Luke Thomas *live chat* UFC Perth | ONE Samurai 1 | Inoue v Nakatani

Wrestling

Year2026

Duration2h 30m

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7.5

Luke Thomas is live, talking UFC Perth's Jack Della Maddalena vs Carlos Prates. We'll review ONE Championship's first Samurai event headlined by Rodtang vs. Takeru plus more. This is episode 300 of The Luke Thomas Live Chat. 00:00:00 – Starting Soon 00:04:09 – Intro 00:04:52 – Weekend combat sports preview 00:05:20 – Show format explanation 00:06:17 – Substack reminder 00:06:55 – Episode 300 reflection 00:10:10 – April recap 00:11:52 – Movie recommendations 00:13:01 – Dana White and the shooting 00:18:24 – Family reaction to his career 00:23:03 – Jimmy Smith on MK tomorrow 00:23:44 – More on Dana's reaction 00:24:03 – Greatest athletic achievement ever 00:27:02 – Sports psychology in MMA 00:32:14 – Best corner advice 00:34:31 – Usman vs. Morales 00:36:39 – Belal calling out Ariel Helwani 00:41:57 – Gaza discussion 00:46:41 – Zeteo Media question 00:47:55 – UFC White House event security 00:54:21 – Who to debate in media 00:54:59 – Managing anxiety 00:57:50 – Gaethje as Ilia's hardest hitter 00:59:05 – Volkanovski vs. Sterling 01:01:38 – Wins aging in MMA 01:06:01 – Jack Slack collab question 01:06:20 – NYC food and tourist recs 01:07:33 – BJJ and heavyweight MMA 01:09:37 – Bo Nickal vs. Pereira development 01:12:23 – Ad read: Mando 01:14:29 – Paid questions begin 01:14:39 – SCOTUS Voting Rights Act 01:15:48 – Biggest waste of UFC talent 01:16:39 – Patriots keeping Vrabel 01:17:53 – White House card for new fans 01:18:02 – Armen and Jones card criticism 01:19:56 – Future striking meta 01:20:07 – ONE Samurai review 01:22:09 – Boxing month preview 01:22:49 – Most overachieved fighter 01:23:11 – Trump card commentary stream 01:23:28 – Islam vs. Ian as Dagestan vs. Ireland 01:24:00 – Trump ordering Derrick Lewis added 01:24:29 – Hakeem Jeffries vs. Tucker Carlson vote 01:24:57 – Rodtang vs. ONE lawsuit 01:25:39 – Steven Miller's influence post-Trump 01:26:04 – Fuentes pronunciation tangent 01:27:20 – Takeru vs. Rodtang breakdown 01:29:12 – Gable Steveson debut and Conor card 01:31:47 – Bench press money hypothetical 0