Live Chat: UFC 217 Preview, Conor McGregor's Next Fight and More

UFC 217: Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre is days away and we're live in New York City to cover it. We'll talk about the fight card plus the other big fights on it like Cody Garbrandt vs. T.J. Dillashaw, Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Rose Namajunas and more. We'll also get into the latest batch of news surrounding Conor McGregor and so much more. This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat with Luke Thomas.
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[@tylerdurden118975]

Luke looks like a homeless Santa Clause.

[@MichaelVeillette]

Luke ''My grandpa's bridge partner'' Thomas

[@marcobucci]

Thanks, Luke. And by the way, 'The View From Nowhere' was excellent.

[@xaxabel]

darren till will be brazils next big star

[@tylerdurden118975]

I agree... as long as he doesn't get popped for steroids like every single Brazilian UFC fighter. But he is English, so that makes him twice as smart and half as likely to throw away his career.

[@dentalfloss7523]

Darren would destroy mike perry

[@iloveshenaegrimes]

Luke "The Talking Hamster" Thomas strikes again. The King of Humble Brags.

[@FreshCoolBreeze]

Luke has aged 20 years since 2010.

[@JamesSmith-cm7sg]

Its called turning grey - it will happen to you dont worry.

[@norbuci]

true :)And he is only 38. (born 1979).

[@marlock6573]

I'm the same age and have no grey hair. I'm starting to go bald though. :^(

[@kcnugfan]

Cocaine is a helluva drug!

[@dusty616l]

its all that aspartame he drinks

[@A_RayChan_Joint]

Is someone doing burn outs outside, or playing GTA? Am I the only one hearing this?

[@LargeKnives]

Ray ink burnouts.

[@LifeVsDeath-zw4fz]

Ray ink Ray ink ya that was tripping me out too. I started looking out my window thinking I was hearing it live for a second. If you look over Lukes left shoulder waaay in the back you'll see a screen playing what looks like a car racing game ad playing on a loop. So your GTA joke was almost dead on

[@larryfisher8332]

This is the problem that I saw in Maia's take down attempts. Maia was shooting from to far out. He does have Judo throws but he didn't use them. It almost appeared that he was afraid of Covington taking him down. Maia has to look at his 5-8 wins in a row. Look at the takedowns in detail. He did shoot in on some, yes.

[@MichaelVeillette]

Luke ''I'm looking for a santa claus gig this winter'' Thomas

[@jarmoheinonen6505]

2:40. The first question. I dont understand why Luke didnt understand that question?! What was there not to understand?

[@AerialPenn]

That last question was a great question. That question answered with another, how do they get from where they are now to 1 million Fight Pass subscribers?

[@drevm7991]

Aerial Penn I don’t see that ever happening really. If the fight library isn’t getting it anywhere near there now, it never will. And there’s only so much other original content you can center around MMA and none of it really attracts new users. WWE has similar issues with their platform even though they make a bunch of original stuff on top of adding ALL past and future PPVs and tv cards, which UFC can’t do. Maybe if they bought/rented some of the major boxing promotions’ libraries, that could add some of the hardcore boxing base but that’s still not enough.

[@brentonshwaub8572]

What is he doing in an airport waiting room.

[@Kampup]

Conor click bait, 30 seconds about conor...

[@pdlivin]

PlantsAsMedicine he name's them when they start the show live, it just depends on what questions people ask

[@dkoli]

30sec too much

[@Kampup]

Me an my buddies asked over 25 questions about conor and not one was read out so it is Click bait.

[@gurneymcbuzzin]

PlantsAsMedicine You obviously don't even know what click bait is.

[@goatissimo]

Luke sooo watches WWE. Always a 'friend' told him in depth detail about it.

[@yukmoutb5885]

What colby did was no different than what the crowd did to him. Its just like if luke did it to the comment section but the comment section does it every new video. Whats the difference ?

[@mc-ku1yr]

Yukmout B their position i guess the fans are entitled but the fighters no. i think connor is a professional in trash talk, covington should not try.

