You take stands on shit that is consequence-free. Luke, you take a stand to wipe your ass, first of all. You know what I'm saying? Because I don't like mine to be absolute dirt hole because i don't like to be because i like to be itchy look you walk around like i got a long arm okay i can get under there all right i got about 42 years of this okay no you what you walk around with an itchy ass and you're just used to it all right next one in their primes i don't give a fuck luke i gotta say when when we conceived room service diaries i was uh a little nervous we get fired of course and in still time definitely but uh for as much as that series that segment has gotten a little played out going back and re-watching the first three we filmed on this weekend september 2020 i believe that's the charlo pay-per-view from

mohegan it It's fresh. It's real. That was back when we were in the courting phase still, Luke. We were still in love. Dude, that was like a sleepover at camp, you know, because we were all locked in our houses from the pandemic, and then we got to get out to Mohegan. But, yeah, I got to tell you, we've been doing it wrong, man,

because I don't know if we're going to do them again, but without the 40 ounce you can't do those man you need the 40 in hand to really bring out the stuff that'll get us fired you know what i'm saying absolutely absolutely all right we roll on number 13 this one is not in the mk show this came from the mayweather paul wayan in miami at Seminole Hard Rock, June 5th, 2021. I call it none of the smoke. Floyd Mayweather, the greatest fighter of all time, to come out here and actually, whether it's exhibition, whatever it is, put these gloves on and fight.

I think it's a great energy for boxing, and I'm excited about tomorrow night. It's kind of weird, though, right, because you played the basketball at the highest level. People can't troll their way onto the Lakers. The basketball. He's got those heavy hands, man. Those handshakes will crumble your hands. R.I.P. I wouldn't want to mess with Anthony Mason either.

He's probably got a grip as well. All right. Well, all the smoke is going to be here tomorrow. Stackhouse will join us as well, right? I'm sure he'll be there. Yeah, he gets in a little bit. He was at his daughter's graduation out there. Oh, Lord.

He'll be here shortly. And by the way, I've got to say, first time seeing you in person, the tat work is phenomenal. Thank you. Thank you. I didn't know I was coming on stage, so I kind of dressed casual. No, you always look good.

Came with the bacon. Starts in a suit, then it goes Don Johnson, and then Matt's just chilling over there. That's how we go, man. It's the eventual breakdown. Matt, appreciate you stopping by. Can't wait for you tomorrow. Enjoy the party. You know what?

Thanks, man. I appreciate you. You're an NBA champion. All right, so we were talking about this. Ashley, where's Ashley? Somebody. Okay. We're just going to leave Matt on stage here.

Do you want to help him out? There we go. There we go. Okay, thank you very much. Thank you. Yeah, they were driving me nuts. The people on set are supposed to escort him off, and they just stand there and look at him.

I'm like, for fuck's sake, do your job. Here's the funny part about this, though, we keep thinking we're gonna get fired for room service diaries no we're just gonna get fired for doing a bad job well i don't know if you heard it while you're laughing there not only did you do the ultimate line of well matt you played the basketball the basketball you and by the way afterwards shop and i both looked at you and when they cut and we were like bro the basketball you're like i didn't say i was dude i was so out of no no i was so out of sorts on this broadcast because listen i did a bad job because then i called stack stack house i mean the whole thing was fucked yeah but what was happening was my

one piece of defense was cory our producer today be like okay we're gonna go to the stage in 30 seconds 5 4 3 okay Luke I need you to do 11 more minutes what the fuck are you doing I kept getting okay no no no just gonna be 79 more

seconds dude what are these numbers and why do they keep changing? Corey's like, it wasn't my fault. It wasn't his fault. I don't blame him, but he was giving me the shit. So I was completely out of sorts about when we're throwing, when we're not throwing, what to say, what not to say. I was so fucked. So I was like, how are you doing in the basketball, Mr. Tatted Man, whose name I get wrong?

You sound like my mom when I'd be like, you know, getting changed for practice. And she'd be like, oh, you have a rehearsal tonight, don't you? Do you need your costume? I'm like, mom, it's a uniform, okay? It's like, stop, stop. Oh, Matt, you played the basketball, didn't you? It's great shit, Luke. I love it.

