This is our passion. That's the spirit we bring to this show. I'm Luke Thomas. I'm Brian Campbell. This is morning combat.

I'm Brian Campbell. This is morning combat.

Cinco de Mayo, the 5th of May 2021, and it is time, Diggity Donks, for morning combat. Hi, everyone. My name is Luke Thomas. I'm from CBS Sports, joined by my CBS Sports Brethren.

Brian Campbell, Brian, you can tell it's morning combat, not merely because you and I are on the screen, but because of all the generous morning combat signage.

Maybe it could the Bellator logo be bigger seriously? Well, Luke, we are inside Mohican, Sunrino. We are. Just days out from Bellator 258. So a lot of big business for us this week. Maybe it could maybe an MK would look nice right here.

Could the background be shinier? I wonder. Looks very critical, man, production wise. Also wise, you look like the former Rob Ford of Canada.

Well, I wanted to ask you have you been have you been doing illicit things in the Todd Grisham on our morning combat bonus clip yesterday did ask what why am I looking so pale and read this week? Am I dying?

Here's part of my belief and I could be wrong about this. In fact, the camera guys are going to tell me I'm a fucking idiot, which is definitely true. It looks like the white balances off because you look like Brock Lesnar after beating Shane Carwin in terms of how pink.

You're the color of country time lemonade pink lemonade. Don't tech talk me here. Just could be my personal choices. Luke, and I'm going to have to deal with them at the end of the day.

Man, we got a loaded Wednesday show, which not only is looking at the biggest headlines storylines of the week as we set the stage here for Bellator 258 and beyond. But look, we have for the first time ever.

And in person wheel of death that you can spend you get what you freaking get mother effort. Okay, I'm looking forward to that, not at all, but that will be later in the show. We do have fans submissions as well.

You guys have sent in your artwork. Yeah, we are here in the belly of the beast. This is as you can well, can you, Jake, can you throw it to the wide that one shot you showed us.

They put us in the con course. Can we go back to it? So we're going to go quickly.

Right to the side there as well to be where they will be cooking the hot dogs later. Hopefully, but thanks, thanks for the direct. Well, I'm looking all there. It is a little bit of delay there.

Yeah, so right off to the side is the ladies room and also the big could the background be shiny. I mean, as not an MK logo inside as you made the joke earlier, Luke, you know, if the arena is Manhattan.

And we are right next to the tunnel to the arena. We are very Jersey city in this spot. So maybe that's where we know what's good about this spot.

The fruit flies.

That are flying into my drink. Well, look, they're nice. No shortage of morning combat content this week, including at least most importantly for what's next.

Luke 250 250 PM Eastern time today from this desk on YouTube, you and I will be doing a Bellator 258 interview special that is going to be roll the dice kind of fun.

Wild getting people fired up and set up for the fights. I'm excited. I've seen our guest list. I'm the great Danny Brenner of PR fame. Yes. Well, we were set us up nicely.

We were going to start at three for that and we'll have the names you would imagine that are relevant for a Bellator 250, including but I limited to rumble and one archer letter and a bunch of guys.

We were going to start at three, but we wanted to add Logan Storley. We actually saw him and wanted to add him yesterday.

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