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MORNING KOMBAT WITH LUKE THOMAS AND BRIAN CAMPBELL

McGregor's Excuses | Jermell Charlo vs. Brian Castano | UFC Fight Night | Bellator 262

MORNING KOMBAT WITH LUKE THOMAS AND BRIAN CAMPBELL

Black Effect x All The Smoke Productions

Sports News, Sports, News

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2021

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 180 of Morning Kombat Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell preview a big weekend in combat sports. Jermell Charlo looks to unify the junior middleweight titles vs. Brian Castano. What can we expect in this matchup? Conor McGregor came out and said he entered the trilogy with stress fractures in his leg... Is this just another one of Conor's excuses? UFC Fight Night is Saturday with an exciting lightweight matchup between Islam Makhachev and Thiago Moises. Miesha Tate also is coming out of retirement to face Marion Reneau. Luke Rockhold also spoke about his lack of opponents for his comeback... Who would make sense here? The guys preview the Bellator 262 card. Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder has been rescheduled for October 9th. What was the reason for this? 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/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Beverly, Beverly Dogs. Look at us now. Tip it to tip. This is our life. This is our passion.

0:12.0

That's the spirit we bring to this show. I'm Luke Thomas. I'm Brian Campbell. This is Morning Combat.

0:18.0

Oh, yeah. TikTok. You don't stop. This is Morning Combat. And we want to sex you up.

0:31.0

My name is Brian Campbell. The BDC with the BDE or some combination of letters there.

0:37.0

CBS Sports Showtime. The labels I used to pay me until they heard that intro.

0:41.0

It is Friday, July 16, 2021. And I know why you're here because of my co-host.

0:47.0

He's bearded. He's a Burleigh. His name is Luke Thomas.

0:54.0

And he might be a bitch. Some days anyway. Some days. What's up, BC? Hey, do a man.

0:59.0

Yo, it's Friday. Our listeners ain't got shit to do. So why don't they hang out with us?

1:04.0

It's the Orange background. No, Jay Friday. The show that sets the stage for the weekend, Luke.

1:09.0

And you better believe that we'll have big time. Full previews coming your way of Jermel Charlow's return on Showtime.

1:16.0

Championship boxing for all four world titles. A very sneaky good UFC fight night card this weekend.

1:22.0

Also Bellator back tonight on Showtime. So a lot to get into there.

1:26.0

But Luke, I'm doing fantastic. I'm still recovering from a week in Vegas.

1:30.0

Like it's no, it's not a, it's a thing, Luke. It's a, it's a damn thing, bro.

1:35.0

People who, I mean, we can't cry about our jobs, but I got to tell you to be as the physical condition that you and I are in,

1:43.0

which is on death's door. Let's just be honest about that.

1:46.0

To then have to fly across the country and work in 117 degree weather and then fly back.

1:52.0

You know, and then get dengue fever along the way. It's not that easy, bro.

1:56.0

It's hard. You know, just to recover mentally and physically from the excesses that that city produces.

2:01.0

Look, even when you're, even when you're, you're doing good and you're not, you know, doing the bad stuff,

2:05.0

there's still a lot of bad stuff knocking out your door there. Okay.

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