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Combat sports analyst for @CBSSports . One half of @MorningKombat . I’m an ape in the cage getting more amazing with age.

Washington, DC
Joined May 2009
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This is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen a sports podcast do.
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6 years
This is the 6th test this year for her. For context, the last 3 Grand Slam winners and Sharapova - who previously served out a (dubious) doping suspension - COMBINED have been tested 0 times in the same time frame.
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Serena Williams is claiming discrimination after being called to submit another "random" drug test. Does she have a case?
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10 months
This is both profoundly inspiring and profoundly sad.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
2 years
Not sure I’ve seen that before (NSFW)
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
1 year
Watch Israel Adesanya keep his eyes open and on target as he expertly times the right hand that lead to the KO of Alex Pereira. #UFC287
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2 years
Khamzat Chimaev vs. Colby Covington, yes?
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
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That's easily one of the most legendary finishes in UFC history. 4:59 of round 5. BMF title. UFC 300. Up a weight class. Max Holloway is an all-time great.
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2 years
I’ve seen a lot of MMA, but I’d never seen this before.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
1 year
Jon Jones took 3 years off, changed weight classes and blew the doors off of THE top contender in a way that made it look comically easy. If he's not your GOAT, your list needs updating.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
2 years
If you missed prime Cain Velasquez, you missed a lot.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
3 years
When MMA Twitter tries to play the games they get away with on MMA Twitter in real life.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
1 year
These two ladies making fun of grindset podcasts is hilarious:
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
5 years
Let's be completely clear about this. The only fight - and I mean the ONLY fight - to make at lightweight NEXT... Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson. There is no alternative.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
4 years
Khabib is 29-0 and was never knocked down or cut in a professional MMA contest. You literally can't say that about any other UFC champion ever.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
5 months
Craig Jones has the best take on Colby Covington and the U.S. I’ve heard thus far.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
7 months
Genuinely might be the most famous active athlete to ever attend an MMA fight.
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PFL Europe
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🤩⚽️ @KMbappe in the building for #PFLParis !
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1 year
I didn’t realize woke meant sharing more than 20% of revenue with fighters.
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Fox News
1 year
PUNCHING BACK: UFC founder blasts "woke" culture — why his company refuses to follow other brands.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
4 years
Ran into @joerogan today. Podcast out tomorrow.
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25 days
After the third loss to Alexander Volkanovski, we didn't know where Max Holloway's career was going. Now Max is the BMF champ after starching Justin Gaethje and Volk is coming off back to back KO losses. This sport moves SO FAST.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
9 months
Can’t get over this clip of Crawford. He’s dropped Spence twice here (Spence had never been down before in his career). While the ref is tending to him, Crawford turns to the undisputed champ *at the next weight class up* & says “you’re next”. Animal.
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25 days
I've been covering MMA for nearly 20 years and Max Holloway's KO of Justin Gaethje tonight at UFC 300 right away ranks as one of my all-time top moments. Here's me and @othellobt reacting in real time to the unbelievable scenes:
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
5 years
Dustin Poirier tells me immediately after the fight, Max Holloway signed and gave him the gloves he wore at #UFC236 to help with Poirier's Good Fight charity. He did this of his own volition because he wanted to help out. Amazing.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
1 year
That’s not the Dominick Reyes fight.
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SickydoesMMA
1 year
Jon Jones' only loss on record...
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
5 years
Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov. Justin Gaethje vs. Conor McGregor. These are the only two fights are lightweight that matter now and matter ever.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
7 months
Whatever you think of the fight, this Fury-Ngannou hype video is cinematically cool:
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
2 years
No one has ever done that to Tony Ferguson. Ever.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
2 years
Nothing accidental about it.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
2 years
Apparently Ciryl Gane participated in some sort of celebrity soccer match and for a heavyweight, he can dribble pretty nimbly.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
4 years
No, @joerogan was absolutely correct.
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Stephen A Smith
4 years
You're wrong on this one, @joerogan .
