Combat Chat Podcast

This week Issac Tomlinson jumped on the podcast to talk about his upcoming bout against Cian Lougheed on Hardcore Promotions. Issac goes into how he got to training with previous guest Matt Williams and now calls gym Bones MMA home now. He also gets into being an athlete with Tourette's and how it doesn't let it negatively effect his outlook on becoming one of the best Nak Muay in Austra...

✂ Go to https://www.manscaped.com/combatchat for 20% off + free shipping We recap a few fights from Roots, most of the main card of Rebellion 26 and how the Siam2Sydney's Royal consulate cup planned out and the pros bouts at the end. photos used by W.L. Fight photography https://www.instagram.com/wlfightphotography/ Follow rebellion and Siam2sydney here here: https://www.instagram.com/Rebelli...

✂ Go to https://www.manscaped.com/combatchat for 20% off + free shipping This week we got to talking with Aussie Celest Hansen who is living and fighting out of Thailand in Phuket. We go over how she went from travelling showman to full time fighter in an instance, then being the first women match inside of Lumpinee and also talk about her fighting through the ONE series tournament.  Follow Celest...

✂ Go to https://www.manscaped.com/combatchat for 20% off + free shipping This week is all recaps and previews. We got to talking about ONE latest show which included past guest Diandra Martins taking the win over Amber Kitchen, but also had a lot of controversy with Rodtang pulling out and 9 fighters missing weight/failing hydration tests. The Cruz vs Aiulu bout on Eruption will go down as a one o...

This week Hugh got to recording a mini episode covering the upcoming Eruption 21 card featuring out previous guest James "sweet as" Honey vs the formable Cedar from 5 stars Phuket. follow Eruption on: https://www.instagram.com/ eruptionmuaythai/ https://www.instagram.com/waronthesho remuaythai/ Follow us on: https://www.instagram.com/combatchatp odcast/ https://www.facebook.com/combatcha...

This week Strikeforce gym fighter, James Honey joins us. He tells us of his Muay Thai origin story and how it took him from Victoria to the sunny Goldcoast to be under Mark Pease's tutelage. We also go over his fight in Paris, fighting Superball in Infliction fight series event in Lumpinee and recently taking a win over the highly touted ONE championship fighterBrown Pinas and we talk about h...

This week Sam cassidy joins Hugh over the internet to talk about how Muay thai took him away from a pro golfing and Rugby career by starting off at a weight loss camp in Thailand that lead to a fight on the famous BBQ bash at Tiger Muay thai. Sam is now a trainer at Powerhouse Phuket which is starting to make waves in the Thai stadium circuits and also started a clothing brand, Muay thai Life. 80%...

Jordan Fielding of Strong Heart Muay Thai (South Australia) was in town for his fighter's (Nick Keros) main event match on Yokkao's Next Generation show in Sydney. So, we though why not have him in the studio and tell us a little about his Muaythai story so far and recap the event. Follow Jordan on: https://www.instagram.com/jordanfielding_shmt https://www.instagram.com/strongheartmuayth...

✂ Go to https://www.manscaped.com/combatchat for 20% off + free shipping #ad  This episode was just catching up an all the action in Australia these past couple weeks. We got into Siam2Sydney 21 and how did Shane's team of fighters when on it, then we covered George Mann's demolition of Benetar on MGTP in Perth, we hop over to QLD for Jake Lund's stoppage of Cody Jamieson and finall...

✂ Go to https://www.manscaped.com/combatchat for 20% off + free shipping #ad This week while Hugh is away fighting, we luckily enough had time to beforehand to answer some questions that had been piling up. We talk about our favourite past era and modern era fighters, when should a fighter take on 5 round fights, Favourite Aussie fighter and what did they do for the sport, What was the golden era...

✂ Go to https://www.manscaped.com/combatchat for 20% off + free shipping It's fight week for promotions Siam2Sydney and MTGP Australia, so we breakdown the main cards. We go off on a bit of a tangent on training MMA and Muaythai fighters in the same class, but sway back on track to talk about fights like Deren Chen v Jordan fielding, Dala Thongsamouth v Devina Martin and Lisa Brierley v Sprin...

This week we had the pleasure of having World ranked fighter Lisa Brierley on the podcast to talk about her start in the UK with Muaythai and how it eventually took her over to Thailand to do it full time under the tutelage of Mansak and sponsorship of Santai Gym. She holds wins over Zaza Sor Aree, Duangdawnoi Looksaikongdin, Fani Peloumpi and Fanny Ramos, Lisa is the Lion fight and MTGP 50kg worl...