Lean right into it. We're not going to get fired for Room Service Diaries. They're just going to go through our performance and be like wow you guys are just really shitty at this job so have a nice day all right we'll keep it rolling number 12 on our countdown luke it brings us back to that same charlo weekend and room service diaries day one live long and prosper as far as like the uh show hurrying up here's my view on that jay does a little bit too much of cracking the whip, I would agree. Yeah. But

I don't think we need to go long just to go long. Like, for example... Try telling that to the guys at Blacked Raw, right? Okay. You don't know. There you go. It's like, are they all five dollars for long this uh no but here's my point

luke it's rare that i can this is you farting in a bag and then huffing it it's rare it's rare that i could get you to give me the respect in real time. So that was a big moment. This shows history. No, no. Everyone else, all of your little minions who DM you, they laugh too easily. You know it's funny if I laugh at your jokes

because at that point I just can't hide it anymore. Luke, look at all the content we mined from that one weekend in Mohegan. It was a lot. Getting drunk on camera. I mean, I can't believe we did three RSD episodes in one week. We're so old and washed and entitled now, we would never consider. They have to beg us to do it. BC and I were always like, hey, do you want to do Room Service Diaries?

I was like, no. I'm always like, yeah, that's a good idea. We should just order Pad Thai medium and just lay in our beds and fart in the air. Not in the same room, though. Not together. Not in the same room. Not in the same room. Not in the same room, though. Not together. Not in the same room. Not in the same room. Not in the same room.

Not the same bed. All right. All right, Luke, we've had many a great moment in the interview space. This one also comes from the Mohegan Sun. February 9th, 2021, the MK Bellator interview special from the big Showtime announcement where we found out anything is possible. Football? España.

I got a couple messages as you leave here, Yoel. Thank you for your time. I love you. See you soon, boy. You've got two of these hands. Goal! Goal! Goal! Anything is possible, my friend. Anything is possible.

Yoel Romero, congratulations. Can't wait to see you on April 16th. See you soon, guys. Thank you so much. There he is. the man himself. The Cuban muscle crisis. But we have a lot more to get to. Luke, he was awesome that day. Not everyone's great in those moments. So this one and what was the other one you just showed that I really liked?

But this one is maybe my all-time favorite moment not in the show but like for one of your live improv kind of guest moments where normally i would get sent to hell but this time i didn't get sent there luke yeah this is tops for me this was i saw this afterwards i was like yeah that's pretty good that was good that was a good thing i'm not saying but you know All right, we go into the top ten now, Luke. Two years, two months later, episode 200. This takes us to the same weekend that we're talking about. Charlo Doubleheader, Mohegan Sun, Room Service Diaries, day three. A little soap and water on that ass.

I like this. Ass, titties, ass, titties, ass, ass, titties, ass, titties. Big booty bitches, that's where Rick gets. I like this. Pushing balls, pushing balls. We're two white dudes in our 40s doing this three needles to the bag baby he's got why this is my favorite no i i take i take it back bc we might actually get fired for room service diaries also. Stop this one. Hang on.

It's this next one, I think. Here we go. That's where he gets poetic with it. I'm coming. All right, now it's getting awkward. Now it's getting awkward. It's getting a little awkward right now. No, it's not this one.

Here we go. Soap. Need to wash up. Don't get mad at me when I don't want to. You need soap and water. Soap and water. Soap want to you need soap and water soap and water soap and water soap and water you know luke i have a fear of needles luke it's just two old white dads but i love that you're like no it gets really poetic now you gotta you gotta hear this bro you gotta hear this bro here comes the soap and water soap soap oh my oh my dj dj assaults ass and titties has been a mainstay of many a playlist

since my college days i mean maybe that's the beauty of what rsd originally was because there's many of those segments luke where you and i are just drunk off of 40 just singing and dancing there like no i think that's really what we're not. We keep trying to go into those sober. And as a consequence, I mean, do we really do we really go in sober, Luke? I mean, come on, you know, you know, but we don't go in. We don't go in with like a partying mentality is the problem. That's the problem.

Maybe we got too smart. This was like, I mean, I'm looking at these old ones. I'm like, wow, man, we really started strong with this. We've been fading. Yeah, yeah, it's a wake-up call, Luke, looking at the top 20 moments. Number nine, we go back to the infamous drinking episode, episode 24, the day before BC got hospitalized for COVID. So I'm glad you survived it.

