Luke Thomas Podcasts

On today's podcast, we matchmake for Patricio Pitbull, talk Arman-Islam and Umar-Merab from UFC 311 plus so much more. This is episode 237 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

Can AI really replace human judges? The answer is we might be closer to finding out that never. I spoke with Allan Svejstrup, the founder and CEO of Jabbr, a company at the forefront in statistics in combat sports as well as AI judges in the sport of boxing. In the interview, we discuss what Jabbr is and does, where combat sports statistics are header, the future of the “Jabbr cam” and how it aims to revolutionize training plus how their AI judging works and where it could be deployed.

Today on the program, we'll discuss what Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Merab Dvalishvili might look like, why Elon Musk is a lying fraud, the fallout from the FS1 sexual harassment lawsuit and more. This is episode 236 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

Today on the podcast, we'll examine why the UFC's finishing percentage is low relative to other promotions, discuss H-1B visas, Islam Makhachev vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov and more. This is episode 235 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

Today on the podcast, we look ahead to the UFC in 2025 and so much more. This is episode 234 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

Today on the podcast, we'll preview Saturday's Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk rematch, discuss why AI judging isn't real and much more. This is episode 233 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

On today's podcast, we'll review UFC 310, look ahead to UFC Tampa, discuss the UHC CEO killer, and I explain why GFL cannot win. This is episode 232 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

On today's episode, we discuss why Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou (UFC-PFL) will never happen, how Shavkat Rakhmonov and Ian Garry match up and so much more. This is episode 231 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

On this episode, we'll go over the results of Conor McGregor's trial, including Proper 12 and other business severing ties with the former UFC champion. This is episode 230 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

Conor McGregor was found civilly liable for sexual assault on Friday in a Dublin, Ireland courtroom, but what are the facts of the case? Who is Nikita Hand, what is she alleging and is she right? What are McGregor's responses to her allegations? What does his conviction mean? Luke Thomas speaks to Frank Greaney from Newstalk in Ireland to unpack all of the allegations, what mattered at trial, the impact on McGregor's reputation in Ireland and more.

Today on the podcast, we discuss the road ahead for Tom Aspinall and Jon Jones, who really needs the other more. We'll also discuss the fallout from Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson, president-elect Trump's cabinet picking chaos and more. This is episode 229 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

Today on the podcast, we'll respond to Jon Jones's recent public statements including calling me a 'nerd' plus we'll look ahead to UFC 309 and Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson. This is episode 228 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

Today on the podcast, we'll discuss Conor McGregor being back in a court room, the fallout of the 2024 presidential election results and more. This is episode 227 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

On today's episode, we discuss how fighters are viewing the antitrust settlement plus it's story time after the YouTube channel his 200,000 subscribers. This is episode 225 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

Francis Ngnannou's return to the cage after nearly three years away went well, but what can we say about his performance and what should be next? We'll dig into that plus Cyborg's big win over Pacheco. We'll also grade the PFL card and much more. This is the PFL Superfights Post-Fight Show.

Today on the podcast, we'll examine the implications of what happens should Francis Ngannou lose to Renan Ferreira, why there are no easy fixes in judging, fighters having no sympathy for other fighters and more. This is episode 224 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

In this episode, we discuss why Max Holloway or Ilia Topuria could pass Alex Pereira for Fighter of the Year in 2024, Laura Sanko's commentary, Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol and much more. This is episode 223 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

At UFC 307, Alex Pereira was able to secure his third title defense in 175 days, but not without adversity and insane resilience from Khalil Rountree. We go over the results of this fight as well as Julianna Peña's title win over Raquel Pennington and everything else on the UFC 307 main card.

Today on the podcast, we'll examine the likelihood of an upset by Khalil Rountree over Alex Pereira at UFC 307, the bombing campaign against Lebanon, which fighters will be remembered long term and more. This is episode 222 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.

Luke Thomas examines statements by UFC President Dana White that he will get into boxing "guns blazing", the alleged rise of boring fighters in the UFC and MMA, expectations for Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic and more. This is episode 221 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat.