WEIGHING IN
John McCarthy & Josh Thomson's MMA Show
Tap into the expertise of former MMA world champion Josh "The Punk" Thomson as he brings you PURE MMA.
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Dec 3, 2025 • 1h 18min
UFC 323 Two Title Fights & A Stacked Card? | WEIGHING IN #630
Josh Thomson Previews UFC 323 ahead of Merab vs Yan 2.
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Start 0:00
UFC Paramount Deal 1:00
White House Card 6:00
UFC 323 Merab vs Yan 17:00
BW GOAT 28:00
UFC 323 Pantoja vs Van 35:00
UFC 323 Card Preview 42:00
ESPN ERA Retrospective 56:00
Ronda Rousey/Katie Taylor 1:06:00
Aspinall Drama 1:13:00
Dec 1, 2025 • 2h 17min
Does the UFC Hate Arman Tsarukyan? UFC 324 + 325 Announcements! | WEIGHING IN #629
UFC shelves wrestlers entering the CBS/Paramount TV Deal.
Dec 1, 2025 • 54min
Din Thomas on Chimaev as Champ, Ilia Ducking Arman & Jon Jones Drama
Josh Thomson sits down with former UFC fighter Din Thomas and they talk about Din's comments on Chimaev becoming a champion and how that’s a nightmare for the UFC, Jon Jones retirement fake out, Ilia ducking Arman, Welterweights, Middleweights, and the UFC Paramount deal.
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Nov 29, 2025 • 48min
MMA Junkie’s Mike Bohn on Media Chaos, Ngannou & Islam’s All-Time Ranking
Josh Thomson interviews Mike Bohn from MMA Junkie and they talk about general MMA media experience during fight week, Francis Ngannou talk and MMA Junkies experience with him, The White House card, the Welterweight division, where do you put Islam on the GOAT list.
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Nov 25, 2025 • 1h 33min
Is Drama Season Ramping Up As Fight Schedule Tapers? | WEIGHING IN #627
MMA Guru/Mighty No More & What's Next for the Qatar Main Card Fighters ?
Nov 23, 2025 • 1h 9min
Tsarukyan Submits Hooker, Ian Garry Wins, & Dana White Blasts Ngannou | WEIGHING IN #626
Josh Thomson reacts to Arman Tsarukyan’s submission win over Dan Hooker tonight, potentially putting himself first in line for Ilia Topuria—if Ilia doesn’t flee 155 for a superfight with Islam. Ian Machado Garry also defeated Belal Muhammad, but Josh isn’t convinced Ian has earned a shot at Islam Makhachev just yet. We also cover Dana White’s explosive comments accusing Francis Ngannou of being a bully and a “bad person.”
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Intro 00:00
Tsarukyan vs Hooker 03:11
Muhammad vs Machado Gary 08:50
Oezdemir vs Menifield 20:54
Hermansson vs Orolbai 22:12
Cortes-Acosta vs Gaziev 26:52
Ulanbekov vs Horiguchi 29:27
Grad vs Riley 31:59
Dalby vs Izagakhmaev 32:18
Perez vs Almabayev 33:09
Almakhan vs Topuria 36:05
Is Ngannou a bad guy? 42:14
Nurmagomedov vs Davis 47:24
Burlington’s Big Break 52ish 52:10
Verhoeven is a free agent 55:13
Silva vs Woodley 59:00
Nov 19, 2025 • 1h 33min
UFC 322 Fallout, Who is Really #1 P4P? Islam vs Ilia Performance | WEIGHING IN #625
Josh Thomson and Alan Jouban talk P4P #1, Islam's performance vs Ilia's, preview UFC Fight Night!
Nov 17, 2025 • 1h 48min
UFC 322 Recap, Makhachev Double Champ, What's Next? | WEIGHING IN #624
UFC 322 Islam Makhachev vs Jack Della Maddalena recap with who the Main Card fighters should fight next?
Nov 12, 2025 • 1h 16min
UFC 322 with Alan Jouban + Talking About Time with Khabib & Islam | WEIGHING IN #623
Josh and Alan Jouban talk UFC 322, Welterweight and Josh talks about his time spent with Khabib and Islam over the weekend.
Nov 11, 2025 • 20min
Khabib Nurmagomedov Talks About His Influence on Islam Makhachev
Khabib Nurmagomedov talks about training and personal life with Islam Makhachev, the White House card, Islam's upcoming fight and more.
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