It's epic. It's famous. It's called Tip on Tip. My number one moment of the year in 2019 in combat sports and beyond, it's unity. And it's similar and it mirrors. Why is gay

sex the theme through all of this? Wow. All right, let me restart. So my number one moment of 2019, Luke, is it really mirrors you and I. All right. Us coming together for this show, building this band of this audience of just voracious viewers and listeners. What's your show about? And just two dudes. Here's the thing. You called Polish regional MMA tip on tip a yin and yang and in some ways luke you and i are that yin and yang the dark side of the force and the

light side right the twig and the berries right the tango and the cash we come together to make something special so i wanted to commemorate this moment of Polish regional MMA finally coming to the forefront. Tip on tip reality. It's a lifestyle. It's a movement, Luke. And really for this set's history, although a woman on the train did ruin my project here to you. I wanted to commemorate this moment. Is this real?

In loving memory, Luke. Tip on tip, 2019 and forever. Did you really have a broken frame? Well, here's the deal. On my train ride in from hell, a lady sat on it. It's a true story. It happened. Are you shitting me?

But I can buy a cheap frame to replace that. Luke, this is really what it's all about. This is my moment of the year. Are they also smooching? I don't know if I've noticed that before. Well, here's the deal. It's not broken glass everywhere. It's not just the intensity i mean broken glass everywhere it's

not just the intensity of what's going on down below that of course you're fixated on luke uh how how gaudy was that set like thank you showtime thank you very much but looking back seeing this luke i mean how how much does it hurt your eyes to look at the artwork on that set? And you know I love art, Luke. Yeah, I wouldn't call it gaudy. That's not what the word gaudy means. But you have been in love with these two men with erect penises touching since I've literally known you. Because, Luke, that's you and me.

Look at the passion. Look at the intensity in those guys, right? I don't think that's you and me, actually. It still moves me to this day, Luke. It really does. Look at the passion look at the intensity in those guys right it's still it's i don't think that's you and me actually it still moves me to this day luke it really does look at the heart that they're that they made with that girl in the middle there i mean it's just one one day luke will recreate that scene okay no we absolutely will not all right uh luke they're all killers from here number eight really any of these from here on out could be number one. Number eight takes us to MK episode 137, March 31st of this year.

The Wheel of Death in person, Luke. How about a little impromptu improv? I'm going to make a ton of money and I got to go shit. So can we end this call? Wait, wait, wait. Dude, we've been building this brand like i put a lot of my other shit i've been building this brand and now i have a chance to leave this brand and build something else to make a ton of cash i'm really happy oh sorry shock oh i gotta

go bring your wife i know you're i know you're you know you're this will be great for your family and your daughter maybe we can get abuela an in-law apartment like that's all cool but like where are you going look at me where are you going look at me no where are you going luke are you going to a new show it's over who who is this about your ex-co-host you're teaming up with a bills fan luke i gave you the best of me. I've come to

find the Syracuse basketball program for you. It's charming. I'd just like you to know you sold your damn soul. Get this out of here. Get this out was so there i had a zing for you that was why didn't you bring your best shit it was too hot for tv uh luke of course that's our first look at the uh orchids of combat set number two uh on the morning combat journey but the the wheel of death in person, Luke, it had a certain energy.

Of course, the question was an uncomfortable one involving you having to tell me over the phone that you're leaving me for Ariel, which we might be there, Luke, now that, you know, two worlds collide, rival nations have been healed. So, still in play. You're still my number one.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Well, that was your number eight on the list. But number seven takes us to a different Room Service Diaries. This is July 13th of this year, 2021. The ultimate wingman. But it was right. Anakin had buns. Bro, you know who, like, basically, he complained a little bit,

but didn't really complain? Like, you know who was bout it, bout it? Fucking Chewbacca. Chewbacca. Chewbacca. Chewbacca was like, yo, dude, you go to Chewbacca and be like,

dude, we gotta go fight these guys. Will you come with us? How many of your friends were like, fuck no, I'm not going with you. Chewbacca's like,

where? Let's fucking go. Let's fucking go. Ah, someone's gotta get it. Chewbacca's in a mood yeah yeah Chewbacca

yeah dude this is the dumbest conversation I've literally ever had in my life I have reached I have reached critical nothing yo Chewbacca

wants me to let myself but I'm saying Chewbacca was a loyal ass friend man loyal ass friend yeah you know they want this

I love Chewbacca you always saw Chewbacca with a weapon in hand. Luke, you are my Chewbacca. That, of course, was Poirier-Connor 3 in Las Vegas. You had the shittiest hotel room I've ever seen with the worst view. And we were not sober. Not sober at all in that.

