About this episode

Luke Thomas and Chuck Mindenhall discuss the latest in combat sports, including Joe Pyfer's victory over Israel Adesanya and highlights from UFC Seattle and PFL Pittsburgh.

Luke Thomas and Chuck Mindenhall are in the house on a Monday edition of Morning Kombat, going over the latest in combat sports. The fellas start off with Joe Pyfer's win over Israel Aesanya at UFC Seattle. What are the ramifications for both fighters coming out of this bout? Plus, we may have witnessed the best finish in women's MMA history when Alexa Grasso took out Maycee Barber. The fellas discuss what happened between Grasso and Barber and highlight the other big moments from the card, including: Yousri Belgaroui stopping Mansur Abdul-Malik, Michael Chiesa’s retirement fight and Lerryan Douglas dominating in his UFC debut. The guys also break down PFL Pittsburgh, where Johnny Eblen bulldozed Bryan Battle. That and so much more on an MK Monday! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Luke Thomas, Chuck Mindenhall

Topics covered

• UFC Seattle
• Israel Adesanya
• Joe Pyfer
• women's MMA
• Alexa Grasso
• PFL Pittsburgh
• Johnny Eblen

Keywords

• combat sports
• MMA
• UFC
• PFL

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Books & works: Morning Kombat

Places: Pittsburgh

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