LUKE THOMAS *LIVE* Jon Jones | Topuria vs Holloway | PFL | Canelo v Crawford

Luke Thomas examines Ilia Topuria's potential bout with Max Holloway, whether Canelo Alvarez will fight Terence Crawford, PFL facing public pushback from several fighters, Jon Jones's latest and more.
This is episode 205 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.
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Starting Soon 0:00 - 3:07
Intro 3:07 - 4:23
Merab vs. Umar 3:42 - 6:02
Khalil Rountree Out 7:50 - 12:03
Ryan Garcia 12:03 - 16:16
Gegard Mousasi 16:16 - 26:03
Missing Videos 26:03 - 29:10
ONE Championship 29:10 - 35:09
Jones vs. Aspinall 35:09 - 40:13
Finishes Over Talent 40:13 - 44:35
Gentle Parenting 44:35 - 48:08
Topuria 48:08 - 50:45
Khabib 50:45 - 53:49
Longer Career In MMA or Boxing? 53:49 - 56:19
Jon Jones On IG 56:19 - 1:00:31
Which Would You Prefer 1:00:31 - 1:02:25
Channel Subscribers 1:02:25 - 1:04:34
Traditional PPV Model 1:04:34 - 1:07:29
Underrated Rappers 1:07:29 - 1:08:31
ESPN+ 1:08:31 - 1:09:58
Regional MMA 1:09:58 - 1:10:50
Sandhagen Interview 1:10:50 - 1:11:51
Land Before Time 1:11:51 - 1:14:47
Which Fight Will Be Bigger? 1:14:47 - 1:16:04
Inside The NBA 1:16:04 - 1:17:01
Usyk In MMA 1:17:01 - 1:19:49
Nam Phan 1:19:49 - 1:31:32
Inoue 1:31:32 - 1:38:48
Fighter Pay 1:38:48 - 1:42:14
Gegard Mousasis 1:42:14 - 1:45:09
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[@ralliekid]

I have about 30-40 podcasts I rotate through every week and this is simply my favorite 1-1.5 hrs. I am most definitely MMA leaning as opposed to boxing, but as long as there is a good balance, I can’t not tune in. Great work Luke…stay frosty.

[@jaysnk408]

That's a butt load

[@chriscyborg2187]

Can you name those podcasts please? Would love to find new stuff

[@ralliekid]

@@chriscyborg2187 they are 95% comedy podcasts, for example Tuesdays with Stories and The Yannis Pappas hour. Bill Maher has a good one that he started a year or so ago as well. Good luck

[@MajinBenjamin]

@@chriscyborg2187he definitely doesn’t listen to 40 different podcasts every week. You’d always have to have one on in the background.

[@OneHourShower]

@@MajinBenjaminyou could but you would have to listen on 1.25 or 1.5 speed

[@theguvnor3880]

PFL are a great example of why the UFC will never be displaced.

[@SacClass650]

Candidly, if I may - it is important to follow through.

[@rwh166]

Especially while being accurate, otherwise it’s neither here nor there

[@acooldude]

I love when Luke disparages ESPN+ because he has a voice in the industry and him complaining about it will do more than me complaining about it ever will. even if it doesn't change much at all

[@nomadgrappler9410]

Only casuals buy ppv.

[@acooldude]

@@nomadgrappler9410 it's not even the ppv, the regular app itself is fucking trash and doesn't work, even for fight nights, there's issues. still better than illegal streams for live betting though because when it does work, it's like two minutes ahead of the illegal streams. you're a casual for needing all of that explained to you.

[@CVonC-qz7nc]

@@nomadgrappler9410only non poors

[@lucasdeoliveira5316]

Starts at 3:03.

[@user-ii8em7hb4d]

Thanks dude always looking for the start time. 🤘

[@lucasdeoliveira5316]

@@user-ii8em7hb4d My pleasure!

[@brentmckiernan6018]

You’re so godamn articulate with your words it’s really impressive sometimes

[@peterpuig1507]

As a new father of a son I appreciate the real talks where Luke drops some knowledge for us donks. Parenting is a full time job 24/7 salute

[@Swanmaster123]

I always knew of Luke but just never really watched his videos. Stumbled across this and i just wanna say this kind of content is 5/5 absolute gold. Was beginning to run out of high quality mma news / media / analysis (I mainly watch Ariel and TheWeasle) and so glad to have found your channel. Finally have something else to watch during dinner haha. With the level of insight you have into the sport and it's history, and me being into the history of things in general, could you touch on what "mma" was like before UFC 1, especially the vale tudo days in Brazil, the prevalence of bjj and public opinion / view of martial arts before that first UFC event and combat sports trends over time during the 20th century. Thanks Luke, keep up the great content!

