LUKE THOMAS *LIVE* Haney vs Garcia Fallout, Ronda Rousey, Tsarukyan vs Chandler

Luke Thomas reflects on Ryan Garcia's major upset of Devin Haney, Ronda Rousey's comments about Joe Rogan, Arman Tsarukyan vs Michael Chandler on twitter and much more.
This is episode 201 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.
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Intro 0:00 - 1:33
Dan Hardy Joins 1:33 - 2:39
Yellow Mustard Rant 2:39 - 3:31
Pereira Call Outs 3:31 - 6:58
UFC 304 Start Time 6:58 - 14:25
165 Division 14:25 - 15:33
What's More Likely 15:33 - 17:27
Ryan Garcia Craziness 17:27 - 20:34
Haney vs. Garcia 20:34 - 27:19
Jamahal Hill Quick Turnaround 27:19 - 32:14
UFC 304 Start Time 32:14 - 35:37
165 Division 35:37 - 36:41
UFC PPV Buys 36:41 - 38:50
UFC Co-Promoting 38:50 - 45:29
Jamahal Hill Turnaround 45:29 - 47:34
Fighter Mental Issues 47:34 - 56:02
Kayla Harrison Skipping The Line 56:02 - 56:48
Haney More Power Than Tank 56:48 - 1:04:25
Haney Excessive Clinching 1:04:25 - 1:06:55
Happy Birthday Othello 1:06:55 - 1:08:00
Kings Of Violence 1:08:00 - 1:08:43
Chandler KOing Conor 1:08:43 - 1:09:31
American Safety 1:09:31 - 1:09:51
Fight Night Card 1:09:51 - 1:11:14
Bill Haney vs. Floyd 1:11:14 - 1:12:47
Plans For Conor's Return 1:12:47 - 1:13:12
Surviving Edged Weapons 1:13:12 - 1:13:42
Dream Car 1:13:42 - 1:16:10
Car Question 1:16:10 - 1:16:35
Daniel Kinahan 1:16:35 - 1:17:05
Finding A Good Gym 1:17:05 - 1:19:07
Champ/Champ Fights 1:19:07 - 1:19:17
Students Protesting Gaza 1:19:17 - 1:23:21
Worrying For Fighters 1:23:21 - 1:23:58
X-Men 97 1:23:58 - 1:24:13
LT Burger 1:24:13 - 1:25:19
Schaub's Takes 1:25:19 - 1:25:38
Upcoming Boxing Events 1:25:38 - 1:26:03
Poll Results 1:26:03 - 1:26:18
Boxing Commentating 1:26:18 - 1:26:48
Concern For Fighters 1:26:48 - 1:28:31
Boxing Memories 1:28:31 - 1:29:23
Broke NFL Players 1:29:23 - 1:30:18
Holland 1:30:18 - 1:32:17
Jon Jones Advisement 1:32:17 - 1:32:32
Marvel Movies 1:32:32 - 1:33:22
Devin vs. Bill 1:33:22 - 1:33:32
Basic Training 1:33:32 - 1:35:02
Dying Hair 1:35:02 - 1:35:17
Boost After Rogan 1:35:17 - 1:35:42
Wearing American Flag 1:35:42 - 1:35:37
Aliskerov 1:35:37 - 1:36:22
Shoutout 1:36:22 - 1:36:52
Cars 1:36:52 - 1:38:12
Nargono Karabakh 1:38:12 - 1:38:52
Summer Olympics 1:38:52 - 1:39:22
Punching Power 1:39:22 - 1:40:17
Mallot/Gurbina 1:40:17 - 1:40:27
UFOs 1:40:27 - 1:40:57
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[@federalgodson]

Timestamp guy 😢

[@frankiecal3186]

"Don't hit me. I'll hit me. I'm crazy." - Ryan "Hey Arnold Plan" Garcia

[@f0x845]

Thanks for doing these, Luke

[@joebainbridge3993]

Leon Edwards vs Kamaru Usman 3 started at a regular time for UK viewers. Why not this time? Also we barely get any cards here so how can you blame fans for scrambling to buy tickets?

[@kyle1806]

Who cares people from the UK look and sound like they eat nothing but grey pudding so their opinions are irrelevant

[@theguvnor3880]

It states to me that they aren't concerned about the UK audience.

[@matthewcurrymma6354]

That third Leon vs Kamaru fight probably flopped hard on ppv

[@mushroomlasers7470]

@ 31:24 Look at him slurpin' that sweet fizzy drink down like a toddler on the teet!!

