This is our life. 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.

Oh, yeah, get fired up. It is a hump day. It is MK. No Luke Thomas, but we are still here to bang. You're looking at me, the BBC, the beige guy, Brian Campbell across from me on this Wednesday, August 15th, 2022 in a loaded Morning Combat.

How about a word-nominated Canadian journalist? His aim is true. He's MMA's answer to Elvis Costello. It's Abron himself, Aaron Bronstetter, AB. Always a pleasure, my friend.

Well, thank you for having me. Before people email in to correct you, it's actually the 17th of August. So I'm just going to clear that up right now so that you can save yourself from an email on Friday.

In early dead wrong, August 17th, I mean, do dates, days really matter right now? Okay, Luke somewhere with the family enjoying himself, but we're not worried about that guy at the moment.

Great to have you, AB. Great to be here in this award-winning podcast. We'll have Rafe Bartholomew, my old friend in the box on the second half of the show. It's a loaded week, AB. What a time to be alive, my friend. How is everything in the 51st state up there, Canada?

You mean the 10th island as Max Holloway calls it? Yeah, everything's great. And you're right. This is a loaded week. Last week was a loaded week with the trifecta, the Holy Trinity, PFL, Bellator, and the UFC. And now we've got this week, you got the Anthony Joshua fight.

You got another PFL with Kayla Harrison and Louisa Perico, look to solidify their spots in the finals against one another's biggest fight that can happen in the PFL right now in my opinion. And of course, UFC 278, we're loaded. Let's go.

Yeah, I mean, are we going to forget BKFC MVP versus Mike Perry? Yeah, we got MVP versus Mike Perry as well. That's, that's a fun one.

Show that you're boxing. I mean, come on. Let's put some respect and all the people that pay us. Hey, how about this shirt? Maybe the biggest day in combat sports history. Remember this, the WWE crown jewel. Okay. You know this guy right here. Hey, Bronn. Yeah, Tyson Fury. I've heard of him.

Yeah, deep and pro wrestler against Braun Strowman. Freakane. There he is right there. All right. What a time. Yeah, WWE love taking that. That's like the combat sports event of events. They just needed that Mayweather versus Big Show on that card. Yeah, indeed, indeed. A lot of a lot of bullshit going on that night.

A lot of bullshit going on today, but it'll be important stuff as a B mentioned. We're going to set the stage for UFC 278 PFL's back. Big news with Shane Burgos.

The box side of things new main event for Showtime. And don't forget about us like Joshua to this weekend. Going to be good times and great oldies. So please support what we do like. Subscribe. You can find the social channels below for one Aaron Braun Stetter. I'm sure they'll appear eventually right about now. There it is.

A B. Do you like? I mean, look, Adrian Broner, the problem kind of has that A B nickname on lockdown. Do you like this new wave of calling you A brown? It's very Canadian.

Yeah, I'll take it any nickname. I've gotten low brown. I've gotten a brown. The nicknames will continue to roll. Okay. Okay. Great. Great. Indeed. Showtime. The label that pays us. The label that puts on great Bellator events. Showtime championship boxing. Fantastic documentaries. I mean, that Bill Cosby thing with Kamala Bell. It's fantastic. You can get 33 free days today by going to Showtime.com. Tell them BC sent you. You're going to like the way that this streaming service looks on you. I guarantee it. And you know, pound sand on the end if you don't, but that's your

take. Hey, A. Braun, did they ever outfit you in merch? We're trying to talk to our closest friends here. You know, the truck mending halls, the

reshot Evans is of the world. Do you own any MK merch? They said the shipping to Canada was too much. They wouldn't send me any. No, we have

international flat rate shipping now. We will get you outfitted. But the fans know they can go to morning combat.store. And

today is a big day for our merch house. Not only can you get fantastic mugs like this, but the MK bomber jacket that

you may have seen on Luke and BC back in the day. I'm a stream. It is now available for all morning

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today. But more importantly, arguably before we get into the show today, it's podcast awards

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