Female Fight Experience

We had so many requests for Abby Nelson to come on the pod. She is a head official on IFMA, an executive on the international board, an official on One Championship and many local shows.  She’s a trail blazer and role model for women being the first woman in a number of her roles including ring director. Abby gave us the run down on being an official, dos and don'ts and the best pathway for s...

Welcome to the first ep of 2024! This week, we were delighted to be joined by Chloe Dean from Khaoboy Muaythai . ⁣ Chloe was operating on about an hour's sleep when we recorded, and still managed to absolutely blow us away with her motivation, determination and general outlook on life. Chloe shared a pretty dark history pre-Muay Thai. It's a stark difference to the life she now shares wi...

Our final pod of the year is our annual Christmas Q&A. Hear our reflections on 2023, lots of pregnancy/training related Q&As and also some live-workshopping of how we plan to improve things for 2024. Thank you so much for the support this year! Join hosts Smokin' Joe Coverdale and Bridget Thakrar as they interview some of Australia's best Muay Thai fighters, trainers and promotor...

Grace is a PT, gym owner, Mum and pro Muaythai fighter. She has this infectious energy that lights up the room. In this ep we chat about her origins in bodybuilding, crying during sparring and why she always looks so damn happy in fight week. We also had the privilege and honour of her daughter Frankie joining us for this chat.   Join hosts Smokin' Joe Coverdale and Bridget Thakrar as they in...

Helen from ACSA is glowing example of the progression an athlete can make when they follow the pathways we are lucky enough to have here in Australia. From Interclubs to Amateurs, to turning Pro and inspiring the next gen following behind her, Helen keeps levelling up each time she steps in the ring. In this ep Helen chats with us about starting Muay Thai as a way to get fit to climb Mt Kilimanjar...

This year Kayla Nassis made a decision to defer the final year of her Engineering degree so she can muaythai/eat/sleep/repeat and travel the world. And, can we tell you listeners, she seems pretty stoked with her decision.⁣ Kayla fights out of Sitshoothon under the guidance of Airam . She chats with us about her 10 fights to date, fighting in Thailand and just generally rubs in the carefree life o...

Our guest this week is Tandia Singleton from Nukzu Muaythai and she has already fought most of our previous Australian guests. Living in Cairns the opportunities aren't as plentiful and Tandia has a habit of saying yes to most chances to fight just to keep her experience ticking up. ⁣ ⁣ In this ep we chat about her modest training facilities above a tuck shop, the impact changing gyms can hav...

Our guest this week is 23 year old Swiss fighter Zoe Neuschwander , currently training out of Phuket Fight Club in Thailand.⁣ With origins in kickboxing, Zoe understands the nuanced difference with Muaythai more than most. After competing/dominating in K1, she crossed codes and has been deliberate in honing her craft ever since. Wanting to give Muaythai a red hot crack, she booked a one-way ticket...

Allegra Vickas has always been a competitor, whether that's on the footy field or in her amateur boxing career before she turned her focus to Muaythai at age 31. Allegra is one of those fighters that just loves to bang. She could take or leave the socials, the fanfare, the drop outs, the politics. She's just as happy fighting in front of a handful of people in a local county hall. She ha...

Jordan Bell is the fourth athlete announced in the Infliction 4 Woman coming up in December and the only fighter we hadn't yet interviewed - so we had to sort that out ASAP! Fighting out of Skadi Performance since day one, Jordan chats with us about her immediate love for the sport, the timing of her COVID baby and her recent return to the ring. Join hosts Smokin' Joe Coverdale and Bridg...

Amanda Juniku from Modern Warrior Muaytha i is a different animal these days. A switch has been flipped and she is without doubt in the best shape of her life. She's recently tuned up her nutrition, added boxing to the mix and has her eyes set on fighting abroad. She's coming off the back of a ridiculous win on Eruption Muay Thai which needs to be re-watched.  Join hosts Smokin' Joe...

This week on the podcast is Penny "The Smiling Assassin" Godfrey from Boars Martial Arts . Penny chats with us about her recent fight in New York including the joys of trying to water load on a long haul flight. A hairdresser by day, Penny is by all accounts a very girly girl...with the exception of her love of punching people in the face.    Join hosts Smokin' Joe Coverdale and Bri...

Amber Kitchen is a One Championship athlete and former WBC National Champion. She recently packed up her life and moved 7 hours away to Leeds to join Bad Company  , training under Richard Smith , and boy oh boy can you see the intensity go up to a 12. In this chat Amber shares more on her life growing up living and breathing Muay Thai along with her twin sister Allaya. The twins started fighting a...

