Yan Dethrones Merab at UFC 323 | Van Becomes Champ After Injury | Talbott-Cejudo | PBC Weekend Recap

MORNING KOMBAT WITH LUKE THOMAS AND BRIAN CAMPBELL

Black Effect x All The Smoke Productions

News, Sports, Sports News

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 138 minutes

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Summary

It was an action-packed weekend in combat sports, and BC and LT are with you to go over it all.

Starting with the main event at UFC 323, where Petr Yan managed to become a two-time UFC bantamweight champion in something of a route of Merab Dvalishvili. Just how special is this victory and what makes it such a noteworthy achievement?

In Saturday's co-main event, Joshua Van became the new UFC flyweight champion, but in a very unusual way as Alexandre Pantoja injured his elbow/shoulder just 30 seconds into the bout. What, if anything, is there to glean from the situation?

There's more to go over from UFC 323, plus, the guys discuss the draw between Lamont Roach and Isaac Cruz.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed human.
0:09.5	Revely, Revely.
0:12.0	Look at us now, tip to tip.
0:17.0	Oh, Jesus.
0:19.1	Oh, ha, ha, ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
0:23.6	Do you want a margarita?
0:27.1	Yes!
0:29.6	My God!
0:31.5	Us doing what we love.
0:33.4	It's time to bang.
0:41.8	Oh, yeah, let's do this thing.
0:44.6	A lot to recap from the weekend that was.
0:47.6	Welcome on.
0:48.1	And this is morning combat Monday, December 8th, 2025, fresh off.
0:53.4	The final pay-per-view of the ESPN UFC era, a changing of the guard atop the two lowest men's weight classes, and yet another draw for Lamont Roach Jr. on the PBC side.
1:06.6	Brian Campbell, your host today on the right side of the screen, representing Connecticut and the Kweckwa.
1:13.9	Okay.
1:14.5	You know what I'm saying right there?
1:15.7	Because I'm barely pronouncing it.
1:17.3	On the other side of me, D.C.'s finest Luke Thomas.
1:21.8	Yes.
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