Combat Chat Podcast

This Episode we have New Zealand expat Matt Williams. Matt owns Bones MMA in Torquay in Victoria, he talks about how the NZ muaythai/kickboxing thriving scene in the 90s and early 2000s influenced him to take up MMA and when he moved to Australia he found a mentor in Andrew Colgrave (the Ring gym)  that really ignited his passion for Muaythai culture. Matt has a funny story on how Sy got him his f...

Benji and Nakia are the owners of Double Dose Muaythai Australia and the promoters of Muaythai League. They talk about how their start in Muaythai began in America, Nakia tells of her time as an amateur photography and being present for Saenchai vs Kevin ross and watch fighters like Miriam Nakamoto and Juila Kitchen. When they got back to Australia and settling in, Benji tells of his journey from...

Kieran Walsh is the owner of Muay U, located in the small city of Canberra , he has amassed one of the most respected team of Muay thai fighters in Australia, with a roster that includes Diandra Martins, Josh Tonna, David Pennimpede, Max Mcvickers and Devina Martins to name just a few. We review his team's performance in 2021 and also talk about the what next for them in 2022 which includes f...

We breakdown the all day action that was Siam 2 Sydney. There was  junior sparring matches, Development day, Amateurs and a Great Pro card which yielded amazing moments  that will be not forgotten.  Siam 2 Sydney Muaythai: http://www.instagram.com/siam2sydney Follow us on: https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/combatchatpodcast  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0BA...

We got together after a few weeks off to talk everything Rebellion Muaythai and Hugh's amazing battle with Cory Dean. It was a great event, you can catch the fights being uploaded to their youtube now.  Shout to William Luu for gift us his beautiful book, check below for the link for purchase. W.L fight photography: http://www.williamluu.com.au/photobook http://www.instagram.com/wlfightphotog...

Its Rebellion's 10th anniversary show coming up and it is looking to be a stellar card featuring yah boi Hugh vs Cory Dean. We also cover Rebellion's feeder show: Roots headliner Indigo Boyd vs Nathan Jones jnr. Then we finish off by covering the main card for Siam 2 Sydney's Festival style Muaythai day. The fights we cover are below: Rebellion: https://www.instagram.com/rebellion_m...

We go about dissecting a few fights this week starting off with Liam Nolan vs Yossef Boughanem of the WBC Muaythai world title, this branches off into how a fight of this calibre had no proper livestream and camera work to capture it other than a videophone in the corner (check below for link). We then get into One Championship event: Next Gen II with Victor pinto vs Han Zi Hao, Jo Nattawut vs Yur...

We got a question in from the guys at Feud fight gear to talk about what is Ring rust and if it's a real thing?  have a listen and if you have your own experiences or difference point of view on the topic get to us in the comment section or DM our instagram (link below). We also review WBC Australian title fight between Tonkin vs Webb and Late notice bout of Honey vs Sayer and delve into Coll...

This week we take time to acknowledge the views and comments from the last video and welcome all the new people to the channel. Then we turn to addressing if fans busting Superbon's balls over his post fight reaction was is really anything worth noting. We also cover news from events in Thailand, UK and a cracking Australian WBC title fight against Jayy "The Dingo" Tonkin vs Matt &q...

What a night of fights ONE championship put on with their First Strike card! Even though is was a short night in the office we still  breakdown each bout of the featherweight tournament and the fantastic knock out Superbon produced against the legend Giorgio Petrosyan. We also got a bit of time to talk about Wilder vs Fury III and how it was one of the best heavyweight boxing fights of this era. F...

First of all we like to shout out Warriors of the Mongkon for sponsoring  us! its a great honour to be recognised by them as doing good helping build stronger community links in our Muaythai circles in Australia.  Also, Melbourne Promotion Warriors way has an event on Oct 16th headlined by one of our favs, River Daz. So, please buy the livestream which can be found here: http://www.warriorsway.com...

Max McVickers originally from the UK moved to Perth,  Australia early in his life with his family where training under his father, David. He goes over his time in Thailand training and fighting for the famous Petchyindee gym. Also how he changed to Legends gym run by Daniel Dawson to further his career and doing it in a respectful manner, it's with Legend he had his break out fight performanc...