Erin Carter is a pro Muay Thai fighter and coach fighting and training out of World Fitness Cartel Chirnside . At just 25 years old, she has only been in the sport for four years, two of those were through COVID, and she's already had 13 fights (10 amateur, 3 pro) and is currently undefeated. On Oct 14th Erin has a WBC State title fight on the line so it's crazy to think she just turned...

Smilla Sundell from Fairtex is an 18 year old superstar of Muay Thai. She is the current ONE Strawweight Muay Thai World Champion and ONE's youngest ever champion. She has a world title defence lined up with Allycia Rodriguez from Phuket Fight Club on September 29th on a card that is not to be missed. You'll love this chat with Smilla.  Join hosts Smokin' Joe Coverdale and Bridget T...

Holly Nguyen is one very tough customer.  You may have seen her on Muay Thai League recently where her shoulder popped out mid-fight vs FFE alumni Michelle Russell and this tough biarch just popped that sucker back in and kept on fighting. In this pod Holly shares with us her very rough start in the sport, being severely mis-matched at a very young age. We're surprised she kept at it frankly....

The Queen of Muay Thai, Julie Kitchen joins us this week. She is a now retired, pro Muaythai fighter and 14  x World Champion. While she has hung up the gloves, she's still very involved in the sport commentating, hosting, promoting and also managing her talented daughter Amber Kitchen.  Join hosts Smokin' Joe Coverdale and Bridget Thakrar as they interview some of Australia's best...

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu has the highest number of pro fights in Thailand of any non-Thai, male or female, in the world. She's an active fighter and long-time documentarian of both her own experiences as a fighter, as well as researching, writing, filming and archiving the history of Muay Thai with focus on the Golden Age (80s-late 90s). She’s a fighter, writer, archivist and documentarian at...

We have another killer from across the dutch on the podcast this week, Kaitlyn Tucker from Lucky Nine in Timaru, Aotearoa New Zealand. Kaitlyn has featured in the Australian scene a couple of times recently fighting on Muay Thai Grand Prix and Infliction . On the pod she chats with us about growing up as one of 7 kids, the positive impact she had engaging a mental health coach and her thoughts on...

We are thrilled to bring you our first MMA athlete, Lisa Kyriacou from Absolute MMA . Lisa had an outstanding and composed debut on One Championship recently against a super tough opponent in Nat Wondergirl . She chats with us about and how her shit talking opponents fire her up, what it's like rolling around the ground with a bunch of dudes and her love of red wine.   Join hosts Smokin'...

Angie Parr is an 8 time USA champion and 2 x world champion, with 47 fights under her belt including 4 boxing matches.  She's also the co-owner and trainer at Boonchu Gym and she has a teep that will turn your insides out. Angie chats with us about her busy Muay Thai career, what it's like raising three combat sports obsessed kids, and how she knew when she'd had enough of fighting...

This one is for the Muay Thai nerds 🤓⁣. Nong Bee chats with us about the ins and outs of reffing, her excellent snappy insta content, the basics she implores every fighter knows and what its like controlling the ring with 90kg fighters. ⁣Bee is jumping in the ring at rebellion_muaythai this week against yet another graduate of the muaythaivictoria system, lolanrd from theringgym . It's going...

She was our second ever guest on the pod, and our first repeat guest, as one of Melbourne's favourite Muay Thai fighters, she doesn't really need an intro but here it is anyway - Somsurat Rangkla from @8_blade_warriors. A lot has changed for Som in a year - knee surgery, rehab, opening a gym, running retreats in Thailand, reffing, judging and commentating, growing the sport via her contr...

Katie Zetolofsky from @21stcenturycombat got into this sport not even 10 years ago for a bit of fitness, and now has claim to the #1UK spot, #4WBC and #2WMO spots. In this ep Katie shares her epic rise from fit-box to the world stage, her thoughts on having (lots of) kids in martial arts from a young age, and balancing full time work as an accountant while in fight camp. ⁣ Join hosts Smokin'...

Britney Dolheguy is an extremely accomplished athlete. At just 23 years old she has racked up 37 fights, including regular showings at IFMAs. She's currently surrounded by class athletes at Strikeforce Gym and training under the guidance of Mark Pease. In her latest bought she found herself disassociating, a frightening experience that left her feeling paralysed in the ring and resulted in he...