MMA Gospel Radio airs episode 44 tonight which features arguably the best cut man in the business, Stitch Duran as well as Bellator fighters Joe Warren and Ryan Thomas. ...

Bellator's welterweight semifinals take place May 20 and the match-ups have been officially announced with Ryan Thomas (13-4) getting a second chance against Ben Askren (4-0). ...

Yesterday I posted the first part of our interview with Ryan Thomas that was on MMA Gospel Radio. Today we finish up the interview with the second half. In this part of the interview he talks about his fight with Ben Askren in Bellator, the ref stoppage, Ben himself and his fight which as of this article took place last night. To listen to the unedited interview and to hear the other four guests we had on the show you can go to www.blogtalkradio.com/mmagospel and download it there, get it for free on iTunes or listen directly from this site at www.fighters.com/mmagospel. ...

Yesterday on MMA Gospel Radio we had a massive three hour show with five amazing guests, one of which was Ryan Thomas (12-4) who just recently lost via one of the worst stoppages in mixed martial arts (MMA) history. He lost to Ben Askren (4-0) via a non verbal submission due to an arm triangle. The referee thought he had gone out when he was not even close to being put to sleep. What follows is MMA Gospel's interview with Ryan, done by Gary Friedman, that aired last night. This is the first installment of that amazing interview. ...

Welterweight "Immortal" Matt Brown (9-7) tapped "Tank Engine" Ryan Thomas (11-3) in an armbar at 0:57 of the second round at UFC 91 in Las Vegas Saturday night.  Brown took the fight on two-weeks notice and reportedly cut 25 pounds to make the 170-poound limit. Thomas forced the action early scoring multiple takedowns and double under hook control.  Brown climbed the cage to stand both times. On the ground, Thomas continued to force the action, keeping a fast pace as Brown had to fight to gain any control on the ground.   Towards the end of the first round, Brown came very close to both a guillotine and a triangle submission. At the start of the second round, Brown stood his ground.  Once the action hit the ground, Brown capitalized on Thomas keeping his arm in the middle of Brown's guard by transitioning to an armbar.  Thomas tried to roll out of it, but was forced to tap. ...

The Ultimate Fighter 7 alum Matt Brown (2-1) will step in for fellow TUF 7 alum Matt Riddle (1-0) against welterweight Ryan Thomas (11-2) at UFC 91 in Las Vegas 15 November, according to the Wrestling Observer. Riddle was forced to pull out due to a knee injury sustained in training. Brown lost a split decision at UFC 88 in September to “Stun Gun” Dong Hyun Kim (7-3). Thomas lost his Octagon debut at UFC 87 in August, submitting to Ben Saunders’s (6-0-2) armbar in the second round. ...

The UFC on Saturday officially added a bout between “Rock” Nathan Quarry (10-2) and Demian Maia (8-0), and Matthew Riddle (1-0) versus Ryan Thomas (9-2) to the UFC 91 card, 15 November in Las Vegas. Quarry stalked Kalib Starnes (8-3) to a unanimous decision victory in April. Maia submitted “Athlete” Jason McDonald (21-10) with a third-round rear naked choke in August. Riddle won his professional debut by unanimous decision over Dante Rivera (10-3) at the TUF 7 finale in June.  He trains at Arizona Combat Sports. Thomas took a fight with “Berserk” Ben Saunders (6-0-2) in August on short notice and lost via second-round armbar.  He attends Eastern Illinois University where he is studying Elementary Education. ...

Fighters.com's Welterweight Champion "Rush" Georges St. Pierre (17-2) defended his title in a five-round unanimous decision over top contender Jon Fitch (17-3) Saturday night in Minneapolis by scores of 50-44 twice and 50-43. The win facilitates an apparent New Year's Eve champion-versus-champion rematch between St. Pierre and Fighters.com's Lightweight Champion B.J. Penn (13-4-1), who was invited into the Octagon after the main event to challenge St. Pierre, saying, "I want to put this fight together." St. Pierre accepted Penn's challenge, proclaiming, "I'm a proud champion." In the co-main event, Brock Lesnar (2-1) dominated a three-round unanimous decision over Fighters.com's eighth-ranked heavyweight “Texas Crazy Horse” Heath Herring (28-14) by scores of 30-26 three times. "I fell off the horse," Lesnar told the 15,082 spectator hometown crowd referring to his Octagon debut loss to former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir (11-3), "but, tonight I got on that stallion and rode it out of town, baby! Wooo!" Fighters.com's seventh-ranked lightweight "KenFlo" Kenny Florian (10-3) won a blow-out unanimous decision over "El Matador" Roger Huerta (20-2-1) by 30-27 on all three judges' score cards in a UFC top contender bout. ...