[@YourGFsFavoriteBF]

Hi Luke, If I can, I’d like to request a resume review for Demetrius Johnson.

[@dancz6342]

The Netherlands is beautiful. Travelled the world and its my favourite place. The best people, straight talking but honest, friendly, healthy and alot more free than America likes to think it is.

[@josephcorner4201]

the speed limits on the motorways suck balls though

[@PiceaSitchensis]

Netherlands > US (except for all the massive public lands). The Netherlands actually has a social safety net, they have social democracy, and you don't need to own a car to participate in society unlike the US where towns and cities are designed for cars not people.

[@danielruiz3379]

You said yourself that they already sweeping things from Gaza under the rug, the protesting guarantees the conversation continues specifically in the country that’s funding the war

[@gregmoon4470]

Thanks, Dr. Nick!

[@doccdisrepecc7307]

Starts at 05:20

[@TheBobSagat]

Fucking thank you. Don't understand why the channel doesn't cut the beginning

[@NotUrDJ]

​@@TheBobSagatcause this is the live replay of the Livestream without any editing. If they edit it it'd take a while to upload it.

[@funkspinna]

@@NotUrDJ In future, I can see a feature that will edit out such portions (whether automatically or via tagging it in real-time by the creator),

[@NotUrDJ]

@@funkspinna they could do it with ai even rn but it's just work that doesn't need doing from their pov I guess

[@funkspinna]

@@NotUrDJ Yeah, perfect job for AI.

[@jasper_of_puppets]

Am I crazy? I listened to pretty much the whole live chat and didn't hear anything about Ronda Rousey and her comments about Joe Rogan, despite it being in the title of the vid, the description, and in the hashtags...

[@beenjamminbuttons7771]

a lot of times he makes the title before he starts the livechat, therefor he is anticipating what some of the questions may be

[@Mjhavok]

What did She even say?

[@jasper_of_puppets]

@@Mjhavok I went and looked it up afterwards... I'm paraphrasing, but basiccally Ronda complained that a-holes like Rogan quickly turned on her after she lost. This bee och is so emotionally fragile, i swear to god.

[@jasper_of_puppets]

@@beenjamminbuttons7771 Makes sense, I suppose... but you'd think Luke would at least mention the topic, seeing as he put it in the title. And Rousey's negative comments about Rogan were also about MMA media as a whole, so I feel like Luke would have had something interesting to say about it. Oh well

[@Cliff_Booth-wd3nm]

Funny that, I looked up time stamps and same thing, nothing about Ronda.

[@johndenson3107]

The videos of people getting smoked watching cars doing the 'doughnuts' is pure 🔥 every time!!!😂

[@DC_92]

Luke BEST IN THE GAME ⚠️

[@PBandy89]

Guys the ufc will not co-promote because it just doesn’t make sense to… they are at the very top of the mountain, they would only be pulling other promotions up. It can only hurt the ufc

[@XBX1MASTER]

UFC is best and it cracks me up people can't stand it. I've been watching since day 1 and they deserve it. If you want to be better, be better or get over it. I agree with you.

[@PBandy89]

@@XBX1MASTER people just reach for anything to complain about

[@theguvnor3880]

As an MMA fan from England, the UFC 304 start time is disappointing. Why even have the event here?

[@ljs185]

Remember conor khabib fight week and how much conor was drinking fight week. I was really worried going into that fight

[@mikemck420]

I buy every pay per.view but I definitely agree a good amount of fans don't have that same reason or intent on watching earlier pay-per-view events.

[@kjhenry100]

People are overthinking the Garcia win. He played the system. He said keep your title, keep your weight limit, keep your $1.5 million. I'm going to win and be the hottest thing the sport has seen in 2024.

[@gohtani]

I wish I could ride my bike out here in Hawaii since I live smack dab in town and cost of living is egregious, except there’s an 80-90% chance you’ll at least get clipped by a car once or twice and 100% chance your bike will get stolen or stripped for parts while chained up. Byproduct of rampant crystal meth abuse 😕

[@shivams9329]

Good chat , keep it up LT! One piece of feedback: noticeably more ads than usual - fine for me but some newer or more casual viewers might zone out!

[@bigmig67]

Thank you Luke. As a European American football fan, I have constantly wondered that same question regarding the draft. How can all these guys (and I mean almost ALL) get their evaluation sooooo wrong. Personally, I like the system of the draft (worst team picks first etc....), Draft day is pretty cool too, but I hate the months leading up to it. Its all just speculation and click bate.

