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Luke Thomas speaks to Oscar De La Hoya about the latest with his Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz 3 event, his feud with Floyd Mayweather, more (1:01:23); Yair Rodriguez’s coach Israel Martinez about everything that happened in the main event at UFC Denver (1:36:06); Miesha Tate about becoming a ONE Championship Vice President and what that means for her future in the sport (2:17:36); Chas Skelly about his fight at UFC Denver being prematurely stopped (1:21:03); and legendary combat sports commentator Mauro Ranallo about his documentary and the latest with him (41:23).

Luke also looks and breaks down Yair Rodriguez's insane elbow KO win and Donald Cerrone's arm-bar victory at UFC Denver in the Monday Morning Analyst (23:33); and he gives his opinion on Skelly's premature stoppage loss and why that was a robbery on The Weigh-in.

We also answer your questions on the latest in MMA on A Round of Tweets (18:08) and Sound Off (1:57:02).

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Luke Thomas speaks to Israel Adesanya in studio about his big win over Derek Brunson at UFC 230, his career development, possibly fighting for the title next, more (17:44); Alexander Gustafsson about his faceoff with Jon Jones at the UFC 232 presser, what he’s expecting from the rematch, more (1:05:01)

Luke also looks at Adesanya's MMA technique development through his UFC career on the Monday Morning Analyst (1:17:55), and shares his thoughts and opinions on Floyd Mayweather's RIZIN bout with Tenshin Nasukawa on The Weigh-in (6:33)

We also answer your questions on the latest in MMA on A Round of Tweets (1:43:36) and Sound Off (1:49:05).

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Luke Thomas speaks to Ben Askren about how he ended up in the UFC after a historic trade with ONE Championship for Demetrious Johnson, the UFC welterweight division, more (2:12:18); Israel Adesanya about his UFC 230 bout opposite Derek Brunson, his development, more (30:53); Anthony Smith about his win over Volkan Oezdemir in the main event of UFC Moncton, what's next for him (1:16:27); David Branch about his UFC 230 bout opposite Jared Cannonier after losing out on the Jacare Souza fight (1:52:27); and KSW CEO Martin Lewandowski about the latest with his organization as well as changes in the MMA industry (1:31:03).

Luke also looks at some of the bigger victories from UFC Moncton plus an examination of Ben Askren’s UFC potential on the Monday Morning Analyst (10:56); and he also shares his thoughts on the Ben Askren, Demetrious Johnson trade on The Weigh-in (3:53).

We also take your questions on the latest in MMA and more on Sound Off (47:22) and A Round of Tweets (2:06:44).

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Luke Thomas speaks to Sijara Eubanks about the UFC canceling her women's flyweight title fight with Valentina Shevchenko and her now upcoming fight with Roxanne Modafferi at UFC 230 (18:30); Randy Couture to discuss the latest on getting the Ali Act extended to MMA, Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz 3 (37:00); Cat Zingano about her featherweight bout with Megan Anderson at UFC 232 and Cris Cyborg vs. Amanda Nunes (1:13:25). Luke also looks at one big reason Tony Ferguson is the toughest challenge for Khabib Nurmagomedov on the Monday Morning Analyst (54:47), and he also shares his thoughts on the suspensions given out for the Lakers-Rockets brawl and how that relates to MMA on The Weigh-in (2:18). We also answer your questions on the latest in MMA on A Round of Tweets (12:30) and Sound Off (1:33:11).

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On this episode of the MMA Hour, Luke Thomas speaks to double UFC champ Daniel Cormier about his upcoming title defense against Derrick Lewis at UFC 230 (39:00); lightweight contender Dustin Poirier about his cancelled fight with Nate Diaz and the injury that forced him out (1:13:50), Chael Sonnen about his loss to Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator 208 and what's next, Michael Chiesa about his move to welterweight and his fight with Carlos Condit at UFC 232 (18:30). Luke also breaks down some of the action over the weekend at Bellator 208 and PFL 9 on the Monday Morning Analyst (1:23:55), and gives his thoughts on Ronda Rousey's recent comments about the UFC 229 melee on The Weigh-in (05:25). We also answer your voicemails on Sound Off (1:48:15) and your tweets on A Round of Tweets (2:08:00).

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On this episode of The MMA Hour, Luke Thomas speaks to Fedor Emelianenko about his upcoming fight with Chael Sonnen at Bellator 208 (45:25); Duke Roufus about his decision to stop Anthony Pettis' fight with Tony Ferguson in the co-main event of UFC 229 (1:22:20); Ryan Bader about his Bellator heavyweight Grand Prix fight with Matt Mitrione plus his opinion on all the chaos that went down at UFC 229 (1:06:00). Luke also shares his thoughts on the UFC 229 brawl between Numagomedov and McGregor's teams on our segment The Weigh-in, and he also breaks down Nurmagomedov's submission win over McGregor on the Monday Morning Analyst. Plus, we discuss all things UFC 229 and more on A Round of Tweets and Sound Off.

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On this episode of The MMA Hour, Luke Thomas speaks to Bellator middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi about his win over Rory MacDonald at Bellator 206 (; Michael McDonald about his retirement from MMA; Alberto Del Rio & Campbell Mclaren about the latest with Combate Americas and Del Rio's return to MMA competition. We also bring you The Weigh-in, the Monday Morning Analyst, A Round of Tweets, and Sound Off where we take your calls on the latest news in MMA.

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On this episode of The MMA Hour, Luke Thomas speaks to former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks about his retirement from MMA as well as his foray into bareknuckle boxing; Bas Rutten about recent MMA headlines plus his work with the PFL and upcoming Karate Combat event in NYC; journalist Karim Zidan who will help unpack the statements and accusations made at the UFC 229 presser by Conor McGregor against Khabib Nurmagomedov, Additionally we also answer your questions on the Sound Off, and Luke gives his thoughts about Jon Jones' USADA suspension on The Weigh-in.

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On this episode of The MMA Hour, Luke Thomas speaks to ADCC bronze medalist and TUF winner Ryan Hall about his upcoming bout with B.J. Penn at UFC 232 (21:30); Dan Hardy who joins us to recap UFC Moscow and look ahead to UFC 229 in our Monday Morning Analyst segment (44:50). Additionally Luke also shares his thoughts on Herb Dean's controversial UFC Moscow stoppage in The Weigh-in (6:35), and we answers your questions on the lattest news in MMA in A Round of Tweets (1:05:45) and Sound Off (1:21:10).

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On this episode of The MMA Hour, we speak to Din Thomas about coaching and cornering Tyron Woodley for his successful title defense against Darren Till at UFC 228 (39:02); Nicco Montaño about her withdrawal from UFC 228, being stripping of the women's UFC flyweight title, her health and failed weight cut (1:01:24); Valentina Shevchenko about Montaño's withdrawal from UFC 228, where she goes next, when she’ll be fighting for a UFC title next, and more (1:38:00). We also speak to jiu-jitsu wizard Eddie Bravo in our Monday Morning Analyst segment about some of the submissions at UFC 228, plus his Quintet submission grappling venture on Fight Pass (1:21:46). Additionally, we have The Weigh-in (5:55) , Sound Off (17:50) and A Round of Tweets (2:00:52).

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