UFC Cuts Heavyweight Jailton Almeida | Nate Diaz Comeback? | Dana Promises Record White House Event
Morning Kombat
Black Effect x All The Smoke Productions
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🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 119 minutes
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Summary
Luke Thomas is joined by Oscar Willis on a Friday edition of Morning Kombat.
Former UFC heavyweight Jailton Almeida was released from the organization. Almeida recently lost against Rizvan Kuniev, which had to have played a role in his dismissal given how boring the fight was. Almeida was ranked 8th at the time of his release. Is a fighter like this - highly-ranked but lopsided in skills and often boring - being cut good or bad for a division in need?
Nate Diaz put out a recent social media message that seemed to indicate perhaps an imminent return to the Octagon. What is the appetite from fans for a Diaz return?
And Dana White recently told BC that the UFC White House event will be the organization's most-watched card ever.
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| 0:35.7 | It's time for Morning Combat here on this 13th day of |
| 0:38.8 | february 26 my name is luke thomas i'm merely one half of your host and duo i join you for the |
| 0:44.2 | capital of the status news right here in washington dc this time with my friend who i'm not sure how |
| 0:50.0 | well slept he is and i don't know if he has any STDs but he's here it's oscar will what's up Oscar how are you bud I'm good the second half of that question I don't want to answer the first half of that question you know there's been a little bit of sleep you know 45 minutes is enough for a mid 30s guy right you know let's talk to you since the last time we saw you went you've been where where have you been the last like weeks? So I went to Sydney and then from Sydney I went to Auckland and I got back to Vegas two days ago. |
| 1:16.7 | But you also went to London for that for the funeral. |
| 1:20.1 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 1:20.5 | So I flew to London for a day, which was great. |
| 1:24.9 | Wild funeral. |
| 1:25.7 | The priest showed up halfway through drunk, which was something I've never seen before |
| 1:29.1 | in my life and then I flew back to Vegas did the card with uh gachi and paddy and then flew |
| 1:36.1 | straight like left the arena had a few hours of sleep left straight to Sydney then to Auckland |
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