[@TheReelAnalyst]

3:51

[@mattrize1]

My mythical athletes: Hit n run nose beer Jones, Drunk gambling Jordan, Vegas vacation Rodman, and now Drinkin smokin Ryan

[@LaggingBack]

Is no one else considering the fact that IF Garcia was indeed playing a role, then there was no actual alcohol consumed? Why not put water in liquor bottles in the club? We were all “eye-witnesses” to his drinking a beer on the scale? No one is considering that he could’ve just put water in a beer bottle & did the obvious to sell the narrative to get those betting odds in his favor to win a huge bag betting on himself?

[@funkspinna]

In his recent interview on the PBD Podcast, he said it was apple juice and mineral water in the beer bottle he drank at the weigh-in. LOL.

[@LaggingBack]

@@funkspinna lol yeah it kills me how we acknowledge the the brilliant troll but still talk about his “drinking & partying” being detrimental to his training ..that was the most important aspect of the troll!

[@laurencedale3854]

The Schaub takes question is spot on and I'm a Schaub fan. The last couple months have been Luke lite almost word for word

[@aishaigotout65]

I had the Haney Garcia fight as a draw while watching haha. Haney got caught with terrible mistakes but to say he got beat badly (i would never argue he didnt get beat when he got dropped around like that) doesnt fully feel right to me. His flaws got exposed fairly heavily but "got beat badly" im a little hesitant with given i felt he actually drew or lost by 1 round with the boxing scoring. He def got exposed in areas though

[@bleekskaduwee6762]

I would love to have the last of the V8 Interceptors

[@Joe-ss9cr]

This stuff is a goldmine for Brendan Schaub to steal and butcher Luke his takes.

[@jaystank3777]

Luke, tell BC to stop being so sensitive when he gets something wrong. He was so triggered by folks calling out his Garcia takes. Take the L and move on, BC!

[@NotUrDJ]

Ryan pulled this right outta the hat and I've seen numerous analysis of his win and nobody's able to pinpoint how he got it done . Power and confidence I guess

[@oscarGonzalez-eo8rh]

hes been so annoying about it its almost unwatchable

[@Frequencyyz]

@@NotUrDJRyan did pull this out of a hat but Devin got exposed. He had a padded resume and a few judges and refs who helped him with decisions along the way but ultimately was exposed for his lack of power and true defense aside from clinching. He is a manufactured product, a good boxer but not truly great.

[@lowlowseesee]

For real lol

[@leadleghighkick104]

@@NotUrDJit’s because Haney is ass

[@dpiercyscomics]

Appreciate you, Luke, thanks.

[@RoeJogan]

Death match between Luke and Mike Heck would be worth a PPV.

[@danbennington.]

Kamaru Izzy Shevchenco Nunes Stipe etc all got finished and got immediate rematches. Of course Volk deserves an immediate rematch lol. MFer beat Max 3 times and he looked great in the first round until he got caught in the second against Ilia

[@jakethesnake4971]

Luke I appreciate alot of what you do and feel like there would be a huge void that would be tough to fill if you left. We don't agree on alot of other views, but just wanted to show appreciation.

[@00Spiral007]

It's tough watching Luke work through how to approach Ryan, but it's how mental illness is. If he's only telling 20 percent of the truth about all his baggage, Ryan is in for a life long recovery. Bipolar II is up there with schizophrenia for the percentage of people that end up homeless, addicts, or dead.

[@starseeddeluxe]

Unfortunately, Khalil is going to be intimidated by Jamahal, he will backup, not use his skills, and will get badly KO'd early.

[@PiceaSitchensis]

San Francisco does not have good public transportation, by American standards, okay I guess, but that's an exceptionally pathetic low bar.

[@johndenson3107]

Luke putting more and more exceptions to the championship rematchs I see. Very interesting 🤔

[@street12345]

Luke, I also drive a 2015 Mazda CX5 and it's paid off. Holla.

[@LeeRichardson808]

No better vehicle than a paid off vehicle

[@Lord_of_the_Pies]

My car note is $780

[@MetalFacedGamer]

Do not let them keep / get you in perpetual debt. ​@@Lord_of_the_Pies

[@NotUrDJ]

It's crazy how they get you guys in the states to keep upgrading your perfectly fine vehicle for something that has barely any improvement and charge you 10x while they're at it

[@tigerkuma1011]

2005 Mazda 3. Like Merab: just keeps going.

[@JoshAndMurph]

Honestly fight times in the US sucks too. 10pm is so late to start the main card, i hate staying up til 1-2am finishing the main event

[@fightnwoids2514]

no live chat replay....... pssssh! ......no real time feed back??? Luke how could you!

