FLA Exposure

Jackie MacLean, an amateur out of New Waterford, Nova Scotia jumped on to chat about her career thus far and what brought her to this sport filled with crazy highs and lower lows!  A great person with an thirst for competition.  Now training out of Shaved Bears MMA in Edmonton, Alberta; she's 1-1 as an amateur and looking to compete on the East Coast this fall with FLA!  A great attitude, a humble...

Patrick Connors, a pro featherweight out of Barrie, Ontario joined us to chat about his career thus far and much more!  We dove right into it as we spoke about him starting martial arts in high school and the competitive edge he had as he competed 10 times as an amateur, seizing every opportunity he could.  We covered his transition to pro, what he's working on now and the things he's really notic...

Matt Johnson, a brown belt out of Grants Martial Arts Academy popped by for a fun chit chat!  Good catching up with this talented guy who I have known since this whole promotion and our events began.  He reminded me I about some old memories we had when I first began thinking about promoting these type of combat sport events.  Nice to catch up and talk about his experiences in martial arts and wha...

Joe Pilmer, one of the most pleasant guys on the East Coast scene.  A brown belt out of MXT in Saint John and a guy who has been competing in pretty much everything he can for the last 6-7 years in martial arts.  A wonderful human being with a great outlook on life.  I've known Joe for quite some time and anytime that I have ever dealt with him, it's been near perfect!  We spoke about how he got i...

Wayne Jenkins, owner of SOB MMA in Cape Breton and one of the driving forces of growing the sport on the island!  A talented and proven black belt in Judo, training for 18 years in many martial arts, it was great to finally sit down and chat about the history of his club and how it came to be.  Working in Health Care, we spoke about the pandemic and how things are a bit different in every area and...

One of the younger athletes on the East Coast, Luc De Ste Croix comes out of Fit Plus MMA!  We chatted about his career thus far and his experience training with the tight team at Fit Plus under Scott MacLean!  He is a very well spoken young man with a bright future in this sport, trains hard and competes very well.  We covered topics such as cornering at FLA1, the Submission Kumite, East Coast at...

Jake "Lee" Peacock joined the FLA Exposure podcast today to chat about his career inside the Lion Fight Promotion and his amazing career in Muay Thai and combat sports!  Currently 4-0 as a professional, leading his team at Dunamis YYC in Calgary, Alberta!  Born without a right arm or hand, his journey is one of hard work, dedication and pushing forward to becoming the best person and athlete he co...

Corey Morell, one of the coaches behind the team at East Coast Boxing under Chris Peters!  Fantastic to have Corey come by and discuss his career as an amateur and everything he loves about combat sports.   Lots of good content covering up and coming kids in the scene, his love of being on the other side of the ropes as a coach and what the major differences between someone who wants it vs the per...

Two local Nova Scotian athletes joined us to chat about the last year training, the sport and everything in between!  Both of these guys are hard working, talented athletes who joined us for the first time!  We covered alot of topics related to training and how we might come out of this damn situation of covid, teaching kids, relationships within the gym and how they are handling being lockdown ag...

One of the talented athletes out of SOB MMA in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.  Colton comes off a decision victory in our last event against fellow talent Greg Oickle in an exciting back and forth match!  Colton showed off a tonne of great judo and throws, and made the match his in overtime.  Great to catch up with this guy, originally from Hamilton and moving to Dominion when he was 10.  We spoke abou...

Up and coming talented grappler out of Pennsylvania!  Steve Joachim trains with the team at Studio 84 under the talented Jay Regalbuto, Guy and crew!  With the likes of Nicky Rod, his little brother and a tonne of other killers such as Jon Combs, this guy is going to be a force on the scene in the next several years!  At just 21, coming from an athletic background in football and overcoming cancer...

Joined by my good friend Jon Williams, who also competed this weekend as we recapped the Submission Kumite event and how it unfolded!  A great event, with record breaking success for our brand!  Thank you to our fans and to everyone who continues to support FLA!  We grow together, learn together and succeed together!  Enjoy and catch the replay still available at fightleagueatlantic.com until Thur...

