Luke Thomas Live Chat & Podcasts

On today's podcast, we'll discuss Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero, more on the UFC 246 main event between Conor McGregor and Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone, the impending end of the Reebok deal, my most terrifying DC Metro adventure, Kevin Lee vs. Justin Gaethje, favorite combat sports films, Jorge Masvidal wanting a fight with Georges St-Pierre (GSP) and so much more. This is episode 14 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

On today's podcast, we'll talk about whether Khabib Nurmagomedov will fight Conor McGregor if McGregor beats Donald Cerrone, goals for this YouTube channel, UFC President Dana White's justification for passing Justin Gaethje up for a title shot, a potential return of Georges St-Pierre (GSP), Kayla Harrison's push for the PFL, how Henry Cejudo would do at featherweight and much more. This is episode 13 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

On today's podcast, we'll discuss the latest rumors involving Conor McGregor's upcoming UFC 246 bout with Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone, why Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker is that bad, various predictions for the UFC in 2020, why we should condemn Ramzan Kadyrov, what's next for Israel Adesanya, the commentary of Joe Rogan and more. This is episode 12 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

On today's podcast, we'll talk UFC 245 leftovers - what's next for Colby Covington? Kamaru Usman? Jorge Masvidal? - and how it changes the welterweight division, preview UFC Busan: Frankie Edgar vs. Korean Zombie, discuss the latest in Star Wars with the release of The Rise of Skywalker, maybe dabble a bit in impeachment talk, Rory MacDonald to PFL after leaving Bellator and whatever else you want to talk about in the world of mixed martial arts (MMA) and beyond. This is episode 11 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

At UFC 245, Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman battled in the main event where Usman won via fifth-round stoppage. In the co-main event, Max Holloway put his featherweight title up for grabs against Alexander Volkanovski. In a decision victory, Volkanovski defeated Holloway to become the new champion. In the feature fight, Amanda Nunes defended her belt against Germaine de Randamie, although it got difficult in moments. Jose Aldo fought Marlon Moraes to a controversial decision loss, Geoff Neal made short work of Mike Perry, Petr Yan stopped Urijah Faber in the third round and more. I'll go over all these results from the pay-per-view fight card and more. This is my UFC 245 post-fight special.

I'm late posting this, but...UFC on ESPN 7 (UFC DC) is this weekend and UFC 245 is right around the corner. We'll preview both of those events and some of the bigger fights on the cards (Alistair Overeem vs. Jairzinho Rosenstruik, Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington). We'll also delve into some boxing talk with Anthony Joshua rematching Andy Ruiz on DAZN this weekend plus Jermall Charlo facing Dennis Hogan on Showtime. Conor McGregor is returning to the Octagon, Frankie Edgar is facing the Korean Zombie and so much more. We'll dig into all of it. This is episode 9 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

Today we'll discuss Floyd Mayweather apparently unretiring from boxing following a recent public meetup with UFC President Dana White. We'll also look ahead to UFC 245's biggest fights, reflect on Ben Askren's career, explore more USADA issues, circle back to Nick Diaz questions, discuss the latest with Cody Garbrandt or Frankie Edgar or Tony Ferguson and more. This is episode 8 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

Today we'll discuss the UFC's card that takes place in Sao Paulo tomorrow, the latest developments in the life of Nick Diaz and how Jorge Masvidal intersects with them, the ongoing idiotic MMA fighter vs. boxer crossover discussions (Canelo vs. Masvidal, Stipe Miocic vs. Tyson Fury), what to make of developments at SBG Ireland and John Kavanagh, the latest Colin Kaepernick news, why liking Ben Shapiro is the intellectual equivalent of liking Nickelback and so much more. This is episode 7 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

Nate Diaz's future in the UFC is now uncertain after a social media post, Jorge Masvidal success with the BMF title and promotion has rocketed him potentially into a title shot, Israel Adesanya has articulated a need to fight Yoel Romero, UFC Moscow is this weekend, DAZN is showing a boxing fight with YouTube stars KSI and Logan Paul plus we're talking albums of the decade, book recommendations and so much more.

At UFC 244, Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz fought through three rounds before a doctor stopped the contest. Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) pinned the belt on the winner. In the co-main event, Kelvin Gastelum and Darren Till fought to a decision victory for Till. Elsewhere on the fight card, Kevin Lee viciously knocked out Gregor Gillespie, Derrick Lewis scored a split decision victory over Blagoi Ivanov, Stephen Thompson scored a well-earned victory over Vicente Luque, Corey Anderson blew past Johnny Walker in one round and much more.