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Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️
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Combat sports analyst for @CBSSports (sometimes @Showtime). One half of @MorningKombat. I’m an ape in the cage getting more amazing with age.
Mar 29, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
We traveled to south Florida to sit down with @GilbertDurinho ahead of his mega clash against Khamzat Chimaev.

We discuss why he took Chimaev fight, sports psychology changing him, what Usman loss taught him.

Tomorrow on @morningkombat. I cannot overstate how thoughtful Gilbert is through this 45-minute talk. His reflection on his journey, what moves him and how he honors his values is illuminating.

Most folks know I don’t do interviews much anymore and that’s by choice. Delighted to make an exception here.
Apr 19, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Triller has been consistently accused for years by industry analytic firms of wildly inflating their app download numbers. google.com/amp/s/www.bill…
Dec 22, 2020 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
I tracked down the articles cited in UFC President Dana White's anti-media video today related to the UFC's efforts during the coronavirus. Might be worth revisiting them to see what they say and if pushback on them is warranted in light of the very good year UFC had.

1/ It's worth mentioning up front the UFC had two coronavirus experiences.

Once they began working with commissions in May - especially in NV or Abu Dhabi govt - virtually all criticisms went away. At that point, they were working inside updated state medical protocol or beyond.
Sep 23, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
They aren't solely responsible, but there's ample evidence of this happening: foxnews.com/us/2-affiliate… Also, despite what Aunt Betty's Facebook feed of reheated memes tells you, white supremacist violence is what federal authorities are most concerned about as it relates to terrorism: csis.org/analysis/escal…
Sep 16, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Gyms in DC are having success in battling Covid. Many have zero cases of Covid spread to either patrons or staff. The curious part according to one major gym owner in the city is women are returning to the gym at less than half the rate of men. No idea why that'd be so pronounced When I say gym, I mean fitness, not MMA/BJJ.

Here all gyms have a 100% mask requirement for all patrons/staff at all times. No locker rooms. 25% of normal capacity can train at one time. Touchless entry. Heavy cleaning. Temp checks.

Generally, these are interventions that work.
Sep 7, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
As I explained on #MorningKombat, I don't look to corporations for moral leadership (unless a cause is baked into the company from the start, like 'fair trade coffee').

I do not take it seriously when Gillette or Nike try this because it's all still part of profit maximization. Or plain hypocrisy, e.g. Nike uses suspect labor standards in developing nations.

So, it should come as no surprise that Disney - who talks a great deal about corp social responsibility (thewaltdisneycompany.com/social-respons…) created a moral horror with the new Mulan: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Jul 14, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I'll have a Dissected out tomorrow trying to make sense of Max-Volkanovski 2.

3 pts:

1. The detail & subtlety of Volk's game is extremely difficult to pick up on in real time
2. 'Watching fights again' as a fact check is pointless
3. Volk's 5th rd performance is truly brilliant On point 2, we're fact checking wrong. It doesn't matter who did what in terms of scoring when everything is slowed down & assessed.

What matters is what a judge can reasonably identify in real time without much aide. Certain kinds of styles will always benefit from that fact.
Jun 22, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I spoke to major commission members. No one I talked to is aware of any regulatory body that has developed training or best practices for cornering in combat sports.

No wonder so many don't realize they're supposed to also be health advocates: Every time one of these controversies happens, the accused parties claim either their fight expertise or special nature of their relationship with the fighter. And on those levels, no one can offer much criticism.

But basically no one has had formal training *on how to corner*.
Jun 18, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The details of the Frevola situation are worth mentioning out loud. Frevola notes despite 2 neg tests and pos antibody test, UFC still won't move forward now out of an abundance of caution.

This is the difficult, but appropriate response. I commend UFC for it. 1/ Image I was deeply against the planned Apr 18 show. I had reservations, but wasn't explicitly against Jax shows. The APEX shows with NAC protocol is what we were asking for all along.

These shows have the appropriate screens and double checkpoints. 2/
Jun 7, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
"Where can I go to learn more about fighter pay? I want to know the truth. I want everything cited and fact based. What do UFC fighters actually make?"

Say no more fam. A thread:

bloodyelbow.com/2019/9/9/20851… bloodyelbow.com/2019/9/3/20843…
Mar 15, 2020 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
I am neither an epidemiologist nor public health official. I am, however, a concerned media member for a sport still pursuing live shows amid a global pandemic without following medical protocol.

Why my concern?

Here's what I believe with the corresponding evidence. 1/ CLAIM: Covid-19 is matter-of-factly deadlier than the flu for virtually all demographics.

SOURCE: propublica.org/article/this-c…