[@plushpc5992]

Been watching Luke’s content for years, he’s the man! Welcome 😁

[@Clau271]

Welcome!

[@daylnroegner6744]

Your just now finding this and saying you were running out of quality mma news. This too me is pretty much the best quality mma and breakdowns media person around.

[@realhamonwry8620]

Add Mixedmollywhoppery to your viewing list. You're welcome.

[@cjg3986]

27:11 hell yeah! Super excited for Luke's accessible suppository!

[@brentmckiernan6018]

Luke love your stuff man. Long time listener

[@DammitBobby]

Jamahal Hill vs Carlos Ulberg is a huge massive capital W fight. Huge props to Ulberg

[@jm12green31]

W for wanker you mean

[@ryu-ken]

I like this jump for ulberg. Hes been killing his opponents. It's time for a step up

[@LupeJustinian]

​@@ryu-ken this is akin to BSD vs Poirier for chrissake

[@DammitBobby]

@@ryu-ken exactly. And if he loses, then just put him back on the track that was already on. Hes only supposed to be just now braking into ranked opponents, if he has to fight a top 15 guy after a loss that's totally fine

[@brendondowdy5651]

Lol this fight sucks

[@nevereverbeendonebefore]

This was a pretty good one.

[@TheDevilMusic69]

Thank you!!!

[@MGTOWGreatestHits]

Great take on parenting. Never agree with anything much Luke says, but on parenting he’s clearly an excellent father.

[@Uzumaki697Returnss]

Hi Luke, I would like to know if there is an option to rewatch your film study of what Topuria done well with Volk, it was such a good video. I don't mind what membership I need to get that dream come true hehehehe. It would be awesome to have it back on Patreon, KZbin or whatever. Regards!

[@DammitBobby]

Wheres main card at with the timestamps?

[@hatework]

Love THE SHIRT. HAMMER smashed face🤘🤘

[@davidlittle6338]

I think the people in charge of PFL are going for content and distribution deals first, MMA promotion second. Like how an investment group would go about managing a fight promotion, looking how they set it up for sale down the road not set up a long term fight promotion.

[@robinsocial4838]

PFL: Put Fighters Last

[@tealdanine6318]

Poopy Fart League

[@MagnusGalactusOG]

UFC: U Fight Cheap

[@cameronryanleigh9167]

Pay Fighters Later

[@jesiah391]

Pay Fighters Lots

[@daylnroegner6744]

Poor Fog Lights

[@deadpool8340]

Rip The Mma Beat gone too soon !!

[@MagnusGalactusOG]

Guy at petrol station: Did you hear about Jon Jones!?

[@yrahmed]

1:02:26 just when I thought I couldn’t like like Luke more. Such a thoughtful response and I respect setting the ego aside here.

[@JackSmith-te6kj]

Time stamps please

[@SuperStation-17]

Disney’s corporate arrogance has ruined every legacy brand it has touched, from ESPN to Star Wars to Marvel to Pixar. Bob Iger is an awful businessman.

[@korinaxo]

Hoping it's Danny Segura on next Friday's show!! Thanks for the great content as always Luke! 👏👏

[@user-cu5du3jn7w]

Not to mention his absolute deep throating of Andrew Tate

[@XBX1MASTER]

Hey Luke! Being a Leprechaun is like being a unicorn......never seen one or rare.

[@MrBradclack]

I would love to see Carlos beat hill but Jamahal is so wild and unpredictable I can see him catching Carlos with something huge

[@jackjackson4851]

I enjoyed dan and luke 1000% more then luke and bc. Luke with an x fighter on a regular bssis is awesome.

[@701delbronx8]

PFL makes some baffling decisions. You need to be bold and creative, bring something new to the market.

[@ameliathemonkey585]

Bro every time u talk about a front yard gym I cannot help but picture the weights in like Friday. Just a ghetto bench with some old school weight and duct tape holding the bench together

[@OGMacGee]

It's funny cuz Tom (Aspinall) has been knocking out opponents left and right but comes from BJJ initially... I'm curious to see him in a real grappling opposition.