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4 years
That is a world-class referee.
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Beyond Kickboxing
4 years
So Sovarathana with the hellbow knockout against Neymar at todays Muay Hardcore.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
2 years
Nate Diaz and Tony Ferguson facing off.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
8 months
LMAO. Two anti-gay slurs in one broadcast. This is MMA!
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
25 days
. @OvinVithanage hit me with this stat: Max Holloway is the ONLY fighter in UFC history to score 100 or more significant strikes in 16 different fights. War horse.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
1 year
Except on days where Ngannou makes news!
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Shaheen Al-Shatti
1 year
Dana White announces Dustin Poirier vs. Justin Gaethje 2 for the now vacant BMF title on July 29. UFC 291 at Salt Lake City.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
11 months
Here’s a famous person who likes BJJ and combat sports you can rally behind instead of bozo tech oligarchs who have enriched themselves helping to further break the world.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
2 months
Jack Della Maddalena calls for a fight with Shavkat Rakhmonov and all I can say is holy fucking shit please make that fight.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
8 months
One of my favorite “f*ck around, find out” combat sports moments is when Ricardo Mayorga called down the thunder from Oscar De La Hoya and discovered the hard way that was the wrong move.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
4 years
Max Kellerman said on the #WilderFury2 broadcast no matter who wins here, the baddest man on the planet is whoever the UFC champion is because that's a closer approximation of a real fight. But by all means, let's keep serving up Stephen A. Smith's vapid takes on UFC shows.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
6 months
Becoming a two-weight world champ in two combat sports is some all time gangster shit.
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1 year
This Bellator vs. Rizin poster is legit.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
3 years
Hard to explain to modern MMA fans what a unique force BJ Penn was.
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Jack Slack
3 years
Vulgar display of leg dexterity
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
10 months
A lot less Hasbullah and Liver King on the timeline these days.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
2 years
Jingliang is the only fighter of the 6 who rearranged their fights last minute who had to take an opponent who was heavier than him. He's worked consistently this entire fight...and it's this effort that's getting his fight booed. You gotta be kidding me.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
8 months
I imagine this will upset some MMA bitter enders, but Mighty Mouse is very much correct.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
4 years
Imagine being the motherfucker who watches this fight and thinks fighters make enough money.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
6 months
Francis Ngannou should’ve been the face of MMA a long time ago.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
8 months
The best part about that win for Sean Strickland is that he did it for 25 minutes. He did it standing. No fluke. No bad ref stoppage. No screwed up judging. Fair and square. That's just the fact.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
6 months
Is Francis Ngannou about to become a boxing sensation? Win or lose, who doesn't want to see Deontay Wilder fight Ngannou?
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1 year
Everything about this is a sick joke.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
11 months
The crazy part is this fight could be made tomorrow. There’s nothing legally preventing UFC and PFL from working together. There isn’t even a network discrepancy. UFC doesn’t co-promote and has conditioned everyone to accept this as normal and fine, but it’s just a choice.
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Dan Canobbio
11 months
MMA fans are the ones getting teased now. How the tables have turned!
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10 months
Izzy calls DDP the n word multiple times.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
2 years
So, how good is Khamzat Chimaev? Not invincible, but he's a title contender. And if he can keep progressing, there is simply no doubt he will be champion.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
3 years
Canelo Alvarez. King of 168 and maybe the sport of boxing. #CaneloPlant
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1 year
The judges had the least amount of work in ages tonight and still managed to wildly fuck it up. Impressive. #UFC282
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
6 months
Donald Trump makes his way to his seat at UFC 295. Strangely, graphics team forgot to include he's facing 91 felony counts in four criminal cases. Must've been an oversight!
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3 years
Dan Hardy has always been a good commentator, but man, he is on another level today. Studied, insightful, engaged and able to get out of a lot of info in a minimal amount of words. Dude is EXCELLENT.
