Luke Thomas is a leading voice and analyst in the sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) whose work routinely crosses media platforms. He currently serves as one of the host of CBS Sports and Showtime's Morning Kombat. He previously hosted The Luke Thomas Show on SiriusXM, is a former writer and podcaster at MMA Fighting (Vox Media) where he hosted the Monday Morning Analyst and Promotional Malpractice Live Chat podcasts as well as studio shows such as the MMA Beat and MMA Hour.
He forged a partnership with USA Today to create the co-branded USA Today/SB Nation Consensus MMA Rankings. His written work has also appeared in the Washington Post, Salon.com, ESPN.com and dozens of newspapers across the country.
Thomas formerly hosted MMA Nation on CBS Radio's 106.7 The Fan in Washington, D.C. and served as on-air co-host of Spike TV's MMA Uncensored Live. He served 6 years in the United States Marine Corps, reaching the rank of sergeant. He is a graduate of the College of William & Mary.
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In modern MMA takedown threat should always be present. This isn't boxing or kick boxing.
I used to have it. It was so bad it wouldnt even work on PlayStation. It would just time out , non functional. They also have the ufc mislabeled constantly on xfinity. I see the ufc moving to Netflix if they’re successful with the Paul vs Tyson fight.
imagine paying for ufc fights
80 bucks to watch some chicks fight haha
Personal experience: it fails reoeatedly, regularly force closes, will often send you to another timestamp or video entirely when attempting to navigate, rarely has xonsistent audio, and navigates worse than a 50's era Rolodex.
YES! THANK YOU LUKE!
Islam is not khabib in the grappling department much like khabib is not like Islam in the striking. Islam is the more complete fighter but khabib is by far the better more dominant skilled grappler. So much so that he was able to get away with being almost one dimensional. (Yes I know khabib was developing his other skills later on in his career)
No chance Doaz fights Luque. The man does not want to fight any longer, he only wants the big pop. Camt we get him to an expo, or something? Same for Tony. Michael Chiesa will KO Ferguson. Chiesa is flail-y sloppy, and he hill crack Tony with some outta nowhere, partially intentional knee-thing and put his lights clean out again. UFC hates that motherfucker for absolutely no reason. To think they gave him a deak one time.
Are they wver gonna do Tony a solid? I mean jeeeze, louise. Let the fuckin guy get stretchered out, thats the only way he aint lost yet in the last half dozen.
Thank you for making this video Luke. I agree with your entire video. It’s baffling that a company with this type of valuation can’t put together a functional app.
Makhachev vs Poirier just showed how good Khabib really was , he literally finished Poirier with ease and no damage taken . 😂 Khabib's wrestling & grappling & pressure was different and unique.
Islam had staph
@@arnavpandey5386 yes
i too have purchased cards and not been allowed to watch them
the espn+ app straight up doesnt work
Thank you for doing a breakdown of Islam’s technique. No one really appreciates his technique and breaks it down. I don’t think there’s a better well rounded fighter in UFC history to be fair. I just subbed
If Islam wore the cool Muay Thai shorts instead of the dorky board shorts he would have more fans, lol.
elite striking is accuracy combined with power . there was no power in his strikes .
Thanks for the breakdown. Insightful selection of examples. much obliged.
The reason they didnt kick is because they are both southpaws so its a close stance match up.😄
Oh I never knew that, great insight 🎉
I enjoyed the show Luke. You are a good fight analysis.
How do you do it? Just do it!
So Islam’s boxing is more elite than people thought. Fight iq n awareness is more advanced then the elite fighters .
His boxing coach Javier Mendez is underrated. That is some high level stuff. Keep in mind these Dagestanis where wresters when they arrived at AKA.
Luke , what happened to the fake deep voice you use to rock ?
Makachev is an elite striker for sure. His striking accuracy was on another level.
plus he is so handsome !
Great analysis ❤
VERY NICE VID!for me the best fighter would be some1 that can do evrything at a really good level such as kicking, grabbing, take downs, locks, boxing, striking . Cuz if some1 is really good at one thing u can disturb them or keep them busy creating opportunities with other Techniques. But If youre just gonna stand and throw punches.. i mean cman this is MMA... You gotta have different strategies if your plan isn't working out you should have a plan B , C , D , etc and if you dont then mayb youre not a good overall fighter🤔?