Not sober. No, but that was a great conversation that we had a good time with in real time. Maybe we shouldn't get rid of room service diaries. We should just figure out a different way to do it. I mean, it's basically half this countdown, Luke. Luke, are you impressed with this countdown at all? Are you seeing egregious errors? Yeah, but it's not like top 20 MK moments, is it?

I mean, it sort of is. It's like top 20 MK moments when we're doing the not serious stuff. But I guess that's really what the point of it is. I mean, would it be fun if I put us halftime of the Charlo doubleheader? It was, you know, it's not good. It's not entertaining. Yeah, yeah. I mean, it sort of counts as like a career milestone,

but I know what you mean. It's not a top moment in that sense. Yeah. All right. Number six. Luke, before we used to do NK three days a week, nearly every day, we only did it once. So once in a while we had a little bonus spinoff called MK Extra.

This was number seven in the MK Extra series. It takes us back to the Mohegan Sun, Charlo and Charlo Doubleheader. It's called Come See Me. And he told me, I'll box 12 rounds if I have to, if Charlo makes me. But I want to go to war. That's what I do. I've got a big banana right here for him he

didn't say right here he said right here brother and it's got jermel's chin waiting for it i cannot wait to see what happened luke will you put that down stop being weird now you broke the desk when he lands on jermel's chin i do think the more aggressive rosario is he will speed up his own exit i do like jermel by knockout but I will break this set to show you how excited I am for this fight. If you actually go and look at the fight that Banano lost, yeah, they're begging us not to break the set. What are you going to do?

What are you going to do? All right? Give you a better haircut? We're going to give you a better haircut? Look at Jay in my ear. You know what I'm saying? Here's the point. Jay, come see me.

Come see me, bro. All right? Who was it? Was it the Gallmore fight that he lost? Gallimore, yeah. Gallimore. Actually, I went and watched that fight. He was playing the inside game with that opponent for the entirety of it.

Now, he ended up losing, but he tried. He can't do it like Derevyanchenko can do it to Jermall. He's not that sophisticated a player. So he actually might get – there's a lot of ways he could end up – can you worry about that in a minute can we make this point without you being distracting their ikea stop for just a moment please thank you yes leave it quit fucking around hey jay why don't you f off all right well i was gonna make a point but who cares anymore i mean there you go anything else in the car people should care about their fucko it's a loaded undercard

luke our first appearance from jay although you don't see him there um we had a wild ride with that man in our ear you know also i cannot believe that the two of us went on fucking national television with two of the most barber school free haircuts ever i mean what on earth look this is peak pandemic. So that haircut I gave myself in the mirror. And I'll admit it now, Luke, that was a dyed beard job. And it was not a particularly good one. No.

And my wife cut my hair because also you couldn't get a haircut around here. And gee, wow. Dude, I cannot believe Showtime hasn't fired us yet. What are we doing? It was a good moment there, Luke., you know you were very you know we were like the odd couple there That was good. That was good See that was the beginning of us coming off the rails a bit during the during like special live serious moments. You know what I mean? Yes, what's next? Oh, sorry you go. Do? You got places to be, Luke? I'm enjoying our history.

No, I'm hungry, I want to go eat. Let's do this. All right, all right. Number five on the countdown takes us, Room Service Diaries, July 13th. It's Connor versus Dustin. It's expired food. Dacky Smacky, USA.

Scariest thing that's ever happened to you. Dude. And her next question is the best question I've ever seen. Can you imagine asking this to anyone who's other than someone who's an unbelievable piece of shit?

Ready? She goes, what is, not like, do you know of any. What is your favorite... Sorry. I'm trying. Shut it down, shut it down. Your favorite discontinued...

This is a train wreck. Yes. Oh, God. That is... That is... That is... That is... High comedy, boy. What is your fake...

Being on a date? Wait. Like, it's your niner. You know that food that's canceled? What is your... You know a show that's cancelled the best part is it's actually a completely

reasonable question for you and me I don't think I've heard it Luke I don't think I've put more than three sounds together don't you don't know what you're chewing on. What are you chewing on? Don't chew. Chew your fucking anyone off, you know. Favorite.

Favorite. Discontinued. Cut. Oh. Luke, we were discontinued and expired. Wow. Or at least we should have been. Luke, full disclosure, I told you, do not post that.