We review Rebellion's last card which was a smash hit. Hugh talks about his absolute banger against Tim Nguyen which he received the prestige Jordan Coe award, Carter Lawerences crazy elbow KO, the return to the ring of Spring Sia and Ramesh Habib, plus more. We also look back at the podcast's humble beginnings, where is now and gaze into the future of where we might take it next. Let us...

We get together to breakdown the action in the ONE card from the stellar Quarter final matches of flyweight Muaythai WGP, The Cinderella story of Joseph Lasiri  and The scoring of Petchmorakot vs Jimmy Vienot. We also cover the Rebellion Card with yah boi Hugh vs Tim Nguyen, the return of Spring Sia and Chris Nguyen to the ring, plus the Roots 8 man tournament. Picture by W.L fight photography: ht...

We were joined by our first in studio guest in years, Pinky of Team Pinky Muay thai from South Australia jumped on the mic and we had a chat about the great night of fights 1774 put on. We also talked about the break through performance his fighter Jason "50 shades" Scott had, but also the journey that got him to that point as well. Pinky co-hosts a podcast with Matt Moss called The Ring...

We recap the pro fights on Yokkao Sydney's last show which was highlighted by Paul rogers and Reece Castledine's last round Elbow war, Also we go over a couple fights from Domination's last show including George Mann vs Toby smith and why the new WBC australian champ, Nathan Embleton is ruffling a few feathers.  Then we preview 1774's upcoming fight card that includes the main...

We had Jayy Tonkin on the podcast to talk about how he went from shop lifting and getting in with the wrong crowd as a teen to being whisked away to live in Thailand and live the Muaythai fighter life for 7 years. He also talks about how the pinto brothers help him navigate the business side of Muaythai in Thailand and coming back home to Australia how he has now linked up with WBC Muaythai world...

This week we go in detail of Infliction fight series Main event Youssef Boughanem vs David Pennimpede and what a cracking fight it was. Also we recap the Muaythai/kickboxing portions of ONE's X epic long fight card. Then we answer two questions sent in to the podcast: Should a fighter's record be restarted once they go pro and Should Boxing promotions by run more like Muaythai in terms o...

We talk through Hugh's WMC title fight with Jamkie Alleyne on Siam2Sydney, Shane breaks down Kai's performance and also talk about the controversial main event of Ibby vs Tuck. We go through Victoria's Hardcore promotions Muaythai fights including Yodthongchai vs Carter and how the NSW team faired on it. Then finally we get to some Questions sent in that cover building grass roots f...

The boys are finally back together behind the mics, just in time to preview Siam2Sydney's card for this coming weekend. Yah Boi, Hugh is one of the headline bouts with a rematch for the WMC state title against the talented Jamie Alleyne, Also we go over Ibby vs Tuck for the stadium belt and breakdown a few more from the main card. We get into the old boys Saeksan and Sangnamee getting up over...

This week Nathalie "The Viking" Pavlides from Strikeforce gym in QLD  jumps on the podcast, She talks about the how she juggled doing a double university degree while prepping for fights, how your social circle should consist of people who support your passions and also talk about her fight career so far and what else in on the horizon.  Follow Nathalie and Strikeforce: https://www.insta...

We get to talking with K1/Kickboxing legend Stone Cold Steve Moxon from Victoria. He now runs The Training Room Gym in Geelong, but jumped on to talking about his stellar career fighting in promotions such as Evolution, Enfusion, Kunlun and Glory, while facing off against legends in their prime like Buakaw, Andy Souwer, Bruce Macfie, Aikpracha and Marat Giogorian to just name a few. Also Steve tal...

We covered the main fights on 1774 Muaythai series, it was a great night of action!  While talking about the fights it branches off into other topics like the emotional exhaustion cornering fighters can have on coaches/seconds and the whole posting online after a fight saying it was a robbery. Fights we talked about: Cale wild vs Dre Stalder Jordan Baki vs Lindon Wotton Nathan Jones Jnr vs Josh Mc...

This week we break down the 1774's upcoming fight card headlined by a WBC Australian title between Soraya vs Kim. Here's the fights we previewed: WMC Australian Junior title, Cale Wilde vs Dre Stadler Nathan Jones jr vs Josh McCulloch Justin Shin vs Tomoki Sato Michael Zalenski vs Kahow Lee Jordan Baki vs Lindon Wotton Tu Warren vs Palungchok Soraya Hamami vs Kim Townsend Follow 1774 her...

Bryan Popejoy owner of Boxing Works in California jumps on the podcast again to talk about his stellar new instructional on Warrior Collective (link below) . He explains why he chose these systems to put out there and how it shaped fighters like Janet Todd and Jackie Buntan. We also dive into answering questions covering prepping for opponents you've only seen on video, Career paths for coach...