[@paullawarner2400]

much respect to the Brazil fans. That said there fare game.

[@FunkMastaMegaFlex]

Did he just stop dying his hair. He aged from 40 to 80 over night it looks like lol.

[@cullynwashington8045]

The first question was easy to answer...

[@WiqedWhiteGorilla]

That hair, that beard and my God that shirt... is this a cry for help?

[@robsimpson7319]

Wutzido IOthCatchJitsu who cares? Unless you ghey and want to hit that

[@WiqedWhiteGorilla]

rob simpson you don't care about a man in need?

[@fergusjenkins9785]

It's one thing picking a fight with the audience, and not 'coddling' them. But it is another thing to label an entire country of people as filthy animals regardless of whether it improves his marketability as a fighter. Professional fighters should also be held to a higher standard than the fans, if the fans are rude (which I totally Brazil is), it is not a fighters place to recipricate in such a harsh manner.

[@DirtyDStudios]

Luke "I am an expert on Everything" Thomas

[@mc-ku1yr]

Dirty D Brendan"480 upload" schaub

[@dkoli]

If you know the Way broadly you will see it in everything - Miyamoto Musashi

[@Waagghhboy]

Hendricks getting K.O , by the brazilian is going to be great

[@JohnnyBlaze6954]

Idk why this drama with TJ is still a thing. I thought he was a great champion and want him to win this Saturday!

[@morimemento8351]

YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.....A NEW BACKGROUND THAT DOESNT F**K WITH MY TV.....coz the all white one does! Enjoy the show n' a like the new background

[@ralphbohatz5151]

Luke " were talking about references to breast milk " thomas

[@danbryant5734]

What is Luke's rank in BJJ? I've always wondered that LOL

[@sheikhmuizahmed102]

Korean Zombie had a good comeback

[@MtZaba]

Luke "I'm miserable therefore everything sucks" Thomas

[@sirbrad4]

What's with all the car crashes I hear?

[@FearMilk]

@40:05 -> @40:40 im dead hahah what are these comments

[@sirbrad4]

WTF it's Grizzly Adams.

[@XXxCHRISxXX]

Throw Conors name in for more views. Waste of time if your looking for solid information on his next fight!

[@drevm7991]

✞SHOCKnAWE✞ Nobody has solid info on his next fight. This is an MMA discussion/opinion/QnA podcast. Grow up.

[@HotRoute7]

21:14 within the Ruins

[@WILLtTHOMPSON2906]

Wasn't Marcos Maidana's nickname 'El Chino' just because he looks Vietnamese or wherever else in Asia?

[@Sim0n98]

1:15:40 Whose birthday is it Luke?

[@mohmmedkhan1417]

Luke "where the donks at" Thomas

[@J.D_7]

Mohmmed "I'm a donk" Khan (jokes)

[@mmalooper3500]

Idk why i found 25:45 so funny lol reminds me of like a 12 year old. No hate on TJ just funny. Maybe how Luke follows up with the "I can see how a training situation could get heated" Can just picture two 12 year olds throwing down after gym class..

[@kain12343]

Donkin' donuts

[@EPSTomcat11]

Why can't he do this from his hotel room

[@djz2308]

You showered this morning... want a medal or something?

[@djkimvlogger9762]

Clickbait Warning!!

[@calvinsun2867]

Why does Luke have gray hair and a brown beard? Is that natural or is he doing that for Halloween?

[@dusty616l]

lol aging like its a contest

[@christophercollins3632]

Stalking donks, look out!

[@JamesSmith-cm7sg]

Just for Men wouldn't hurt Lukey boy.

[@RobA830]

Da Do he uses just for men touch of gray

[@larrytate1657]

It was better than Mcgregor.

