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WEIGHING IN

McCarthy Monday UFC 328 Clarification

WEIGHING IN

John McCarthy & Josh Thomson's MMA Show

Sports

4.6531 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to McCarthy Monday on Weighing In! On this episode, Big John McCarthy and Josh Thomson use Big John’s decades of officiating experience to break down and educate fans on the biggest controversies coming out of UFC 328. The guys discuss the criticism surrounding Khamzat Chimaev and the questions about his weight cut, the debate over whether Sean Strickland deserved the decision, and the controversial stoppage in Joshua Van vs Tatsuro Taira. Big John explains how weigh-ins are regulated, what referees are looking for during stoppages, and how judges are instructed to score fights under the unified rules — giving fans a clearer understanding of why these decisions are made and whether the criticism is justified. If you’ve ever questioned scorecards, referee stoppages, or commission decisions, this is the show for you. 💧 Stay Hydrated with LMNT This offer may be claimed for LMNT customers, ONLY THROUGH OUR LINK! http://drinklmnt.com/WeighingIn https://www.amazon.com/shop/therealpunk?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_aipsfshop_PXSPXPTQ4J26QW4FP4T5 🔥 Join the Weighing In Membership Get exclusive perks including priority fan questions and early access to videos! 💥 $1.99/month 💥 $4.99/month (includes the chance to debate Josh on the show!) 📲 Follow Us Instagram & Twitter: @weighingin @therealpunk @johnmccarthymma

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0:00.0

Well, the big man is back and the big man is happy to see this beautiful face again. Big John McCarthy. Thanks for joining us for McCarthy Monday. It wouldn't really be McCarthy Monday if you weren't here. Or if it wasn't a Monday. If it wasn't a Monday, right? What's happening, dude? Oh, man. How are you doing, buddy? I miss you. I miss you, man. You know, look, it won't be wrong. I watch you all the time now, though.

0:22.8

Do you?

0:23.4

Yeah, I do.

0:24.0

All the time.

0:24.4

You should jump in the buddy i miss you i miss you miss you man you know i look it won't i watch you all the time now though

0:22.6

do you yeah i do all the time you should jump in the comments and tell me how dumb i am you mess in

0:27.7

you idiot i can't what the hell is you thinking i'll be surprised i wouldn't be surprised we'll talk

0:32.5

we'll talk about a little about that tonight great lovely yeah um obviously there were some things that happened over the weekend. Actually, before the weekend even happened. What a great night of fights, though. It was awesome. What did you? Can I ask you what you rated the card? Oh, my God. Overall, man, I'll tell you what. That was that, to me, off of the last two fights and the way thing that that was that was

0:54.4

at least a nine oh really great night of yeah i mean they had some there was some really good

0:59.8

fights in the prelims there's a couple that were yeah and that's that's just life that's matchups

1:04.4

but man the joshua van versus tyrant fight my god carried the card i mean i know you

1:10.2

probably don't say too much but i just

1:11.6

simply put like i look on paper i thought it was nine and a half yeah okay fight night i had an

1:16.7

eight and a half so i'm not far off from you but fight night i had eight and a half there was a couple

1:19.7

fights that i understand why they had to go the way they did because like the wrestling and the

1:24.2

control and like i'm sorry but i'm not i don't give a who it is but if I'm

1:27.6

fighting Joaquin buckley I'm not letting that guy stand his feet for more two seconds hell

1:31.6

no I mean I thought I thought Sean Brady fought just a beautiful fight exactly the way he

1:39.5

should have fought it and looking my whole thing is I don't care if it's a stand-up fight or a ground

1:45.0

fight as long as there's action and damn it Sean Brady throughout that there was action

1:49.7

throughout it he was moving to improve positions he was trying to do damage he was doing

1:54.5

everything that you can ask a fighter to do he was fantastic I thought it was I thought he

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