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4 years
🚨🚨ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm headed to @CBSSports full time and that means big changes are coming.🚨🚨
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2 years
16 fights. 16 wins. 16 finishes. Shavkat Rakhmonov is the truth.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
3 years
Greg Hardy doesn’t have a win over anyone on the current UFC roster.
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3 years
I'll give him that.
@grosenstein
Greg Rosenstein
3 years
Dare I say it: Logan Paul can take a punch. #MayweatherPaul
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6 years
Injuries are a part of the game and happen to basically every fighter...except the Diaz brothers, who have never withdrawn from a bout due to injury in their professional careers.
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3 years
This sounds insane, but it’s true. Since they fought each other, their MMA records are: Jose Aldo 5-5 Conor McGregor 3-4 Wild.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
6 years
I don't speak for all vets, but as a veteran, the problem isn't kneeling during NFL games. It's that many Americans have a sense of patriotism that is no more than going through motions of empty public rituals. My patriotism means serving, voting, and donating. Protesting, too.
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7 months
Abu Dhabi is, the broadcast tells us, the safest city in the world. You can also be thrown in jail for criticizing the government on Twitter, though.
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3 years
You have to respect what Deontay Wilder gave here tonight. Can anyone honestly say he could've given more? He gave *EVERYTHING* he had. No stone was left unturned. Fury had to earn this in a way he never did in the previous 2 meetings.
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4 years
No idea when in 2016 Chadwick Boseman was diagnosed with cancer or if/when before that he suffered symptoms, but look at what he was able to do from that time period until today. Prolific by any standard. Shocking considering his illness. What a fighter.
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40 seconds is the fastest anyone has ever beaten Donald Cerrone. According to FightMetric, Cerrone landed 0 strikes. So, just to recap, McGregor beat Cerrone (granted, 36 years old) faster than anyone without taking a single strike in the process. Not too shabby.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
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Max Holloway says he’d prefer Conor McGregor next, but that Ilia Topuria is likely his opponent. Would be happy with either of those fights.
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Rob DeMello
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#Hawaii 's Max Holloway returns home as BMF champ • Reacts to 'timeless moment', representing the islands, and what's next for Blessed 🤙🏽 @BlessedMMA @ufc #UFCHawaii #HawaiiMMA #BMF 📝 @c_shimabuku #KHON2Sports
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5 months
Presenting Covington losing a decision due to political bias among judges as a real story is genuinely fake news.
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bjpenndotcom
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Colby Covington’s recent appearance on FOX News 😅 #UFC296 #MMA
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5 years
No one in the UFC - and I mean NO ONE - has been more underrated to the casual audience than Jorge Masvidal. Hopefully this is the first step in righting that wrong.
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4 years
Not a great idea unless the goal is to get humped again.
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TMZ Sports
4 years
UFC's Paulo Costa Demands Immediate Adesanya Rematch After Humping Incident
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4 years
Sublime.
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1 year
Watch Caleb Plant try to find a home for the left hook to the head after going left hook to the body first. Can't get it as he's being intercepted by Dirrell's left hook. He eventually lands it after waiting on Dirrell's left hook before changing levels back up.
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That’s precisely how it works. The titles are supposed to be unified. Tom Aspinall is the top contender/interim champion. The rest of this is flowery language about his own career that has zero bearing or even relevance on what fights should be made.
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6 months
Reminder that Jon Jones is injured and still expected to fight Stipe Miocic, but there isn’t a single promotional, legal or contractual hurdle preventing the UFC from booking Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou. It’s simply a choice that they don’t want it. No more, no less.
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1 year
Just a fighter casually threatening a commentator during an interview. Very normal sport.
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GOATmero 🐐
1 year
Colby SOUNDS OFF on Jon Anik lmao ( @MMAFighting )
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2 years
Islam Makhachev EASILY beats Charles Oliveira, submitting him with a head and arm triangle in the second round. #UFC280
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
3 years
Jiri Prochazka is kinda like a 205 Justin Gaethje.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
2 months
Good lord. Look at how smooth Hafthor Bjornsson (The Mountain from Game of Thrones) pulls 1,006lbs. Zero hitching.