This actually will get us fired. This is not a good look, but it made our top five just the same. It's a great look, and I love it. I haven't laughed that hard in years. So you let out a lot of shit that night. Well, probably. I think I did. I think I did.

All right. All right. I mean, what a bunch of dogs right there, Luke. Okay? I mean, that's great. All right. Number four, that same weekend, four days earlier from MK177. Luke, they've called this episode our best episode ever.

This is 177 from the Park MGM. It's Shoei Nation. Can I do my own shoe? No. A Shoei with a... Oh, yeah! I mean... Oh, God. Dude.

Down the hatch, brother, all right? I don't think that the COVID shit's going to matter after this. Luke. Fuck you. This is just like Greek life all over again, Luke, okay? Only no one's penetrating you. I really hope my wife's not watching this shit. Here we go.

Shoo-wee. Shoo-wee. Shoo- not watching this shit. Here we go. Shoo-ee, shoo-ee, shoo-ee, shoo-ee, shoo-ee, shoo-ee, shoo-ee, shoo-ee. Hold on, I'm gonna take this off. All right, here we go. Here's to swimming with bow-legged women. Congratulations, sir. You've just received COVID. Thank you very much.

Yes. All right. Wow. Yo, fuck this wheel. Let's do the shoeie. All right, let's go. Let's go. Someone give him a fucked up shoe.

Yo, I want a gross shoe, and I want the guy with the pape tattoo. Same shoe. Bring out the guy with the pole tattoo. No, no, no. Same shoe. Same shoe. Same shoe. Same shoe. Bro, this shit sucks. No, no, no. You gotta put enough in there. Both feet! B-C-L-G-A! B-C!

B-C! B-C! Here we go, ready? B-C! B-C! B-C! B-C! B-C!

Yeah! Drink that, you ho! Drink that! No, all of it! All of it! Drink all that shit! Drink that shit! Yeah! drink that no all of it drink all that shit drink that shit yeah

yeah alright Luke you know what I've realized after the last 17 clips the show's really stupid I mean it's really it's really stupid Luke did you see really it's really it's really stupid luke it's really did you see our producer's text message just now no no yeah you should read it during the next

when you throw to one of these it'll it'll yeah yeah yeah we're basically running a uh a highlight reel to get us fired of all of our worst moments uh luke that was look obviously though that was a big moment and that shoe could not have been grosser and holes in it I was picking fabric and just shit out of there dude that thing was fungus on TRT and everything else

in between it was fucking gross what could ever top that moment Luke I got three of them for you number three August 19th 2019 a deep cut from MK episode 7, Luke's infamous Turkey Day rant.

Have you ever fried a turkey? No, I have not. What? You've never fried a turkey? You're sitting here talking about Thanksgiving? If you've never had fried turkey, you don't know shit about turkey. There's one way to eat turkey. Fry it or chuck it in the garbage. I can't tell you how many homes I've been to, I'm going to go to so-and-so's

Thanksgiving dinner and they cook this bird to the point it's like this fucking drywall back here. Why would you eat this food? Because if you're going to talk about Thanksgiving dinner and lead with turkey, then you don't have good Thanksgiving dinner. It's the centerpiece of the meal. It's a ceremonial centerpiece, like Santa Claus is the ceremonial centerpiece for people that don't have good Thanksgiving dinner. It's the centerpiece of the meal! It's a ceremonial centerpiece, like Santa Claus is the ceremonial centerpiece for people that don't celebrate the Christian side of Christmas, then that's what it is. But the real thing is the fixings, bro. You put them together, they mix together, it becomes one big slot fest on your plate. Here's what we're gonna do.

We need to find a way to get together for Thanksgiving. I'm gonna show you how it's actually done. Can you show me how they do it in the Middle East? I would love to eat it. I don't know from the Middle East, D-bag. My dad's American. My brother and my sister opened and own a restaurant. They can cook.

All right, invite me down for Thanksgiving, okay? Come down, I'll show you. You know what we don't eat? Fucking turkey. You got backyard football in those parts? Fucking yard birds that you're sitting there eating. You got touch football in the backyards in those parts? You and I can.

My family, they're haters on football. I have to watch them silently. We'll play one-on-one, that's great. All right, but we can toss it, you know what I'm saying? We can then drink some beer. Did you play high school football, or did you at least live in that? I played for a year, but in the Deep South, I don't care about that kind of stuff. It's just, you know.

