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. Yeah, put that in your vape and

smoke it, I guess. Yeah, it's Morning Combat guys. It's Friday. It's March 3rd, 2023. 24 hours or so out

from UFC 285 in Las Vegas. The return of John Jones in my name is Brian Campbell to hit the

final touches to get you all kinds of fired up here on this award-winning combat sports show.

And my partner, of course, dressed in all things, MK, dread, aging. He's a great guy, though, okay?

He's arguably the best fight analyst in the game today among male or females who have never

publicly fought. His name is Luke Thomas. Yes, yes, there he is. It's great to see you. Luke,

I'm lost. I'm really lost. Why don't you tell the folks what happened to you?

You know, I did one of those awesome, like, get together with the high school friends last night,

play cards, drink some pints, eat some wings, you know, Bogo, Easy Ed, Corvino, A-Rod, the whole

group. But, you know, my body, Luke, it's no longer a wonderland. It's actually a decrepit,

you know, in terms of, in terms of if we can, if we can compare to a theme park, it's like that

never-land theme park, the Michael Jackson had Luke, but probably without like all the child's

lander and all that, but just like, you know, run down decrepit. So, you know, speaking of MJ,

I had to look at that man in the mirror this morning and I had to ask him to change his ways to

look because I can't do this shit anymore, you know what I mean? Did you dangle some infants off

of a balcony? Yeah, blanket. No, I did not, did not do that. But, you know, I had a couple beers,

I want a couple set back hands, you know, I had a bad forebid that my friends won't let me

over on, but look, you ever hang out with people from your life anymore? I mean, I don't see you

meeting up a big chicken three times a year with the old crew, you know? No, the way my life works,

I just don't have a lot of time candidly. I was, I'm supposed to go to an event with some friends

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