We breakdown River Daz vs Alexi Petroulias on Roots muaythai shows in Vicotoria. listen out for how we dissect scoring these types of fights, the gameplay we saw from both fighters and allowing yourself to be humble by doing a scorecard yourself and asking more experienced officials to critique it. We also discuss a load more stuff related to if no crowd livestream shows are viable going forward....

Nugget is back! He talks about the new generation of fighters coming through in young prospects like Kane and Isiah and established Aussies pros like Rocky Ogden, Ricky Esilva and The Tafa clan. Nugget also hints at the prospect of going into MMA intrigues him and outlines how he is building a team and coaching staff that sets up it up for the future. We also talk a bit about Australia's east...

Michael Green is a former fighter that has branched out after his career ended in many directions. He is the head offical for WBC Muaythai NSW and a very experience referee under MTA, he coached the very successful Curtain sisters and runs one of Sydney's fast rising muaythai promotions named 1774. listen in to learn about what makes a good offical and how it can be a thankless endeavour but...

Tyler Hardcastle, originally from the UK moved to Perth Western Australia in this early years and took up Muaythai here originally training with Jack 300, then most of the majority of his career was spend at Darren Reece's Riddler's gym and now calls The Pit run by Blair smith home. In his time he has fought on Rogue, Epic and Rebellion where on that there he got a landmark win against S...

Peter Miller is the owner of Condition Nutrition based in Perth but he works with clients all over the world teaching them the fundamentals in fuelling the body for performance and making things like weight cutting not such a monumental task. We dive into topics like the 5 stages of nutritional planning he uses for Combat sports athletes, weight cutting and hydration afterwards, is Keto suitable f...

*War on The Shore Go Fund Me* https://gofund.me/4fedc0fe Lachlan Wilkinson is the owner of Hybrid Strength & Conditioning in WA who has worked with up and coming Muaythai athletes like Max McVickers and Bryony Soden. We discuss with Lachlan where a lot of Muaythai Athletes are leaving a bit on the table when it comes to improving their athletic performance. some of the things we expand on is t...

Roy Wills has an absolute packed fight resume with his personal favourite moments were being ranked 5th in the world by WBC Muaythai and fighting Sean Clancy for the international WBC title in Dublin to a split decision that didn't go his way. He outlines his career to now his transition into a full time coaching role at the famous Aussie gym, Thaiboxing Pit founded by master coach Blair Smit...

Yolanda Schmidt returns to not only to the podcast but to the squared circle after being sidelined for two years from sustaining a career threatening injury during her success run at the ARAFURA games. Yolanda outlines the many setbacks she had to work through to get back in the ring and gives you the tools she used daily reinforce her mindset to be positive and achieve goals, you can use these yo...

Sandy Heilig is the founder of Quanmooka cup and Supajai Gym on Stradbroke island. She is a advocate for talking about mental health issues  and the increasing rates of suicides in her area. The Quandamooka non profit organisation has now expanded their message across the nation and also internationally with notable athletes such as Charlie Bubb and Benny Mahoney as their Ambassadors to spread the...

Spring is Back! She talks about how Sy, Jason, Dominic and herself have started Muaythai Victoria and are running Development days to really produce a solid amateur scene in down there. Spring also talks about her business of doing Zoom PTs and building a success youtube channel to help provide content for Muaythai people that maybe in Lockdown.   Follow Spring on: https://www.instagram.com/spring...

Diandra martin is a rising talent on the Australian Muaythai scene, she trains under Kieran Walsh of Muay U. In this episode we talk about her about the upcoming fight against the world ranked Yolanda Schmidt of PTJ gym, how she uses her Exercise Physiologist background to enhance her training and recovery, we also touch on some considerations to make when training female athletes. Photos used are...

Pinky is a coach who has a vast experience not only in Muaythai but in life itself.  He was a fighter that couldn't support himself from fighting alone in Thailand so he also did TV extra roles and singing. Once he came back to Australia he started up Team Pinky Muaythai in Adelaide and has now a very active fight team that travels all over Australia and as cornered more than anyone that we k...

We talk about Hugh's victory on 1774 Muaythai's 2nd show and also recap the pro fights from that card. In the second half of the podcast we breakdown the fights lined up on MTGP upcoming event, we go over George Mann vs Charlie Bubb, Tyler Hardcastle vs Lukas Sayers and Singpayak vs Max McVickers. *photo for thumbnail by William Luu* Follow us on: https://www.instagram.com/combatchatpodc...