Again, I'm from Old Marietta. Please stay in Old Marietta while I go on and do things with my life. Luke, the reason why this clip was so important, this was the first time we ever did a separate spinoff clip where they were like, oh, my God, we got to get that rant up. We got to get that argument up. You know what? I've noticed something looking back at so many old episodes

for the first time in forever. Pre-medical life since you were an angry bastard. I mean, you could go from zero to 60 in the bomb shelter days like that, Luke, on set. All right? Yeah, I still do. Lots of demons. But the old devil's lettuce tends to help with some of that. It is.

All right. Number two. Luke, this is actually the only one I've pulled from the donkumentaries. I'm sure you thought this whole countdown would be those are my art projects. But this is from the best donk you men we've ever done mk donk 2.0 march 4th 2021 was the release date and of course it harkens back to that great weekend at the bomb shelter at orchids of combat mcgregor porie two weekend rock hard with emotion connor's round Yeah. Just do more damage. Yeah. Oh, yeah, I feel it right now. I am rock hard with the motion.

Oh, this is where he is. He's getting torn up by those leg kicks. I'm telling you, Connor's leg looks like shit. Ooh. Ooh. Here comes four havens oh my god oh my god he knocked him out he knocked him out okay hey let's get going let's get going it's so much better with Jake's theatrical cut and the music there Luke but can you can you talk about this that was a moment it was a freaking moment Luke you let your guard

down for America yeah that was my fight fan moment where not so much like it always appears like you're cheering for Poirier and certainly I think he's a good guy but it was more just a big event that I I thought Poirier could win but it wouldn't look the way that it did and just remember like when Connor he was like doing okay and don't you remember he took like the one leg kick and then they turned and then he just fell apart instantly I just never saw it coming that way it completely floored. And your man was in the zone. What can I say, dude? I got passionate about fights. So after it happened, I certainly clowned you.

Well, not on air there, but to your face. And afterwards, I could not have texted everyone that works on those documentaries fast enough saying, this has to be in there. This was from left field. It was a shocker. But, Luke, I expected people to heckle you so i was really being osama bin campbell against you i expected them to to really like the love of people going yeah fuck fuck right luke yeah luke's a real fan he's one of us he he doesn't just watch

this shit he lives it look people people gave you your flowers after that moment. Yeah, well, see, this is a lesson to you. Part of the show, which drives me fucking up the wall, is not Brian high-fiving me, but as I go for a high-five, Brian sack-whacking me. It's an ongoing thing. I'm using that as sort of a metaphorical description for him, consistently trying to undercut me and sort of make me mad, but it backfired. Did it not?

Lesson to you, don't be my enemy't be my enemy be my partner it's the second greatest moment in this show's history except for number one luke and i think you know what it is i think our listeners too i wanted to be trendy i wanted to be funny and go with something else but i'm sorry i i'm sure we'll climb another mountain i hope we do but if we don't luke july 9th 2021 you've seen it on this countdown before episode 177 our first live show with a crowd vegas baby um there's nothing like it in the way that this ended luke we'll talk about it afterwards but here we go this was something special we are done luke take us out for the great fans in attendance here, our great people at the Park MGM.

Let's hear it! Two years and we're taking it to the moon. This is only the beginning, brother, alright? I'll piss in the shoe and then I'll drink out of it. Let's do it! Yeah! Off these shoes! Off these shoes!

We gotta hear you! We gotta hear you! M-K! M-K! M-K! M-K! M-K! M-K! M-K.! M.K.! M.K.! M.K.! M.K.! M.K.! Yeah! Luke, that's pure. That's joy.

That's wholesome. That's real. Our two-year birthday and anniversary. And if you remember, Luke, we did nothing for our one-year anniversary. Episode 100, I just looked it up. It was actually the episode where I had apologized for the Risen situation.

We never did any of that fun shit. We had people there. Biggest fight of the year. That moment still gives me goosebumps, Luke. Yeah. Yeah, that was a good one. No one in my family has seen it, you know? I mean, just really, let's shout out our producers there.