The amount of details of Makhachev's striking are mind blowing
The comment section on this page is refreshing.
Another great analysis, but you can go without the corny 90s and 2000s hip hop phrases.
What’s wrong wit da bout it bout it. Ya heard?
@@joohahn885 nothing… but he makes it sound corny. 😂
How to watch combat sports (mma) I mean how you can watch both fighters at once(so you can easily breakdown the fight)do you look at the space between two fighters or what?
lol all the americans on instagram coping and saying his striking only works due to take down threat but that's MMA lmao
Difference between islam & khabib is simple Islam is well rounded, good everywhere but gives you a room to touch him, have a breathing space & to execute your game plan & even win, Khabib doesn't give you anything, its you either go through him & make it chaotic or he'll just pressure you, weaponized his cardio and take you down & famously 'smesh' you Islam takes his time to set up a submission khabib doesn't play that game, he would simply force you to make mistake while setting you up for nasty submission & if you don't oblige you'll just be 'smeshed' either till ref stops the fight or get your limb broken or go to snooze land either willingly or unwillingly I haven't talk about their grip & squeeze strength I believe when khabib said these lightweighters are not on my level not a single one...well his record in the octagon says hes not lying. I'm gonna make a bold prediction, if islam fights tsarukyan next, arman will be a much difficult fight for islam more than even poirier & i can see tsarukyan outgrappling islam, hes stronger than makachev and if he can manage to keep his cardio for five rounds, he might slip in a split decision to defeat islam if not islam will ko him or submits coz tsarukyan doesn't play safe & is not afraid of islam's wrestling and grappling & that would leave him vulnerable to islam's striking I'm more convinced that islam's striking is elite considering not only throwing the combination but also his defensive skillset standing up is top notch ...look at how he slips and weaves and immediately throw 2s & 3s where your hand is out of position after throwing and missing
Impressive detail work
Elite striking is a massive stretch.
I wish I could be more excited with Islam a d how good he is. Idk, it's true that MMA shows what style is best. Clearly the world's best wrestler versus the world's best striker, the wrestler wins 9/10 times, but it's kinda boring and I think your average Joe blo can't get hyped for how good he is at laying down and giving a masterclass in grappling, but still...it's LAYING DOWN...
love it!
bro really thinks a jacket makes him sound smarter
Dont know how people were saying dustin was winning on the feet, he was getting cooked
I still believe a lot of Islams striking is propped up by his threat of TD. Dustin looked clearly reserved due to that threat, Dustin fights much differently when the threats not there
Welcome to MMA. The threat being there does prop it up as it should. More fighters need to be better at being MMA fighters instead of Boxers, Kickboxers BJJ guys who fight in MMA.
Islam has said he likes to strike but his team makes him wrestle. He thinks wrestling is the easy way out but he like to stand. It’s nice to see him do that more
He was just 60-70% condition and still fought and won like that, Arman? Gamrot? BSD? Beneil? ride them all you want but my momey is still for Islam, only Leon or Shavkat is a good challenge for him
You got my like and subscription Honest analysis
His opponents always had a hard time implementing their offense against him. We can partly credit it on his takedown threat but like you Luke, I also think there's more to it than that. Charles post fight claimed he 'wasn't himself', we saw him hesitant on the feet; in Perth we saw Volk unable to establish his jabs and next time they fought Volk post-fight said for some reason he couldn't get his offense going. This time Poirier tried to describe Islam's style after his loss and it sounded interesting ... he said like Khabib, Islam has a 'weird rhythm' on the standup. I think that's it, Dustin nailed it in the head.. Islam's rhythm on the feet is hard to read and his changing levels is only a part of it. I've watched you Luke touch on it on one of your breakdowns.. Islam can quickly shift his rhythm to step into his opponents half count, so he can fire a shot in between their motions. Do you think or have you observe him doing the same shift off-rhythm to his opponents even when not on attack mode? Islam's movements look a bit more heavy in 302 unlike his usual and Dustin is very in tuned to reading his opponents because of his boxing tendencies.. so maybe that 'weird' rhythm was more pronounced to Dustin's eye. Islam's keen eye for detail, reflex and ability to problem solve in real time are key to his wins.
Always waiting for Luke’s analysis, elite !
Beautiful analysis! Thanks for putting this out there!
Shoutout to Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia on the left hand shelf
Excellent breakdown. He has shown He is a really good striker.
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