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October 15, 2026 12x its usual first day Luke Thomas and Chuck react to another UFC vetera… The video opened at a pace of 41,150 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (3,466). Read the story

Video taking off 12x its usual first day

"Very few graceful second lives": Morning Kombat on UFC retirement

Luke Thomas and Chuck Mindenhall look beyond results and rankings to the support fighters need when their careers end.

Channel: Morning Kombat · Story of October 15, 2026

This week on the channel +200K views this week

Strickland's pay dispute gets the long and short Morning Kombat treatment

Luke Thomas and Jed Meshew pair the contract discussion with an Allen-Duncan preview and Jake Paul's wish list.

Channel: Morning Kombat · Story of October 12, 2026

The video drawing the most views now

UFC 333: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Movsar Evloev Fight Breakdown & Predictions

Video published

October 23, 2026

Video views so far

10,330

Video views, pace per day

15,612

Views in its first 11 hours

10,330

Position on Trari and in the category

The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.

The channel's share of the category

0.1% of all views the category's channels gained this week

Subscriber growth this week

0.0% on this channel, 0.1% on the category's middle channel

The channel's latest videos

The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.

Video	Uploaded	Length	Views	Per day	First day	Likes	Comments
Is this epic trilogy fight the real crown jewel of UFC 333?…	October 23, 2026	1:51 short	1,960	3,084	1,960 (10 hours)	35	5
UFC 333: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Movsar Evloev Fight Brea…	October 23, 2026	29:52	10,330	15,612	10,330 (11 hours)	148	36
“I think this fight ends up like a poor man’s version of Vo…	October 22, 2026	1:57 short	3,202	1,561	2,861	33	5
Islam Makhachev vs. Carlos Prates Rumored to Headline UFC 3…	October 22, 2026	8:29	5,814	1,870	4,960	44	8
Where do you rank Volk all time if he gets it done at UFC 3…	October 21, 2026	1:26 short	5,951	668	4,310	106	13
UFC 333 Pregame Preview: Volkanovski vs Evloev | Morning Ko…	October 21, 2026	-	48,262	7,203	34,837	1,212	227
LT and Chuck discuss whether they could see Volk retiring a…	October 21, 2026	1:09 short	3,823	126	3,113	47	4
Is Prates the right contender to get the next shot at Islam?	October 20, 2026	1:30 short	1,789	80	1,346	35	6
Should JDM be the next matchup for Mike Malott after UFC Ed…	October 20, 2026	1:54 short	1,694	29	1,317	33	2
Joaquin Buckley Needs to Learn How to Jab	October 19, 2026	15:07	16,345	367	8,500	120	22
UFC Edmonton Results: Malott KOs Buckley | Islam Makhachev-…	October 19, 2026	1:51:44	39,078	399	32,077	863	115
Luke Thomas and Mike Heck react to the UFC recently releasi…	October 17, 2026	1:58 short	17,590	400	9,550	207	34
Mike Heck laid out his thoughts on the current Strickland d…	October 16, 2026	1:58 short	8,987	88	6,381	136	28
UFC Edmonton: Buckley vs Malott Preview | UFC Releases Fari…	October 16, 2026	2:01:14	38,699	127	29,534	895	134
Luke Thomas and Chuck react to another UFC veteran making h…	October 14, 2026	1:55 short	100,952	60	49,787	1,152	282

Audience engagement

likes per 1,000 views

16.6 in the category: 17.8

comments per 1,000 views

3.0 in the category: 0.9

a video's usual first day on this channel

9,090 views

short vs long

9 short (up to 3 minutes), 5 long
average views per short video: 16,216
average views per long video: 22,053

What happened on the channel in the last 30 days

The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.

1. October 15, 2026Video taking offLuke Thomas and Chuck react to another UFC vetera… The video opened at a pace of 41,150 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (3,466).Read the story
2. October 12, 2026Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 110,731 views a day, 4.7 times a normal day (23,555).
3. October 10, 2026Video taking offSean Strickland's UFC Pay Crashout The video opened at a pace of 55,997 views a day, 6.2 times a normal first day on this channel (9,090).
4. October 10, 2026Video taking offUFC Vegas 122: Allen vs Duncan Preview | Sean Str… The video opened at a pace of 36,677 views a day, 4 times a normal first day on this channel (9,090).
5. October 5, 2026Video taking offUFC 332 RECAP | Silva defats Wang for UFC Women's… The video opened at a pace of 42,375 views a day, 4.7 times a normal first day on this channel (9,090).