[@Dous88]

yeaaah Luke you been right on this PFL situation. I tried. they’re goofy. I’ll still watch but I can’t see them lasting long with this ridiculous …strategy? can it be called that even? smfh

[@jimbrozini]

Did He say doesn’t know Mac Dre?

[@domcossi3420]

Luke was Bill Laimbeer

[@XBX1MASTER]

I don't know 1 person who started watching UFC back in the day that no longer watches UFC.

[@zentzisz]

I do miss Friday mk

[@giclayton]

Thanks

[@DanielRojas-gj6kl]

Rebeccaaaa!!!

[@lowlowseesee]

lloloolol gurus shit had me in stitches

[@tchambers807]

i'm happy francis got paid but wouldn't it be interesting if by the end of this the pfl had to sack a bunch of their aging veterans to pay for it only to have francis show up for 1 or 2 fights

[@heath1442]

If he shows up For 2 fights I would be surprised

[@AlwaysBonpoint]

1:24 Amen!

[@jbortiz98]

1:39 the fighters don’t care so why should I?

[@daylnroegner6744]

Stamps of the Time?

[@dontaylucero]

Luke is right kids are terrible..

[@kennethgreen1456]

There’s a big difference between getting hit by your parents and showing discipline. You can spank them without scarring them for the rest of their lives. You cannot be their friend Luc you have to be their parent.

[@Tyranno-Bore-Us]

1:18:06 ? How about the fact that the Rock is playing someone 30 years younger than him?

[@MojoMoneyMajor]

The Loyd Banks disrespect is wild 😂😂

[@thesongoflunch]

Jon 'bones men' Jones

[@CinomedTweak]

Parenting is fucking hard, 100%

[@PeterGibbonns]

Mac Dre, Andre Nickatina, Deltron Zero, Hieroglyphics, Abstract Rude

[@kingharlausthe1st684]

At this point Luke would probably get his prostate checked by Topuria if he could

[@tonyphelps1173]

16 minutes in and already had 9 ads

[@Crijoe]

I hear ya. The ads are very frustrating.

[@tonyphelps1173]

@@Crijoe I know it’s not Luke’s doing, but man. A portion of a topic. Ads. Finished topic ads

[@Crijoe]

@tonyphelps1173 Yep. It happens as soon as I put a video on and hop in the shower. It's like KZbin knows.

[@m-agirouard3329]

i barely get any ads on Lukes videos

[@shycreation9418]

i thank God i was spanked as a kid. ive seen the ones that werent. i hold 0 resentment for my parents and as weird as it sounds, they spanked me with love. while telling me they loved me. its not rocket science. its discipline

[@MNToThat]

Anyone got a timestamp for the Jones/HW Title part?

[@khalidm.3038]

Timestamps please. We can't sit through 2 hours.

[@TrippyTheShroom]

You* can’t.

[@khalidm.3038]

@@TrippyTheShroom nothing against the podcast. Some of us are only interested in certain topics so saves the viewer time to navigate which is a win for the creator.

[@lowlowseesee]

@@khalidm.3038 just skip through it man, no one cares about your whining. or at very least become a member then he will actually see your whining and do something about it lol

[@khalidm.3038]

​@@lowlowseesee when the currency is attention, then it's a given that creators would try anything to keep the viewer. If you think giving this critical feedback to a creator I've been following for years is whining, then you're just completely missing the point. You're probably a consumer of anything that has no filter. Shame shame shame

[@oiraMeroD]

Luke, as far as insects repellents go, Thermacell is the ONLY way to go. Tried and true by hunters everywhere !

[@rav4hybrid]

Does he talk about aspinall finger question?

[@CarlosPerez-eb6co]

What kind of glasses is Luke wearing?

[@MrAllDay77]

You prefer NY rappers but dissed Lloyd Banks?? People have to stop asking about hip hop after you said that you liked Cam

[@rednecktruthspouter3485]

I had my assbeat qll through childhood. I. Had a 2x4 broken over my assandleg at 14 and had to pay for it. Im a pharmacist and bought my 1st house at 25 soooooo yeahhhhh not being a pu$$ie does make good men

[@lowlowseesee]

lloyd banks as underrated haahhahahahaahha bad taste goofs

[@tuffneggah]

dakota ditcheva and paige should do blackedraw

[@jeremymurphy6095]

Those Mosquitos are the worst, and your crazy parent pretends that the onslaught living on the river was something you could ignore ahaha and it would go away

