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Jamie Edenden was born in England but now calls Australia home. She is a true combat fighter in the sense of the word and will take any available fights, be it as a pugilist in the boxing ring, or the cage under MMA rules. Soon she will look to defend her Australian Female Welterweight Boxing title and also add the Australasian title to her name in a bout against Enja Prest. Furthermore, she hopes...

Craig Callaghan, Australian MMA Fighter, MMA & Martial Arts Rising Stars #31   Craig Callaghan, who fights out of Integrated MMA, is an experienced Australian MMA Fighter who is about to fight for the XFC Australian Title against Stu Dare on XFC 60 October 22nd in Mansfield Tavern Brisbane Australia. During the interview we discussed various aspects about this fight, his training and beginning...

Richy Walsh is an Australian MMA fighter that fought on the local scene before joining the Ultimate Fighter and competing internationally in the UFC promotion. Further to this he has also been involved in Coaching and of particular interest was his time coaching in UFC Performance Institute (UFC PI) in Shanghai China. My interest was peaked after listening to the podcast "The Sonny Brown Brea...

Viktor Lyall is an experienced MMA Fighter that is about to embark on his pro career on XFC60 October 22 against Jordan Gamble. Viktor has big plans that he is keeping close to his chest however if he's like most MMA Fighters it involves fighting on big promotions, travel and fame. Viktor is also well known for some viral online footage of him defending himself against two males behaving aggr...

Australian MMA Fighter Cody Haddon is only just starting his professional MMA career, however watching him fight you can see he has a fight maturity beyond his years. This is because he started training at around 6 years of age and traversed through combat sports such as Taekwondo, Boxing, Muay Thai & BJJ all with the aim of being an MMA Fighter. Now as a 24-year-old he is ready to take on the...

Jesse James Parr was born with a fighting bloodline, his father is one of Australia's most famous Muay Thai Fighters, John Wayne Parr and his mother is also an internationally known Muay Thai fighter Angela Rivera-Parr. Along with his sisters Jemma and Jasmine they continue the family tradition in combat sports. Jesse has chosen to follow his love for BJJ, with a goal to fight professional MM...

Diego Pereira is known as a top tier fighter on the Regional Australian MMA Scene. Having fought some of the best fighters he is focused on his goal of taking over the number one position for his division and making a move to international competition.  In the interview we discuss as follows: 00:00 intro 00:21 How Diego’s feeling for the upcoming fight  01:13 Psychologic preparation 02:20 How to p...

Arlene Blencowe is a real Aussie Battler, embracing the grind of combat sports and the challenges it brings she has fought both locally and internationally. A true warrior she has notably fought Cris Cyborg twice and competed extensively with the Bellator promotion. In this interview we discuss a variety of topics as below, please have a listen and support Arlene. Interview topics as follows: 00:0...

James Vake is part of the Vake Fighting brothers known throughout the Oceanic region for their combat sports prowess. Following in the tradition of proud Pacific Island fighters, he brings a well-rounded style to the MMA cage, having trained wrestling at high school before making his move to MMA. Now under the tutelage of the great trainers at CKB James is setting his sights on achieving big heigh...

Michael Stanoff is an up and coming Australia MMA fighter with plans to scale the heights of professional MMA. Currently training under Lions Den Academy he plans to take on the local talent before taking his craft to compete overseas. Michael says "I'm not short I'm concentrated awesome!" and we are looking forward to big things in his future. Please have a listen to how he st...

Jason Psycho Suttie is a legend of the combat sports scene in New Zealand, Australia. Fighting the best opponents possible, across weights from Super Middle to Super Heavyweight, Jason found fighting as a means to balance his life and feed his soul. Having grown up as an angry kid, he took to fighting with a passion, travelling to the mecca of Muay Thai as a 17 year old to learn to fight, and retu...

MMA Fighter Justin Van Heerden feels like he is born for combat sports, having started in wrestling in South Africa, and later progressing to MMA. He is now training out of Freestyle MMA under Joe Lopez and alongside UFC Champ Alex Volkanovski. After a good amateur career and a recent string of pro wins, he is getting a shot at the featherweight title in the Eternal MMA promotion. In this intervie...