[@LifeVsDeath-zw4fz]

Luke!! Shut up with your"world class wrestler" speech. Guys like Covington didn't compete internationally because they decided to chase a paycheck through MMA instead. Cormier and Romero are over a decade older so when they were at the stage in wrestling competition Colby was there was no real money in MMA yet. So your wrong Colby and Woodley ARE and have beaten"world class wrestlers" regardless if they chased Olympic/world championship gold. Colby won the pack 12 championship back to back at 174 lbs. That conference at that super competitive 174lb.weight is more then enough for that label to hold water

[@dkoli]

Has he competed on the world level? If not hes not world class. Doesnt matter if you THINK hed beat most of the guys on the world level. No evidence no title

[@LifeVsDeath-zw4fz]

dkoli im not debating if they are technically or "officially" world class. My point is if you listen to the question that was asked the point wasn't whether they actually competed world wide but rather the caliber of there wrestling skill set. So the rant about "world class wrestler" was pointless to answer the guys question

[@jasonruiz1984]

beware the DONKS luke beware the donks!

[@tylerdurden118975]

GSP would dominate Tyrone Woodley.. Who is in agreement with that statement?

[@drevm7991]

tylerdurden118975 Depends how he looks this week. He’s been out so long and the division has changed so much that it’s an unknown right now. But prime GSP destroys prime Woodley for sure.

[@Sasquatch10]

After the way Woodley handled Maia i find that VERY hard to imagine.

[@unforgiven8464]

i never liked Brazilian fans,how they act...it's not sportsman like.... just imagine if Silva or Lyoto Machida,Vitor Belfort would have been always cheer'd out of the Arena by the US fans if they were in the USA,they could never be that stars^^

[@thefaceless8796]

UnFor GiVEN I like the respect the japanese fans give

[@drevm7991]

UnFor GiVEN Imagine if the USA actually supported their major talent like Brazil and UK do, maybe we’d have some of those stars more often.

[@dkoli]

Bisping never earned a title shot, then when he got gifted it he was lucky Luke was cocky and then has avoided any real challengers. The idea hes "one of the greatest" is hilarious as you can easily argue hes the worst champ in ufc history, or second worst after Conor.

[@omc5585]

Too negative to me. Prefer Ariel

[@m.a6416]

As Colvy said in his defense "America". Also MMA will never reach global acceptance as a legitimate sport untill these various organizations realize they cant host and name champions from within one stable. There's dozens of MMA companies each with their own rules and regulations and most cant cross fight. Untill an entity is founded that can stabilize the rules across the globe and the sport is opened to everyone, that cant happen.

[@lucaswood7602]

What in gods name are you talking about? First of all many people consider MMA a legitimate sport, it is WAY younger than many of the other popular sports so it's very difficult to argue that it's not at least on it's way. Most promotions that operate primarily in the USA use the unified rules (there are a few differences in the unified rules unfortunately). A few of the promotions in Asia have different rules but that's not totally on the promotion that is on the regulatory bodies of those countries. As far as "hosting champions under one stable" what the hell could you possibly be talking about there? The UFC has had the most world class talent out of any promotion and simply acquire prospects from those "various"promotions as they see fit. Note that those "various" promotions have a fraction of the viewership the UFC does. Now it is arguable that Bellator is acquiring some pretty stellar talent lately and is building some pretty solid divisions. Ultimately the reason why champions from other promotions aren't fighting is because it's way more complicated what banner they will ultimately fight under. Cross promotion is much more difficult to pull off buisness wise, differences in sponsors etc. Almost all the actors in the buisness of MMA want it to be considered legitimate but ultimately it's a buisness and promotions are looking out for the bottom line.

[@m.a6416]

Lucas Wood nope. Its a new thing and these guys setup shop with a monopoly system. Not even the Ali act is enforced since they all operate like a private business centered around the company and not the players. Its like if one basketball team signed 1000 players and pit them against each other then another team followed in that path. Its upside down. Theres no complication in MMA other than each company doesnt want to split the revenue with another, which is how its supposed to be. It would even raise the level of fighters when they can compete with the entire pool of fighters worldwide. Free lesson son

[@lucaswood7602]

Thanks for the lesson when you just partially repeated what I said lol...

[@VictorValcarcel]

tmi bye

[@CHAOSDEATHCULT]

Jon Jones doesn't like you bro GO AWAY