[@Brian-nb7fl]

When does Luke talk about Ronda Rousey? I really enjoy these live chats but is Luke doing that clickbait crap?

[@Crackoneopen]

I searching for it as well.

[@jZamora87]

Minute 187

[@Brian-nb7fl]

@@jZamora87 What on earth is minute 187

[@JoshAndMurph]

If Dustin get at he belt and Connor gets a W, you can bet the house that the UFC puts together their rematch for the belt

[@MyRevoltec]

No need for a Connor W. He would get the titleshot having lost two in a row.

[@wisdomincoming12]

@@MyRevoltecNo. Dana knows Conor has 1 big fight left. No title shots for Conor ever again unless he starches chandler in 30 seconds

[@gerardschaefer6495]

7pm.start in UK would be 11am EST? I would LOVE. A mid day UFC card

[@bvaugh11]

In Australia due to time differences the UFC is on mid morning to afternoon on a Sunday. I like watching fights during the day much more than at night.

[@WMMASceneNow]

They’ll do them for the dirt eaters in the middle east, but when it comes to the UK? Eff em

[@collinsmith8043]

Garcia is not a better boxer. He's a better fighter.

[@lowlowseesee]

Doesn’t matter lol he won . Imagine dead in the street being like he is dead but he was the better boxer lol

[@leadleghighkick104]

@@lowlowseeseethat’s what this dude is saying, fuckstick

[@aishaigotout65]

Why should Ryan winning be any sort of vindication for his preparation? Total nonsense this last week all this talk that people shoudl reflect on how they thought about Ryan pre fight. Winning the fight does not take away from the fact that what we are seeing is not good for anyone, let alone an elite athlete. His victory lap for the last week could end up being terrible for him long term. That sort of vindication he seems to be going through could be so so bad for him

[@Apoplectic_Spock]

Quitting the military? Where is that guy from?

[@nomadgrappler9410]

Its actually pretty simple to get a general discharge early and jobs dont give a fuck about how you are discharged.

[@izaiahrojas1947]

Until next time WHAT LUKE??!!!

[@JonJonesWantsYourBuho]

that’s a pretty common way to sign off.

[@nevereverbeendonebefore]

Scooby Doobie Doo where are you

[@Apoplectic_Spock]

Luke's inability to turn off spellcheck cracks me up!

[@jakethesnake4971]

I saw the clip of Haney saying, "I ain't ever gonna lose to a white boy." Ef that guy fr lol

[@funkspinna]

Oops.

[@RoryFisher]

“Loose” lol

[@jakethesnake4971]

@@RoryFisher I fixed it for you sir

[@shivams9329]

Lmfao 33:11

[@painkration]

yuh yuh

[@Imhim247]

Luke "Let him cook" Thomas

[@roeltovar8601]

Sugar Shane O'Malley is an easy pay day, so is Fundora

[@jm12green31]

Luke is a busy bee folks...btw tell Brian he's full of crap haha

[@fightnwoids2514]

Bellator gets a bad Rep.... Justin G is an OG Bellator Guy.... MANY Star Fighters were/are Bellator fighters... and back and forth who ever gave the best deal ... Bjorn Rebney was running Live weekily events and tournaments like clock work ...back when UFC was still in the FACEBOOK Prelim days and had 2 events a month

[@TheThigh]

Gaethje was never in Bellator. The reason Bellator gets a bad rep is because they have a few really good athletes surrounded by cans; and their matchmaking almost always goes for mismatches in order to get finishes and everyone just looks silly in the end. Also, the production value and commentating are ABYSMAL.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

the lesson from Ryan is that just because he's Schizo it doesn't mean he can't box

[@JAYDUBYAH29]

Garcia is talented and skilled, and also has bipolar disorder. Not that complicated.

[@YourGFsFavoriteBF]

Is it Bipolar or is he trolling?

[@Swiftzly]

Oh, thank you internet psychologist.

[@DlFl-ww6xj]

Don’t you ever talk shit about the bears again old man

[@danielbadeaux6257]

Tj dill is a looser for that move... total snake

[@RoryFisher]

What’s a looser?

[@danielbadeaux6257]

@@RoryFisher someone who has loose morals and low levels of integrity. It's in the modern slang dictionary.