Dimps Gillies was born in NZ and currently resides in Australia where he trains with Nugget McNaught at NTG. He is building a name for himself in combat sports, competing in Boxing and MMA at a professional level. His recent win over unbeaten fighter Josh Kuhne cemented the fact that he is a special fighter, with a love for the game. In this interview we discuss his life, training and fighting and...

Paul Loga is an Australian MMA Fighter, doing it tough working in the construction industry and training and fighting MMA at the same time. Paul has dreams of taking local titles and later fighting in Asia. In this interview we discuss his history, fighting training and more. 

Aaron Tau grew up in the North Island of New Zealand. It was a rough environment but he developed a connection with the land and the Maori culture. Fighting to Aaron is natural and allows him to channel aggressive energy into his pursuit of being a successful MMA Fighter. In this interview we discuss his Maori heritage, training with Dan Hooker's Combat academy and CKB, his past, and future f...

George Mann found Muay Thai since the age of 7, he and his friends joined a class and it was so fun to him that he never looked back, competing at that early age all the way to present day, where he now sits as a world class athlete. George has spent considerable time training and fighting in Thailand, and now resides in Perth Australia where he trains at Riddler's Gym owned and operated by t...

Carl Van Roon is a Professional  Martial artist & Performance coach who owns and operates Van Roon Martial Arts in Auckland New Zealand. Holding a 4th degree ITF TKD Blackbelt, 5th degree karate Blackbelt, along with training many other styles, he is a consumate martial artist. Having trained since he was a young child, Carl has also gained a tertiary education in Sport & Exercise Science,...

Charlie Bubb is a Muay Thai Fighter from Orange Australia. He aims to be world champion and has the experience to do so. Having fought Australian opponents such as Toby Smith and George Mann, he is in the top fighters for his division in Australia. In this interview we discuss various parts of his training and fighting, and his work with MMA fighters. Please have a listen and support this fighter....

MMA Fighter Janay Harding was born in NZ but moved to Australia at a young age.  She has fought and trained internationally and is currently fighting in the Bellator promotion. Janay is not one to shy away from a conversation about life and combat sports. In this interview we discuss those topics along with other areas of interest such as injuries, reason for fighting, learning about her Maori her...

Adam Shahir Kayoom is a consummate martial artist. He was a professional Muay Thai fighter, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist, however now he is focused on teaching in his gym Q23 Academy In Thailand. Having won a world title in Muay Thai, and fought some huge MMA matches such as his fight with Gregor Gracie in One FC, he was an active competitor. Not only this but he spent...

Muay Thai and MMA Fighter Genah Fabian fights out of CKB in Auckland New Zealand. Genah spent time training and fighting in many countries including Thailand and the USA. She embraces the life of a fighter travelling and gathering experience, and for now is happily settled training in the New Zealand stronghold of combat sports City Kickboxing (CKB). Looking forward to see Genahs future rise in th...

Dom Mar Fan is an experienced competitor. Having initially competed extensively in grappling where he attained titles such as state and pan pac in his divisions, he has now turned his attention to the world of MMA, having competed as an amateur and now turned professional. In his first MMA fight on the Eternal promotion against Roy Armisted he scored a unanimous decision victory in a hard fought b...

As the youngest ever K1 Max champ Albert "The Hurricane" Kraus is one of the best kickboxers on the planet, having fought over 140 times against the worlds best including  Masato, Andy Souwer, Duane Ludvig, JWP, Virgil Kalakoda, Takayuki Kohirumaki, Yoshihiro Sato, Buakaw Por. Pramuk, Mike Zambidis, Giorgio Petrosyan, Shane Chopper Chapman and more. With a lifetime of fight and training...

Rod McSwain was at the top of the hill in NZ alongside Dan Hooker and Kai Kara France who were starting their professional MMA careers. Rod is an experienced fighter and coach and has a lot of knowledge and thoughts to offer gained through doing the hard yards in the MMA gym and arena. We discussed a range of topics about his MMA journey, progression of the sport and different facets such as scien...

Erik is a lifetime martial artist with a thirst for martial arts, and is owner and head coach at Combat Submission Wrestling (CSW) Fullerton California. He had an extensive career within martial arts as student, fighter and coach. Having trained with legends such as Rickson & Royce Garcie, Don Inosanto, Benny the jet, Yorinaga Nakamura, Rigan Machado, Dan Inosanto, Tim Tackett, Ajarn Chai Siri...