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11 months
Sergio Ramos has 59 million followers on Instagram for Americans wondering how popular he is. For context, NFL star Patrick Mahomes has less than 10% of that on the same platform. Anyway, this is a sign Topuria is about to tap into something big in Spain with a win.
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Danny Segura
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Spanish football stars Sergio Ramos and Ferran Torres will be in attendance on Saturday at #UFCJacksonville in support of Ilia Topuria.
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Chael Sonnen wins: Rampage Wanderlei Shogun Bisping Brian Stann Nate Marquardt Yushin Okami Dan Miller Paulo Filho Amar Suloev Trevor Prangley Renato Sobral Mayhem Miller There's a fair share of losses, too, but this ain't a bad resume no matter how you want to frame it.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
2 years
Two of the best strongmen of all time - largely beefing over a deadlift record - are to box one another in March in Dubai. Should be awful/awesome.
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5 months
That's legit one of the most devastating KOs in UFC history.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
2 years
This graphic of every UFC champ's reign in order all matched by timeline by division is pretty remarkable:
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
2 years
Michael Bisping is doing a great job tonight.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
3 months
Could’ve been done behind closed doors?
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Oscar Willis
3 months
Henry Cejudo removes Coach Eric Albarracin on the latest episode of UFC Countdown:
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4 years
Kamaru Usman stops Colby Covington in the fifth round. Over time, his power made a difference. Over time, his relentlessness and pressure did, too. Covington deserves credit for making it a scrap, but Usman is the best 170er on the planet. Zero question.
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3 years
Hell of a fake.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
1 year
This is the guy who fought in the UFC about 20 years ago. Expresses relief his son isn’t gay after hearing he murdered gay people. A real piece of work.
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No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen
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The Colorado shooter’s dad on finding out his son murdered people: “They started telling me about the incident, a shooting... And then I go on to find out it’s a gay bar. I got scared, ‘Shit, is he gay?’ And he’s not gay, so I said, phew… I am a conservative Republican.” ( @CBS8 )
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This @rayrod747 creation of @PhenomLima wielding Thor's Mjolnir to finish MVP is AMAZING! 📷:
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
1 year
Max Holloway non-title UFC wins: Arnold Allen Yair Rodriguez Calvin Kattar Ricardo Lamas Jeremy Stephens Charles Oliveira Cub Swanson Cole Miller Andre Fili Leonard Garcia Justin Lawrence + more: Holloway holds an interim title win over Anthony Pettis. What a special fighter.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
6 years
"Tyron Woodley is a boring fighter!" Eat shit.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
2 years
Axe kick-right cross-right uppercut-left hook That is all kinds of spectacular.
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Matysek
2 years
what a KO on yesterday's MTGP card
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
3 years
The Pettis brothers have claimed Bellator, WEC and UFC titles. Might make them the most decorated brother duo in MMA history.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
7 months
Genuinely might be the worst pizza I've ever seen.
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Michael Benson
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Tommy Fury celebrating his win vs KSI…
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
11 months
Sad to tell you all we have to say goodbye today to our beloved Lola after 16 years. Just heartbreaking. I’m going to have to move the live chat until tomorrow or Sunday. Apologies on that front, especially after MK’s issues yesterday. Today sucks.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
1 year
What a performance from Israel Adesanya. Down 2-0 in kickboxing, once via vicious KO. Down 1-0 in MMA, via vicious KO. Not only wins the title, but proved what he believed about himself and knew about his abilities was true. He's the champ. AGAIN. What a champion.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
4 years
Hey, my daughter walked for the first time today. That's worth a smile. Quite a moment.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
1 year
Absolutely masterful performance by Leon Edwards. No matter how the judges have it.
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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
4 years
Weight gain. Last-minute trainer change. Tactical difference. Cut from Wallin fight. Fury gave every skeptic every reason to think he'd fall short. He SOARED. All hail the Gypsy King.
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