[@spudgreg]

Luke really wants peds to be a part of sports

[@spudgreg]

Can we stop asking Luke about topuria. He can’t turn off his bias. Look at the faces of volks opponents. Volk was up in that fight before the KO

[@PeterGibbonns]

Hella = Nor Cal…shout out to 1:31:34

[@MrFaceNumeroUno]

Won't be back til timestamps of some form are here lol sorry Luke

[@lowlowseesee]

he will be fine lol

[@MrFaceNumeroUno]

@@lowlowseesee don't smug mug I only meant this particular video, quick draw

[@Toddpicogram-aka-Satan]

Ask the-MMA-bosses to book strongmen to fights in MMA at open weight😊

[@MikeyJ1572]

Do we actually listen to cannibal corpse?

[@jm12green31]

I've actually never had a problem with ESPN plus and that includes multiple sports. Sorry man it might be your connection or provider

[@nickseck4408]

I think Luke is on to something-I’ve had the exact issue he’s describing multiple times

[@TheOriginalEGod]

Me too.

[@xandercage8314]

I've had so many issues with ESPN + And UFC app. Both apps are garbage for watching any live sport on. Everytime I use one or the other they lag like crazy, the picture quality I pay for is 4K, but get 360p. Pixelated like watching on youtube lowest video settings so the video can stream. Always feels like the production is done by a grad student who took editing as a second minor as a backup so they wouldn't fail out of school. The tecks say clear the cache and reinstall the apps, but does absoluely nothing. I got sick of paying for 2 apps to see a full mma event. Not paying for either again. You pay for almost half of an event with both apps, but get apex junk events all the time, or power shite slap. Who the heck cares. Dana goes off about his power garbage is #1 in the world........only in his dementia rittled mind. I wouldn't take any memorabillia from that idiocracy so called sport.

[@martinzaldivar6440]

FFS it's another GD Tiktok video 😂

[@romanveselic3216]

Fook those ads every 2 minutes. Content is not worth the suffering. Considering to scribe off. Not seeing it remains attractive enough in the future. The whole industry

[@dylusional419]

The Cannibal Corpse shirt tho 🔥

[@jm12green31]

Breaking news Luke does not like the pfl haha

[@user-po2mr4mq2p]

He's obsessed with LA guys with blue eyes, that's his "issues"

[@lowlowseesee]

not even LA. he hit on the one guy that was on joe rogans pod recently too. essentially he is into the male version of his baby mama.

[@ghostrida4]

All these negative statements with no sources......gets old 🙄 Luke show receipts bruh.... profit vs loss paperwork PLEASE

[@lowlowseesee]

lololol notice you are the only one who hasnt seen the receipts. luke been fried these fools with receipts. he aint going to keep beating that dead horse

[@jesiah391]

@@lowlowseeseeexactly lol

[@jesiah391]

@@lowlowseeseeexactly lol

[@tonyphelps1173]

He brings them up with no receipts after the fact bc he’s already shown the receipts, or directed you directly to the receipts.

[@brendondowdy5651]

Lol yelling at a kid is way worse than spanking.

[@Dannutts]

No, jon wasn't right about that. Name one. Name one guy everybody said 'this is the guy to beat jon jones.' there were some ppl who thought DC 'could' beat him leading up to their 1st fight. Same with gane. But myself & most ppl I know literally thought jon should/would win every fight he's been in since Shogun. (& the proof of this is in the fact the 1 time vegas opened up with jones an underdog, against gane, by fight night jon was the favorite.) The idea that there've been 'all these guys' built up to beat jon is absurd & untrue

[@nn4mz]

It was definitely said. With Gus, DC and Gane. It was even said that he couldn’t move to heavyweight. I don’t know how you can call yourself a fight fan feel years ago and not know that.

[@jamesjohnston1297]

Most people thought Jon lost to Reyes, so it's not unreasonable to doubt him against e.g. Aspinall.

[@beenjamminbuttons7771]

bro you can’t make claims and then base them exclusively off of anecdotal evidence (“me and everyone I knew believed …”). Objectively, your comment is simply false. There were multiple, different personalities/analyst who (on record) believed Gus, DC, Santos and Reyes would be the one to unseat Jon Bones Jones. I always find it funny when I see people online so confidently, almost arrogantly, making statements that are just straight up incorrect😂😂

[@nomadgrappler9410]

Uncle chael.... Enough said.