Not only the great work they do, not only thank you for the cake as well, but to be able to get the crowd to go behind us to create that, I didn't think, Luke, you would do the- It all came together in real time, amazingly. You would do the war cry. We had the guy on my left who gave us the shoe. We had Damien the Donk on the right doing the the shotgun and the beer i mean it was just it was special luke as was this show as is this show

200 episodes in we've had more than 200 episodes but in terms of our numbered ones 200 uh your thoughts on the countdown luke i thought it was great i thought you did a pretty good job i think you need to be the official show historian you've got a mind and like a sort of operation that makes you well suited for that gig and uh you did a great job and dude you know half the time i want to fucking kill you but mostly i'll say 49 of the time i want to fucking kill you but 51 of the time you know you're just an unbelievable partner and um here's to many more years of this before we ultimately flame out. Before we kill each other.

I appreciate that, Luke. You're the foundation. You're the rock. You bring the people. Am I the sauce on the steak, so to speak? Yeah, we went through that in episodes one and two of the documentary. But, Luke, we are better together forever trevor never met her or at least as long as this show lasts here's to 200 episodes and many many more

obviously a huge thanks to showtime cbs sports and malca the labels that pay and support us uh for helping us out for for constantly evolving with us. And we wouldn't be anywhere, though, without the fans. 97,000 people on YouTube, can't be wrong, Luke, subscribing to this show. We want to get over 100. We want to climb even more. I want to put a tattoo on my body about this show if we can get to that threshold. But, Luke, this is one of those moments where you turn back into the camera and you say thank you.

Thank you to Web Scream. Thank you to Dam into the camera you say thank you thank you to web scream thank you to damien the donk thank you to uh you know everybody that that has our back uh and you know and is here for us because this is the most joy as you can see in those 20 clips the most joy i've ever had in a job luke okay same same it's been really great and uh we still have lots and lots and lots of work to do we're not there yet but we are on our way and by the way in in both cases my 40th birthday and then our two-year anniversary of the show i never got a piece of the cake i mean yeah yeah me either yeah that's everyone else ate the fucking cake i never had any uh please hit us up on on social media can you put the the handles below one more time uh tell

us what you thought should have been number one tell us what we're missing i'm sure some people will want to see floyd sending me to hell or maybe you know there's a few others that could have made the cut um but uh what what a journey what a run we will be back on friday luke what else you have to say um let's see we got the store morningcombat.store if you want to check it out and there's a wait there's a music video oh yes this is an incredible compilation i almost forgot about this uh that mikey our mikey more mile our fantastic producer from cbs sports has done uh luke do you remember that incredible song that closed uh donkey menary number two from a guy named underscore d underscore i each on instagram our guy damo not damien the donk but damo d-a-m-o um oh is this the one about eating bacon and

shitting blood no that's callie from from the world tour from germany shout out to that guy uh so this luke is a music video to sum up our run and our connection with our fans through 200 episodes you know the song uh but this is a a heart jerker do you want to you want to end the show by throwing to this luke let me just say this in all seriousness we have a lot of fun on the show you're supposed to have fun on the show if you're not having fun what the fuck is the point of doing it of course you have to do other things as well dude everybody knows this and we're the only ones saying it right now except for the people in our orbit, but for other folks out there, everybody knows there is nothing like

this show in combat sports. There is nothing even approximating this. And there are good podcasts and they're good in their own way. There is nobody, nobody, no entity, no duo, no nothing that does anything like MK. So for those of you who figured it out already, amazing. Tell your friends, let other folks know, because once they take the red pill, they'll never go back. And with that out of the way, hit it.

Would you dance if I asked you to dance Would you cover Jake Paul Ben Askren Just give it a chance Would you confess You're wrong on dead wrong Would you preserve my job

Tonight 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 Volkanovski a total of 14, nine 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 Cause 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 sauce on your face tonight. I can be your co-host baby I can kiss away your pain I will stand by you forever They can take the sauce away mk all day every day wow look i i got emotional during that dude did jay sing sing that? Who sang that? No, that's Damo.

That's the guy. His Instagram account is underscore D-E-E underscore A-I-T-C-H. Basically the worst handle of all time. But Luke, Damo has blessed us with that. You remember a shortened version of that in the doc. But how about the editing from our boy Mikey on that? Wow. Wow, Luke.ke dude that's

really fucking good really fucking good i'm blown away that's really thank you for that amazing uh i couldn't i couldn't do i don't know what to say except thank you and thanks to all the viewers who make mk possible you want to get out of here yeah let's do it let's do it can't end on a higher note than that for mulca for showtime for Showtime, for CBS Sports, that's the King of Connecticut, Brian Campbell. I'm Luke Thomas. We'll see you on Friday. Live chat tomorrow at 3.

And until then, may all of your gains be loyal.