[@SacClass650]

For good or ill, I am still none the wiser as to why it is the Palestinian cause resonates with Luke to the degree that it does. It appears to be predominantly ideological; but perhaps it is more thoughtful and sentimental, as his mother was an Armenian in Lebanon? Either way, as is the case with most who involve themselves in the topic, he doesn't actually provide many bridges, instead heavily relying on sententious presuppositionalism.

[@jonathanmoore7582]

Ha-Ha! Luke said the other day that the US no longer has the moral authority over Iran and Russia so all of his beliefs are "America bad". With that moral equivalence between the two you have to have some sort of cognitive dissonance.

[@SacClass650]

@@jonathanmoore7582 To be fair, he defined it negatively, that is - given the state of its foreign policy and domestic policies, the West is no longer the moral exemplar; however, that doesn't mean the likes of Russia or Iran are.

[@utkarsh2746]

@@jonathanmoore7582 Between the Bush Jr and Sr on one side and all of Iran and Russia on the other, who do you think has the bigger bodycount? "Moral authority"?? America is considered morally repugnant in terms of their bodycount.

[@utkarsh2746]

The fact that the aerial bombing of densely packed civilian areas being a direct violation of the Geneva convention and pretty much all international law has to be explained to Americans who will pull "sententious presuppositionalism." out of their ass to support and defend genocide is right out of Dr. Strangelove. You sir have passed Stanley Kubrick's satirical idea of Americans such as yourself.

[@johnmcgough3132]

Theres no way you have friends judging by how you worded that comment.

[@MMAaficionado]

Have you heard of french kickboxers? They smoke and drink daily and whip ass ask GSP

[@Ar1AnX1x]

glad Poirier vs Colby never happened, it would have been a snoozefest

[@gamebred6995]

No shit sherlock

[@WMMASceneNow]

*activists make terroristic threats* Luke: the media is overreacting

[@cj2103m]

You care more about activists being emotional than you care about over 20,000 women and innocent children being executed?

[@beenjamminbuttons7771]

@@cj2103mtypical liberal response lmfao. WHAT THE FUCK PART OF HIS COMMENT SAID HE WAS OKAY WITH THAT. YOU PEOPLE SUCK

[@Ar1AnX1x]

the media is definitely pushing a narrative, every time you look at their segments they're like "anti-semitism is rampant, they hate this country, they want people dead" and then actual examples are not that many for such a massive emotional country wide protests, I bet if I asked you you'd have less than two actual examples it's like in every conservative protest you can find literal neonazis and white supremacists, how would you feel like if I called every one of your movements a nazi movement?

[@WMMASceneNow]

@@cj2103m yes. Middle East conflicts are of no concern to me.

[@RoryFisher]

@@beenjamminbuttons7771someone who gets upset about activists clearly doesn’t support their cause. It’s not a hard connection to make

[@JoeFlanigan67]

This guy thinks he's ariel helwani 2.0 😂😂

[@kamyar1990]

He is better than Ariel.

[@Ectomesoendo]

Luke's political takes are thaaaaa worst 1:20:59

[@AceRazor]

How?🥴

[@robdebone]

He acts like he's above shit talking the other side and then he does it every fucking episode. Luke still thinks that having a degree from a university is all that matters in someone's opinion

[@Sphynxxx719]

Lmao maybe to some uneducated dolt 😂🤡

[@funkspinna]

He's your typical politically-correct media member. Remember, that's the side that with fools who are "Gays for Palestine". Yeah, try parading your homosexuality in Gaza and see how you survive. LOL.

[@housewoodrow]

Saying that the news media focuses on the protests happening in relation to Gaza instead of the atrocities occurring in Gaza is not a bad take. The news media is focusing a reactionary event rather than shining a light on the event itself. You fucking dolt.

[@PeterGibbonns]

Do we think Garcia was really drinking?

[@btan8901]

Luke gonna be shocked when he finds out hamas was behind the mass graves

[@RoryFisher]

You’re gunna be shocked when you find out Israel are the real terrorists

[@connor8558]

@@RoryFisheryou’re going to be shocked when you find out they’re both terrorists.

[@utkarsh2746]

What are you "lmao"ing about in this situation? The mass graves? Or that you dunked on Luke and the liberals in your imagination?

[@Ar1AnX1x]

yeah sure, Israel flattened Gaza City, bombed hospitals regularly and shoot even children, killed 90% Civilians but would draw the line at not shooting and burying a bunch of palestinians, they literally throw tens of thousands of families out of their home in the west bank where there's no Hamas

[@connor8558]

Damn Luke deleting comments now??