As we continue highlighting athletes who will be competing this weekend at our Submission Kumite 1 event, we had the pleasure to chat with both Sebastian O'Malley & Jeremy Carmen Henry about the weekend!  Lots of great topics including becoming a father, which we cover quite often on this show!  I am always interested in the ways that it changes certain people in relation to martial arts. Lots of...

Three athletes from this Saturday's upcoming PPV event, Submission Kumite 1! Tune in as Jon chats it up with some of the local grapplers about competing Saturday and how the training has been, what it means to them and how it's been getting ready for a big event during a crazy time like this!  Looking forward to these three stepping out onto the FLA cage this Saturday to put on a show!  A great ep...

Three athletes from our upcoming Pay Per View next weekend jumped on the podcast to chat about the event and how the training has been coming into the matches!  We covered lots of topics surrounding the local scene and how the process of Covid has taken the training into different various ideas and how it's helped motivated them for the future!  Time's a ticking and we all need to stay active for...

Honoured to be joined by Top Game Management Coach, Agent & Manager Tyson Chartier & one of his greatest friends and the #6 ranked featherweight in the world, Calvin Kattar!  I don't often get too rattled doing these interviews; however this one caught up to me!  I am a massive fan of the way Calvin & Tyson carry themselves and represent the sport.  Talented, humble, well spoken, educated and unde...

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in Canada!  It hasn't been an easy year, but let's be thankful for the beautiful country we have and all that comes with it!  Truly grateful to live in such an amazing place as Nova Scotia!  Let's talk about this episode, we chatted with National Boxing B Team Member Natali Fagan and her experience moving to Montreal from the East Coast to become part of that high le...

Caleb Varner-Matthews, a talented amateur featherweight out of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia came by to chat with us about his training at the famous Titans MMA here in Halifax and how it's continued to forge his training in the right direction.  A quick and candid conversation with someone at 21 years of age and beginning the prime of his career!  Fight cancellations, three in one year, non consistency...

Edwin "Junny" Ocasio dropped by the show tonight!  A fan of this guy for a long time, since I started promoting BJJ shows back in 2014!  One of the original Unity Jiu Jitsu NYC students under Murillo Santana!  We covered things like him becoming comfortable with his jiu jitsu, the trust he has it in and how it finally clicked.  A talented athlete, multiple time Pan Am Champ, Kasia Pro Grand Prix 2...

One of my favourite episodes to date!  Kru Jeff Harrison is a super experienced, extremely talented coach and the owner of New Era Combat Sports in the Ottawa, Ontario area!  Having competed in over 50 fights around the world, taking athletes to the highest levels of our sport, we spoke about this experience and what he took from it all.  We covered the damn Covid and how coaches / clubs can come...

Jay Regalbuto, New Jerseys best man joined us tonight!  Avid grappler, avid sports commentator with over 3000 matches called in the last decade AND full time instructor and mentor at South Jersey BJJ under the legend Ricardo Almeida!  A great chat with tonnes of great insight on competition and the mindset of being great!  Lots of people have the athletics, but do they have the mental mindset to t...

Jon McKinnon joined us for episode 118!  A guy who has been around the Maritime Combat Sports scene for the last decade or so in the Cape Breton area under Kent Peters!  Great catching up with Jon, he's such a motivational guy who always puts his best foot forward.  We chatted about life in law enforcement normally but more so during COVID.  We covered topics like protecting yourself and the famil...

Moe Milad, an up and coming talented boxer out of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia!  What I love about doing this podcast, is the ability to chat and speak with athletes who are in our area and doing great things for themselves.  I an envious of that, as at 19 I had zero idea of what I was doing in life, so to see people with goals and the fire they have, it's motivating for me.  Moe is one of those kids. ...

Rob, the man behind McDojo Life was kind enough to sit down and chat about his brand, how it came about and where it's headed!  A great guy with tonnes of charisma and flare, he runs his brand full steam and never takes a break!  Daily shows, podcasts, and an upcoming documentary break down the people in martial arts who continue to rip people off, sell wolf tickets and just really pretend to be s...

Faber Glace, MMA Talk head honcho dropped by to chat about who he thought is the Top 20 Pro Male Athletes in Canada outside the big organizations! Great insight, great guy and great listen to find out who is who on Faber's list!  Enjoy and pay attention to these names:)